My little Otto. We did a test walk to the boys' new school. A great portion of Montessori training is learning how to present and utalise Montessori materials. My conclusion after today's walk is that Otto is snug as a bug, but I need thermal gloves, if such things exist (I wore leather gloves and my fingers still ache). A start of our nature basket for Autumn. This week it's the school holidays and I asked for him to plan for and cook one meal. We will be practising what we preach this year about getting outside, and that includes adults too (no pregnancies to use as an excuse). That is concrete for him. Magnetic Let's Play Diggers! It's his favourite thing to chew. Thankfully I have not had mastitis this week, which is a big focus for me, I've had it two times since Otto has been born and I'm doing everything not to get it again (mastitis hurts so bad). Loving Muddyfaces! I will be reviewing this box of lovely materials + more next week! So like usual we are the only ones at the playground. Don't forget to rotate the 'big' toys too. It's really green here, but cold, look at all the bare trees. It was good to be surrounded by so many other Australians!! This looks like a painting, I'm going to print these photographs and what what they look like framed. Otto went inside three times to wash his hands but he kept on going back outside and painting again. It made a big difference, I am still surprised at how sL'Occitane Amande hand creamAmande hand cream is good, the problem is they only make them in small sizes which I go through in about a month, the scent is divine. When friends help you discover new Sydney parks and walking trails. Since we began in 1996, we have grown to build a fantastic community of students, graduates, and schools in over 120 countries. The labels aren't for Otto but for me to remember what they are called. Visit Woodblock Cheese in Bardon (it's on our way to school so it's easy for us to drop in!). Starting with single foods only, introduced over a week or so, butternut squash, carrots, broccoli and sweet potato. This workbook is perfect for that. He doesn't like or use public toilets but we took the potty (in the car) and he used it before and after the match, and before and after the 2 hour+ drive. Photo taken by Otis. I can't wait until Otto is old enough to use it. We are grateful for your continued support and dedication to furthering the reach and success of the Montessori method. Today Forest School was extra wet and muddy, perfect for toddlers. The fresh sea air is everything. Up and down. Keep me up-to-date on future Montessori in the Home 0-3 courses. We found a few crabs and lots of tiny fish and shells. (2 years 11 months). Look Look! There was an amusement park right on the beach. We recently bought Otto a little dust buster and he loves it!! We've given him Otis' wooden barn (one of the few toys that we bought from Australia) and a few old Schleich animals. Explore the tremendous potential of children aged three to six years and how to nurture it at home. Great for developing hand strength. - French Prime Minister, Georges Clemenceau, 7 July 1918. Otis is the collector! I changed the art card on our shelves today. Put it in your diary - Saturday 29th June 2019 is the International Day of Mud!! The seating was tight and the crowd likes a lot of quiet during the game. Unlike my other two children he loves textures, he loves the sand. We spent Sunday at a local nature reserve. Visit site. The easiest way to foster that is to showcase the similarities found amongst perfect strangers, and spark interest in wanting to know more about different cultures. This addition of favourite books fascinated both Quentin and I and we have been looking for copies to read here. These are all scratch and sniff stickers and they all smell sooo good. Otto is loving these tumble down counting pegs. The boys made this snowman just next to our front door. At four months he has his two bottom teeth and loves to chew and kind of pull on these while biting them. We flew from Brisbane to Singapore (9 hrs) and Otto slept almost the entire way. My haul from the Frome Independent markets. The whiskey will go with more of his clothes but I also love the bright colours on toddlers. I've labelled our water colour paints with their real names. Here the children took turns holding fire. This one is gorgeous and an old favourite - Coming to Tea. Above is Otis' before shot (all excited) and the second is during! We have crayons, a few oil pastels, paint sticks, and poster paint. Above a simple shapes puzzle. Above and below Otto is exploring the seaweed at Bondi. My enthusiastic 11 year old is on the boundary getting an autograph from one of his favourite (Australian) bowlers. How We Montessori. Otis joined us at Forest School today. Picking fruit from the farm... an important lesson on where food comes from. !6am local time. He would run it between his hands and look at it, he loved moving his feet in it. Taking the ferry across the English channel was super scary but was completely enjoyable, and better for the children as they could move around and it wasn't so busy. Trying out Otis' new Illuminated Mini Beasts Centre, it's solar powered and lights up at night to attract mini beasts, what a wonderful idea! Only one minor breakage, What is one of the first things you do when you move towns (cities/countries/continents)? Then a long flight (13 hrs) to London. We have some new liquid water colour paints that I wanted Otis (8yrs) to try out. I was so worried he would cross-contaminate everything, he was ok but still not completely comfortable with handling raw meat. What a lovely Forest School craft to celebrate the darker days. Caspar (11yrs/Yr 7) also had a full day of Forest School but as part of his school's normal activities, the school has their own Forest School teachers and own area of land within the forest. Oxfam has a lovely range of baskets and best of all you know they are fair trade. Due having an emergency c-section (after my waters breaking and being in the labor ward for two days) I didn't start straight away with cloth nappies but I had intended to. The move has been hard on all of us, while we love exploring this new country we are lacking any type of rhythm. This a great way to reinforce geography knowledge. I hope you are able to see your loved ones. Otto and I did all the school drop offs and pickups and even made it to the supermarket and a cafe for the first time. Isn't this new Rainbow puzzle from Etsy gorgeous!!! We are not growing any edibles at the moment so I thought we would try some DIY local microgreens!! Godrevy Lighthouse. Sensory overload! This process begins when the child is born, and progresses as the child develops their intelligence, sense of self and personality. This addition of favourite books fascinated both Quentin and I and we have been looking for copies to read here. So much time at the beach. He isn't reaching for or pulling up on his arch yet so we made it into a tunnel to crawl through! Forest School is the highlight of our week!! Whether you are new to Montessori or have been practising Montessori at home for some time. Absolutely loving these handmade, gender neutral and organic baby clothes from Sunny Afternoon (on E. I can't wait for Otis to get home from school... he is going to love this! A cup of hot chocolate at the end a very rainy Forest School day. But when and where we can, we love to visit a real book store. It's hard to see but the images are all stickers. Love this one for toddlers! These colours are lovely. Currently reading and loving slow by Isabelle Huiban (UK link only here). When gardening I'm much more capable with indoor plants, or those in pots or baskets. If the child has been vomiting they cannot go back to school for 48 hours. This week I was solo parenting, which is tough. I still have no idea how to mount it or where exactly it will go. I'm going to try making these myself at Christmas! 3 year old, Madeline, using the Montessori Golden Bead Material. It's such a lovely idea for an all natural, handmade puzzle. OMG does anyone have sick children? Otto brought home these Mega Blocks and the below Kangaroo puzzle. Made famous by Virginia Woolfe's To the Lighthouse! Makes me think we could incorporate mirrors into more of our nature displays and perhaps observational work and art work... something to think about. The tide goes all the way out almost as far as the eye can see, when it comes in, it comes in really far, Otis would be underwater. I don't want to force him but he feels a little too young to understand natural consequences. We are really hoping it will snow soon!! These were so large. Little Otto at Forest School this morning!! I'll try to post some pictures of it tomorrow. We spent the weekend at West Bay Beach in Dorest. Autumn officially starts here in the UK on Monday 23rd September. He did not complete this cycle of activity, but it's a good start! All of our boxes from Australia arrived safely today!! I'm loving our hanging baskets at the moment. These are the tastiest things Otis has ever made!! (at 2 years 10 months). Often I feel like I am fitting in, then suddenly I am reminded that we are foreigners and so very far from home. It's so so bad, especially with Otto who sleeps all day and is awake all night. I apologise for the quiet start to the week. Do you find lots of spontaneous matching in your home? These were so