MaMaws' Montessori

 Getting presents is always good fun, especially when you can make 'em educational!!! As you observe: What do you see... Shapes? Colors? Letters? If you participate at home: What do you feel... What sticks? What floats? Where is slippery? Here is an idea that literally popped in my head while in the tub. Foam alphabet letters from Amazon and Crayola toddler crayons can help parents and caregivers get that quick 10 minute lesson in before the fun begins. What you don't see is us tracing the letters in shaving cream. You don't hear the giggles as he explored how the shaving cream smears, sticks, and ultimately dissolves. You dont feel the elation as we discover that we can, then use them as stamps.  Finally, you  also don't see all the drawings on the tub walls, a perfecto opportunity to have a splish splash clean up party. (Hint, the foams letters work great as a mock sponge!) Yes, it takes time. Yes, it takes moneies. And, yes, it also takes a lot of effort. Butt,  it i

Welcome back! If you found this link, you are probably curious as to how meals look around the MaMaws' Montessori Compound?  Well, allow us to show you one example? We usually take inspiration from recipes tried by others; how else do you know they will work, right?!  This week, the inspo came from Pinterest: https://pinchofyum.com/instant-pot-wild-rice-soup Wild Rice & Mushroom Soup It'll stick to your ribs! I fell for this recipe when I first made it!  How can you not when you consider the following: 1. Wild Rice is low in calories, 2. Wild Rice is high in fiber and protein, 3.  It contains carrots, celery and onion, and garlic, 4. InstaPot and Pressure Cooker friendly, fellow readers, if you don't feel the same way as I, about the above list of items, feel free to close your browser window at this time.  Or, check out the links above and reference your favorite search engine to research how each of these ingredients can improve your current diet? If you are still wit

 The purpose of this post is to explain some things...      First, we want to thank those of you who have been following and supporting our journey through these past few years.  Since becoming certified in 2014 the education industry has been a turbulent one to become involved in, to say the least!      Now, this morning's maintenance of our Teachers Pay Teachers account has shown to have some glitchy elements.  To help diffuse some confusion, allow us to explain a few things about our site at the moment.     The products listed on the page were originally intended to support the classroom of Ms. R. Guidry (or by her other last name) when she was teaching in the public school setting; specifically through the 2014/2015 and 2017/2018 school years.  From the 2018/2019 school years and beyond, the products will be tailored toward homeschooling and smaller school settings.  We cannot control the intent behind your downloads.    If you are  gaining access to our store to download produ

 We recently shared with yall some fun times we had with our Pour and Explore activities.      Recently, K has been having so much fun we have switched up our schedule from just a few days a week to everyday!  This means much more research, prep, shopping, and clean up but IT iS WORTH IT! Here is a "generic" or "whole group" version of today's sensory bin experience:    First, we took a survey of what was around us.  Shopping is on the to-do list, so today we are working with whatever we have and can locate around the houses.  If you do what we do, you'll notice when your LO stays focused on a particular thing or activity; this can be used as evidence we use to help us communicate with them.  (If you LO is currently pre or non verbal that is.?) Today we had, at our disposal, whatever was in Mom's pantry as well as his snacks for the morning.  Take a look below to see what we found today.  A few things were grabbed and outside we went!  Then, after pl