If you’ve ever coveted the Waseca Biomes Reading Program (among other products of theirs), I’m happy to say that they are now offering direct download options! Not only can you get the entire Orton-Gillingham based, Montessori-inspired reading program at a big discount (over the in-print version), but you can purchase individual color sets one at…
Where to even begin with this busy week? Goodbye April –> Hello May! April 29th – May 5th On Sunday both our girls made their first holy communions. *swoon* Misc Fun: Yesterday, we took a beach trip and had a visit with good friends in Pensacola. There was a Crawfish Festival going on, and we spent…
Wow another week blew by so quickly! Somehow I am already in my 34th week of pregnancy and not feeling like working so much, yet we homeschool on. Tonight we are attending a special needs fundraising gala-type-thing, and I’m wearing comfy flats, my maternity dress from Easter #sorrynotsorry and telling baby to scootch over and…
“The secret of good teaching is to regard the child’s intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination.” –Maria Montessori from To Educate the Human Potential These words came to mind when I realized a change was in order for our Montessori grammar work. We…
Happy weekend friends! Our week was full of doctor appointments, therapies and other shenanigans. Somehow we managed to almost complete our weekly to-do list. Sensorial: I had great ambitions this week for completing our constructive triangle work and adding some tasting bottles to the shelf, but we just ran out of time for those this…
Cause I’m having a good time… Oh man I love me some Montessori materials. EVEN when they’re a little wonky. I ordered a set of grammar symbols off of Amazon (I know but Prime). Not only did they not arrive in two days (gasp), but they arrived damaged. You can’t really tell because it’s just…
A couple months back, I scored a free (with postage) set of grammar stamps from one of the Montessori resell groups. The stamps had apparently seen a lot of use love over the years. I think they normally retail around $30 new from Alison’s, but I can’t resist a good bargain. Actually, a lot of people…
