Our summer series of Montessori home tour is nearly at an end. For our penultimate home, we visit Susan and her family in Germany. They have great spaces which show how simple it can be, whilst being super attractive to the children, clear and inviting. And again seeing how spaces can work for two different aged children. Susan writes a blog called Emil und Mathilda where you’ll find lots of lovely, often handmade, activities that Susan has put together for her children. I think that’s one of my … [Read more...] about SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #5 – a peek inside Susan, Emil and Oskar’s home in Germany
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SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #4 – a peek inside Kylie, Aaron, Caspar and Otis’ home in Australia
Thank you everyone for the lovely feedback on these Montessori home tours. It’s not all about having the perfect spaces. We know that real kids live here and many times there are going to be messes. But we can dream and get a little inspired, right?! We are moving towards making our homes more accessible for our children, making them a little more beautiful, a little less cluttered, and with fewer but better selected activities that they are working to master. Today the summer series … [Read more...] about SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #4 – a peek inside Kylie, Aaron, Caspar and Otis’ home in Australia
SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #3 – a peek inside Our Montessori Life’s home in Canada
The summer of Montessori home tours continues! This time we are off to Canada. “Our absolute favourite thing to do is to be in nature with our boys introducing them to all the natural world has to offer. So much natural learning happens when outside." – Beth Beth is a Montessori teacher for 3-6 year olds and has two boys, Anthony and Quentin. I love following Beth’s blog, Our Montessori Life, as well as here on Instagram, to see the adventures they get up to. If you haven’t already, don’t … [Read more...] about SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #3 – a peek inside Our Montessori Life’s home in Canada
SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #2 – a peek inside Anna, Thomas, Julia and Jakob’s Montessori-style home in Vienna, Austria
Before I start today’s Montessori home tour, I would love to open up a conversation. One that was started by a dear friend in the Montessori community Andy Lulka. This is what she wrote: “I wonder if there is a way we can share our ideal spaces without making it about the things in them – or about the space (that’s a large room!) or about the perfection of it. Can we talk about why this space works in a way that doesn’t make me feel I was an inadequate parent for not having the means with … [Read more...] about SUMMER SERIES: Montessori home tour #2 – a peek inside Anna, Thomas, Julia and Jakob’s Montessori-style home in Vienna, Austria