There is something fascinating, captivating and intriguing about the Universe! Although Cosmos appears empty and dark, it sparkles with thousands of mysterious glittering lights. Also, while purportedly having an infinite nature, the universe keeps expanding! It holds billions of galaxies, each containing millions of stars, and although the space between... Read more →

About a month ago, at 3 years and 7 months, Adrian started to blend sounds together, and since then, it has been a fascinating journey on the road of reading and blending. Today, we are continuing working with Montessori CVC Pink 💗Series. After mastering the "a" sound, the next phonetic... Read more →

In continuing our 🌌 COSMOS Unit study, today, we are stimulating the tactile sense with our Space-Inspired sensory bin. During the sensorial work, a child - a "sensorial explorer" - is able to concentrate on the refinement of all the senses, from visual to stereognostic. Sensory play is extremely important... Read more →

This is a fun 🇺🇸4th of July inspired DIY Golf Tees Hammering practical life activity for your child to exercise fine as well as gross-motor control. What you will need: golf tees, child-size hammer, foam-block, different types of balls to balance on a golf tee, and a tray to define... Read more →

Today, we are playing a fun extension to the numbers memory game by incorporating colors into the number-memorization process. This activity is very simple DIY at home: no specialized Montessori material is required. What you will need: a box with a lid or a drawstring bag filled with numerals (we... Read more →

This is a super easy DIY math counting activity to teach your child simple addition, number recognition and numeral to quantity association. This is also an awesome fine and gross motor exercise as those little fingers would have to open and match the pegs to the craft sticks. What you... Read more →

Adrian really enjoys Color Code puzzle (buy here), which is a logic game, featuring patterned see-through stackable colorful tiles. Color Code is a unique game where a child layers these see-through tiles to create different multi-colored shapes as shown in the included challenge booklet. The booklet offers challenges from one... Read more →

Children love water play. So, today, we are making a lake using a baking tray filled with water on which your child can sail small boats made from walnut-halves. What you will need: walnuts, colorful cardstock to make sails, toothpicks or thin straws with a tip cut to a point,... Read more →

Today, we are conducting kids science experiment: Capillary Action (also called Rainbow Walking Water), which is a timelapse experiment on water and paper's ability to transfer color from one glass to the other, mixing two primary colors and, in the process, creating secondary colors. This is also a fun sensorial... Read more →

As a Father's Day gift, children wrote a special secret love message to their Dad. (I knew there is a purpose for a white crayon in our oil pastel crayon set!) What you need: a white crayon (we are using one from a Giotto Oil Pastels set - buy here);... Read more →

On June 14th, we celebrate 🇺🇸 Flag Day by paying tribute to the Stars and Stripes and also to all the flags of the world. We love using Holidays as themed unit studies, and today, we are learning all about flags. This World Flag Board is a Montessori Geography material... Read more →