Independence Day Preschool Activities to celebrate U.S. patriotic holidays with Montessori inspired practical life, sensorial and math invitations to balance, sort, and count.…
Please meet our EMOTIONS/FEELINGS puppet friends! Many people use the words “emotions” and “feelings” interchangeably. However, although highly related, the meaning of emotions and feelings is distinct. An emotion is a conspicuous physical bodily response to…
Happy 🎂Birthday, Claude Monet! Among the greatest of the Impressionists, French painter Oscar-Claude Monet (born November 14, 1840 -1926) was the artist whose painting Impression: Sunrise (1872) gave the Impressionist art movement its name. Monet brought…
Easy and practical tips and practices to nurture mindfulness with children at home, building a strong foundation for a PEACE Education.…
“I beg the dear all powerful children to unite with me for the building of peace in Man and in the World.” ~ Dr. Maria Montessori. Montessori education has been referred to as "peace…
One of the six main categories of Montessori Practical Life activities are social lessons on Grace and Courtesy which include developing social skills such as saying please and thank you, learning how to take turns and listen to…
Tactile sensory stimulation involves the sensation of touch and texture. Exposing children to sensory play helps them develop and refine the use of their senses. Most importantly, sensory bins provide hours of imaginative small world play,…
We love process art and the opportunity for combining sensory movement with art. In process art, not the destination (the end 🖼product of art) is the principal focus, but rather the 🛣road the child takes- the "process" of the formation of art: such as gathering,…
Shaving-foam water-beads sensory play is a fun sensory kids activity to stimulate tactile senses in children while exploring different textures. Shaving foam (or cream) is a wonderful and relatively inexpensive material to use for many…
Montessori Sandpaper Numbers are a traditional math material designed for preschoolers to promote numeracy through hands-on sensorial activity. Sandpaper Numbers is a Montessori lesson that is in a math area but is indeed a…