This is an especially good time to focus on grace and courtesy if you have any family gatherings coming up. Even if you don’t have any family gatherings this week or don’t celebrate Thanksgiving in your country, it’s also a good time to focus on etiquette before the December holidays. Young children need lots of…
It’s the 15th of the month, and I have a new post at PreK + K Sharing! Today, I’m sharing the links to free printables I’ve used to create Montessori-inspired Thanksgiving activities for preschoolers through first graders. At PreK + K Sharing, I show how I used the printables to prepare the Montessori-inspired activities. I…
Many families have kids’ tables for their holiday gatherings. Making extra effort when you prepare the kids’ table can help create fun times and happy memories for everyone. Here are some wonderful ideas from around the blogosphere that can you help you with your preparations: Articles about Preparing Holiday Kids’ Tables Decorating the Kids Table…
Even though it isn’t Thanksgiving everywhere in the world today, I want to use this day to express special gratitude for my family and friends (in-real-life and online) and for Maria Montessori, who so profoundly influenced my teaching and the way I raised my own children (“Why I Used Montessori Principles in My Parenting Philosophy”)….
Thanksgiving … love it! What a perfect time for family, gratitude, memory-making, and kids in the kitchen! At our house, Will and Christina helped prepare part of the meal and set the table when they were little. As they grew older, they took responsibility for a lot of the grocery shopping, preparing our cranberry salad…
A corn unit study is great anytime in the autumn, although I especially like it during November. It works very well with a focus on the harvest, First Thanksgiving, and gratitude. Here are some helpful Montessori-inspired resources from around the blogosphere. Montessori Printables I have a post with Free Montessori Botany Materials for a Gardening…
I LOVE Thanksgiving! My kids used to say that they didn’t know which was their favorite holiday – Thanksgiving or Christmas. Thanksgiving’s emphasis on gratitude, family, and special meal memories is priceless. There are lots of amazing activities online that can make the holiday even more fun in the days leading up to it. Here…
We obviously wouldn’t have Thanksgiving without gratitude, and I love to place extra emphasis on gratitude throughout November. Even if you haven’t started gratitude activities yet, it isn’t too late to prepare one or more gratitude activities for home or school. You can always have a Thanksgiving display, nature tray, or nature table with a…
In my Homeschool Thanksgiving post last Thursday, I promised to share my Thanksgiving nut loaf and cranberry salad recipes today. I’ll give you the downloads for the digital scrapbooking pages I created for our family recipe book. Nut Loaf and Cranberry Salad Recipes The nut loaf recipe was adapted from the 1973 edition of The…
Montessori Gratitude Jar I love gratitude activities – at Thanksgiving and all year round. Jocelyn Scotty wrote about a Montessori-inspired gratitude activity in an article at Suite101.com titled “How to Create a Montessori Gratitude Jar.” Directions are given in the article on how to prepare and present the gratitude jar in either a classroom or family…
I'm Deb Chitwood. My header photo models are my children, Christina, at 1 1/2, my son, Will, at 3, and Christina again at 16. Christina is now 22, and Will is 27. Please see the About Me page for more information about my family and me. Please see the About Montessori page for information about Montessori.
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