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practical life skills: squeezing orange juice

Adventures in orange juice making.  When the bags of oranges are cheap.  But oh so delicious.  We break out our citrus presser (here is a similar one – affiliate) and we make orange juice.  This was May’s first go at it and everyone had a wonderful time.  There is absolutely nothing like fresh squeezed orange…

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practical life skills: cutting with a knife

Help your child to do it by themselves. Support his need for independence. Give your child freedom within limits. Prepare their environment. Teach by example.  {This post contains affiliate links, please see my disclosure policy.}  So happy to begin working with my children in the kitchen again after a too-long hiatus. {his knife is here and his…

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practical life skills: scooping oatmeal

 Help your child to do it by themselves. Support his need for independence. Give your child freedom within limits. Prepare their environment. Teach by example.          

practical life skills: helping with the hot chocolate

Help your child to do it by themselves. Support his need for independence. Give your child freedom within limits. Prepare their environment. Teach by example.

practical life skills: slicing strawberries

Help your child to do it by themselves. Support his need for independence. Give your child freedom within limits. Prepare their environment. Teach by example. {This post contains affiliate links, please see my disclosure policy.}  My son could not contain his excitement with this strawberry slicer.  He has been working harder (and safer!) in the kitchen…

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practical life skills: rolling the dough

Help your child to do it by themselves. Support his need for independence. Give your child freedom within limits. Prepare their environment. Teach by example.    {This post contains affiliate links, please see my disclosure policy.}  I am overwhelmed with joy to watch my son thrive in the kitchen. He is so engaged {and even helpful}!…

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11 Montessori items on my wishlist

{This post contains affiliate links, please see my disclosure policy.}  All week, I am sharing my gift wish lists.  I shared ideas for my three year old boy and my one year old girl.  And today is a list for me!  Well, it is for their learning, but this list consists of the items that I…

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practical life skills: eating fruit with tongs

**I will be unplugged for a whole week!  (Check out The UnWired Mom.) I have scheduled posts this week, but I wanted to let you know that if you post a new comment, I will not be able to approve it until next Saturday!  Thanks for visiting, and I hope you spend some time unplugged…

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practical life skills: food preparation

Our Montessori Baby Room {& Peter Rabbit Nursery}

For my first baby, I researched cribs and whether or not I “needed” one.  I looked up the Montessori method and the notion that a floor bed is safer and better for baby.  I also looked into only having my hammock.  But, alas, I did not follow my “mama gut” and I stuck with conventionality….

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practical life skills: their own makeup bag

If I’m going out, I curl my eyelashes and wear mascara.  I’ve never been a full-face makeup kind of girl, but I feel good if I’m wearing mascara. This routine can sometimes present challenges when you have two little ones and the older one sometimes likes to get a little aggressive with the younger.  I…

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she loves her baby chair

I wrote about my discovery of and search for baby/”weaning” chairs in: My re-sale finds {includes a Montessori me-do-it chair!}  Now I present you with a few {lot} pictures of evidence of how happy and special and independent my little girl is feeling in her chair! She loves getting in and out.  She loves to…

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