by Heidi | May 2, 2016 | Organization
I have to be honest. When Tomas was born, the paper for 8 people living in this house got the best of me. It had been a delicate balance for awhile, but he tipped the scales big time. The medical stuff alone for Tomas and Caleb consumed me. I...
by Heidi | Sep 16, 2015 | Organization, Practical Life
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...
by Heidi | Apr 8, 2015 | Technology
A couple weeks ago, I published a piece frustrated about the direction that early childhood education has moved in recent years. Despite plenty of research on the benefits of play- based learning and the importance of social skills over academics, educators are...
by Heidi | Jul 25, 2014 | Organization
The prepared environment is the back bone of Montessori and I think I spent most of last year going back and forth about our schooling location. I liked it, then I loathed it. I would make little changes and then I would go back and make bigger ones....
by Heidi | Jul 18, 2014 | Special Needs
For the first time, this year, my son Caleb competed in the special abilities ring at a tae kwon do tournament. For those who aren’t aware, Caleb has autism. On a good day, Caleb is very high functioning and it may not be quickly apparent to those...
by Heidi | Jan 16, 2014 | Special Needs
I have been rolling this post around in my brain for several weeks now. My little homeschool has a secret. Not an intentional secret that in I purposefully hide behind nice happy little photos of our day, but quite the opposite. Quite the opposite. I...
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