I was making a new placemat for my Montessori classroom and thought you might like to use it for inspiration to make your own or as a Montessori placemat free printable. Then you can print and laminate to use at home. This Montessori placemat is based on the one in my AMI Montessori training where there is an outline for the bowl, glass and cutlery. Then a parent had the lovely idea to photograph their exact cutlery, bowl and glass and I created one for my class … [Read more...] about Montessori placemat free printable
Home inspiration
Montessori at home: inspiration from the home and words of Crysta Bloom, The Kind Cocoa Mama
Today it feels like too little too late but I’m super excited to share with you the beautiful Crysta Bloom – The Kind Cocoa Mama – and her family and how they incorporate Montessori into their lives. Crysta lives with her husband, Ezra, her daughter, Epiphany (16 months), and their cat, Mala (3yrs old). They live in New York City but will be moving into an old home in Upstate New York. I’m a new follower to their family and Crysta’s work and I enjoyed going back in their feed to read about … [Read more...] about Montessori at home: inspiration from the home and words of Crysta Bloom, The Kind Cocoa Mama
Featured in the New York Times and ideas you can steal at home
Since I last wrote, I’ve been lucky enough to be featured in the New York Times talking about Montessori. It’s been so exciting to see Montessori in the mainstream media at last. If you missed it, here’s a link to the article: “Can a Playroom Makeover Make My Kids Over?" by Karen Barrows. “Just as Marie Kondo is helping people declutter and organize, Ms. Davies helps parents turn homes into places that are more functional for the family, instil autonomy in the smallest members of the … [Read more...] about Featured in the New York Times and ideas you can steal at home
Montessori, Marie Kondo and Minimalism
Montessori. Marie Kondo. Minimalism. Three ideas which support each other quite well. So much so that soon after Marie Kondo published her book, “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying" in 2014, I added a bonus lesson in my Montessori spaces e-course about how we could use these ideas to help us get rid of the chaos and bring some calm back into our homes. In Montessori, we refer to “the prepared environment." This means that we take a lot of care to prepare our classroom or our home with the … [Read more...] about Montessori, Marie Kondo and Minimalism