MaMaws' Montessori

  TO SEE RESULTS, CLICK HERE:   Pour and Explore: Day 2 What is it?         Pour and Explore  is how Montessori Maws' do sensory play.  What is sensory play? Lets do some research! *googles the question* "  Sensory exploration is a  child's way of examining, discovering, categorizing, and making sense of the world, and it's beneficial to provide them with opportunities for  sensory  play."   (Mar 5, 2020   www.verywellfamily.com  › why-sensory-play-is-importa... )        Ok, yes technically everything that you do can be considered sensory exploration, but we as Maws need some time for us to treat ourselves!  So, create a goal that is reasonable to your family (at least once a week) so the time spent can be 100% focused  on the activity.          In our home, with our LO, we try to theme these and spend at least 3 days before we 'exit' the activity.  Yes,...

How Did We Get Here? A Bit More About Us My name is Rachel and Brian, my husband, and I will be expecting our first LO later this year.   Both of us are in the field of education in southeast Texas, he is a professor in the Theater Arts 🎭department at our local four year university (5 years running) and my experience has been at the upper elementary levels in Title 1 public schools since 2014.   We have recently started a company together with a focus on professionals in the fitness 🏋, wellness 📿, and mindfulness industries.  Obvi – education will be a big deal too 😉 I originally intended to take some time off to recover from an unexpected surgery over the summer, thankfully Brian was oober supportive, and during this time I discovered a term that would turn how I have been applying everything I learned about pedagogy on its head.   Let me explain… With the majority of my formal knowledge about the early years of education, and how t...