Montessori, motherhood and Moscow.
How could I have known, that 7 years later I would be standing on the Red Square in Moscow? We met the first day of our Assistant to Infancy Montessori
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Make Your Child a Zucchini Zealot!
In my practice as a parenting coach, I regularly advise my clients to involve their children in everyday cooking tasks in the kitchen. Next time your recipe calls for zucchini,
Asking Your Child to Dust a Plant Teaches Care and Concentration
Other than telling your child to run outside and roll around in the grass, there may be no faster way to connect them with nature than through the beautiful and
Ask Your Child to Scrub a Potato and Improve Their Confidence
Scrubbing a Potato by Jeanne Marie Paynel from voilamontessori.com As parents, sometimes we may find ourselves feeling more like short order cooks. Even worse, our hungry little customers might grate
A Matching Game of Locks and Keys Builds Your Child’s Resilience
Last summer I shared a useful travel activity to entertain your young child on a road trip or an airplane ride while simultaneously developing their motor skills and self-esteem: play
Teach Your Child to Core an Apple and Build Their Self-Esteem
As a parenting mentor, I help show my clients how to facilitate their children’s independence, whether that means cleaning up after a play session or fixing a snack. This is
Your Child’s Mathematical Mind
Did you know that “quantities” are the first building block of the mathematical mind? Outside of my practice as a parenting coach I’m often intrigued when I hear parents easily
Use Toothpicks and a Shaker to Develop Your Child’s Motor Skills
In my practice as a Montessori parenting coach, I always look around my clients’ homes to see what they might organically have on hand that can be used as an
Using a Lock and Key as an Educational Toy
Whether sitting, crawling or standing, a child as early as 10 to 14 months of age is still learning how to use their two hands together to get things done.
Teach Your Child to Drink From a Real Glass
Teaching a young child to drink from a glass doesn’t have to be as daunting or premature as you might think. The sippy cup was invented more as a crutch
Teach Your Child How to Sew a Button
While providing parenting advice to a client who explained she was overwhelmed by the number of tasks she needed to complete each day, she noted a button on her daughter’s
Involve your Child with Daily Chores
You’ve probably come across one or more articles that extol the virtues of getting children to help around the house. They make the point that children who do chores have
