parenting & homeschool

Understanding Practical Life and how to create your own works for Montessori homeschool

Montessori practical life lessons are the foundation of 2-6-year-old education. Instead of explaining how you should do every exercise, I felt it would make the most sense to give you a list of the lessons and outline how to create your own. You will see that you can be creative and follow your own instincts and your child in your homeschool environment.

parenting & homeschool

The Movable Alphabet: how to use it at home

The movable alphabet was one of Dr. Montessori’s original lessons. She discovered that children could actually learn to write before they could read! I know this sounds crazy. After your child has a solid foundation of the letter sounds with their experience with the sandpaper letters, they will be ready to work with the movable alphabet.