by Kim | Jul 29, 2022 | Preschool at home
What’s not to like about free field trips near me? We started investing in annual zoo memberships through The Bronx Zoo in 2021 and cannot imagine life without it. I refer to the membership as “free field trips near me” because you can write off most...
by Kim | Jul 7, 2022 | Accelerated Learning, Preschool at home
Whatever your feelings towards Amazon, Alexa is an amazing learning companion during time that would have otherwise gone wasted in your day. Yes, it’s possible that Alexa will be future children’s first word, but for what she offers, it’s not a bad...
by Kim | Jun 23, 2022 | Decision Making for Parents, Preschool at home
Spoiler: A Montessori certification isn’t necessary even if you can’t afford to send your child to a Montessori daycare or preschool. In fact, I think society’s over reliance on credentials is one of the contributing factors to inequality. A degree...
by Kim | Jun 10, 2022 | Preschool at home
Hybrid homeschool is increasingly looking like a wise choice for families attending public schools. The caveat is that not every school system can or will accommodate such a model, but parents can still make it work with some ingenuity. As a workaround, using...
by Kim | May 3, 2022 | Preschool at home, Uncategorized
A necessity of apartment living is the recurring toy and resource inventory evaluation. I recently finished the Q2 cleanout which included quite a few of the Montessori materials that our then 2-year old loved. Now past four years of age, it’s amazing the...
by Kim | Mar 26, 2022 | Preschool at home
One of the only reasons we survived 16 months without childcare at the start of the pandemic is that we had already set up a dedicated play space for our son following the Montessori method at home. As a graduate of a Montessori school myself, I knew that I wanted our...
