Montessori: Practical Life Activities For Young Kids
Published on 2 February 2012 | 58 Comments
Here are some Montessori-inspired practical life activities for your kids (from 2 years old).
Home-Made Lip Balm
Published on 16 January 2012 | 54 Comments
Last Christmas we treated our family and friends to home-made body care products: bath salts with lavender from our garden, home-made soap and lip balm.
Here is our recipe: Continue reading→
NYE Handmade Little Black Dress
Published on 1 January 2012 | 65 Comments
Happy New Year! And don’t forget to enjoy every single moment of 2012!
Christmas in Provence: the Thirteen Desserts Table
Published on 19 December 2011 | 46 Comments
This year we discovered a new (for us) Christmas tradition, typical of Provence. Continue reading→
Montessori Activities: Folding Paper (and Wrapping Gifts)
Published on 12 December 2011 | 30 Comments
This is a simple activity you can do with young kids and that will help them being concentrated.
Prepare a few square pieces of paper and draw a line in the middle. This line will be on the outer side of the sheet and will provide control of error. Continue reading→
You’ve Got Mail!
Published on 1 December 2011 | 31 Comments
My kids love writing and, as we have traveled a lot in the past years, they have family and friends in many differents places. Continue reading→
Vintage Advent Calendar
Published on 30 November 2011 | 16 Comments
A few days ago, on twitter, a fellow blogger was talking about the advent calendars she had when she was a child. Simple, cardboard calendars with a little image to discover every day. At that time, we did not need gifts to count down to Christmas. This simple advent routine was enough to make us happy. Continue reading→
Customized Messenger Bag
Published on 29 November 2011 | 12 Comments
Just a simple, camouflage messenger bag and a bunch of old junk jewelry (never throw those orrible earrings away, who knows…). Continue reading→
Reading Magic
Published on 22 November 2011 | 92 Comments
What would you do if I told you that there’s an educational activity which, on its own, will:
- reinforce the bond between parents and children
- improve children’s ability to express themselves and their achievements in school
- teach them to read, quickly and with no effort
- strengthen their self-esteem
- calm them and reassure them before sleep
- help them to name their feelings (joy, fear, sadness, anger) and to learn universal values
- help the country save money and progress (because growing children that are more intelligent and happier, the government will have to spend less money, time and attention on problems such as illiteracy, crime, unemployment) Continue reading→
