Gardening as Advanced Practical Life

Here in Minnesota, we have a shorter growing season and one thing we do to lengthen that season is to start seeds as early as March (although we are hoping to add a greenhouse in the future to push that even further).   I’ve been working on intentional...

Core Montessori: Pin Punching

It has been a long time since I last added to my running series on teaching techniques that I consider core to a Montessori learning approach.  To view previous posts, click here. Today I am talking about pin punching.  This is one of my favorite activities...

Eleven Tips for Training Chores

Earlier this week I shared my *secret* cleaning routine that leaves me more time for other things that I enjoy more.  Today I have a confession to make. Like all things that sound too good to be true, that may be the case with my method as well. See, in order to...

The Smoothie Hour

I mentioned early this week that I am working on revamping our schedules.  While I am starting fresh, I am not starting from nothing.  I have what worked for us in the past and I have a list of mental notes from other people.  The smoothie hour is the...