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This looks like the start… of something big…

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Yes, I am the first to admit that Montessori unschooling is an odd combination. Just think of the Montessori shelves and trays as a kind of strewing and it kinda-sorta works. Whatever. It works for us. Anyway, I am putting out a bunch of Halloween-themed stuff for next week (post about that soon), so I [...]

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Who knew you could learn so much just by preparing a simple snack for your family? Maria Montessori, that’s who. I guess that’s why it is a tradition in Montessori schools for children to prepare snacks for themselves and others. This week JackJack very much enjoyed preparing some peanut-butter-and-banana crackers for our mid-morning snack. Here [...]

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The more things change, the  more they stay the same. Or so the saying goes. I took this picture of JackJack a few days ago. (JackJack age ~4) He was quietly and methodically putting tiny apple pegs into little holes all over a tree. Taking them off again. Happy and content in his own little [...]

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Seems like old times

We’ve had company and it seems like old times around here lately: The dynamic duo, JBug and Squirt, having some quality puzzle-time together. The two of them were inseparable  for days! I drug out JackJack’s Montessori materials and he obviously missed them! He was so excited to get his hands on them again and spent [...]

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Sending out the love

 Superboy, JBug, and I have been busy, busy, busy making gifts for folks far away. I can’t show you theirs yet because they are gifts for blog readers. But I can show you mine, which are mostly for my grandsons, Squirt and Jack Jack. I miss them terribly, so making them something with my own [...]

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A commenter asked me if, since we are now unschooling, I would be giving up the Montessori stuff. My answer is that no, I will still be using Montessori materials and methods with JBug and the littles, for two reasons. First, in short, it is working! Second (and the longer answer) is that I feel [...]

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We are having so much fun with our botany and gardening! The littles like it so much I decided to put together a few trays for them to continue the work on their own. I can’t wait to introduce them tomorrow! The first tray is for painting clay pots: There are clay pots, some tubes [...]

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 Just trying to keep things interesting around here. There must be a million ways to make learning to spell fun. Instead of writing out words or using the moveable alphabet, why not change it up and try making words using… wikki sticks beans glued on cardstock toothpicks glue and glitter salt dough play dough finger [...]

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JackJack with his husky pup and musher hat (just like Jeff King’s!) watching the latest race update, while JBug races to move our markers along the trail to the next checkpoint on our Alaska map.

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