large. Yum! This is a picture from my Instagram, it's too cute not to share here. They can see the shells, rocks, and seaweed on the bottom of the ocean. We made the space in the clay with a cut branch, slightly larger than the candle base, so the candle holder is reusable. Using the pastry wheel with playdough on the light table. This is aFirst 100 Cristmas Words Board Book. There is enough space in our ensuite shower for Otto to have his own shelf and little teeth brushing area. This is winter!! He knows the names of the objects around him and he knows how to describe those objects with speech. Two diving beetles and one shrimp. Perfect for this time of year! Otis is being very gently guided by the Forest School teacher on how to use the saw. Caspar (12yrs), Otis (8yrs) and Otto (2yrs) on Christmas morning. Using water colour paints. So excited that we are again going to be working with Soft Star Shoes!! Otis received this fantastic kit for his birthday. Luckily we have lots of resources (books) about the seashore on hand. He can't read but he does recognise some letters. Otto definitely has his own style when drawing people. (At the art studio). These are terrible iPhone pictures of Otto's little movement area in our new apartment (still in Brisbane). This term they are playing hockey. The pigs were gorgeous, Otis just adored them and didn't want to leave. He had damage to his teeth and needed to wait overnight for surgery. I made this little DIY matching egg set years ago. He is also sleeping on his tummy, which I don't like, but I turn him onto his back and he just rolls over on his tummy again. As we move out of our home in a couple of days we've decided to leave it here, rather than further confuse him and move it back into his room. Otis and Otto love playing the Elefun game together! He is refusing to wear an apron, it's tricky isn't it, to respect their wishes while also protecting their clothes, at this young age it's difficult for them to understand and I feel they are too young to learn from consequences (you can't bake until you have your apron on). Here are some great choices from Baby Goes Retro (we have and love the rainbow pants, they are super soft!). The instrument on the right is a Monkey Ladder Shaker - a giant seed pod from the liana tree of Nigeria (from Grasp+Gather). Another drawing by Otto at 37 months. I'll get the kids to contribute but I need a plan... Is there anyone else starting their Street Library journey?? Where does time go?? “We Montessorians call that ‘Monte-somethings,’” said Sandra Karnstadt, founder of Lake Hills Montessori, an American Montessori Society member school in the Texas hill country just west of Austin. For the first time in years we are growing strawberries. And how it looks at night! But now the roads are completely snowed over, so no school tomorrow! The Great Garden Birdwatch was held over the weekend. Otto's abandoned pasting box (at 22 months). It's a bit old for Otto, best for toddlers an preschoolers but I'm glad we have it for later! In one week Otis played rugby, football/soccer, judo (three times a week) and had swimming and tennis lessons. We always take home so much from these markets but most of all I love buying handmade ceramics (so I'm feeling fufilled). (Montessori, From Childhood to Adolescence, Appendix A, 1948) Dr. Montessori’s words are certainly applicable in our time right now since we are clearly in the middle of the unforeseen! I'm telling myself it's the process that's important!! Looking at this picture I can see he isOtis used over six years ago (made by lovely Meg)!!! We preserved the autumnal leaves with beeswax earlier in the day, so they look nice and glossy here. Otto trying to hand his leaf on the leaf mobile at Forest School. I made a set of these for Otto and a set for my little nephew, for when they are a little older. These are also glow in the dark. It's going to be a great way to get to know our local community. He can competently and independently do two and four piece puzzles but I like to do larger puzzles with him together (or he can do them with his siblings). Unfortunately, in their Montessori school they only had one PE lesson a week. Always propagating! They would also work nicely in a sand tray or sand box. It's nice to be home again and back playing in the mud at Forest School! Last time we visted the baths Otto wasn't walking! It has references to Cornwall which is just lovely and reminds us of our visit there this summer. "When the Australians came to France, the French people expected a great deal of you. They ran up and down these stairs so many times. This is a pretty typical suburban Australian scene. We're using a fabulous, all included Flowers Growing Kit (c/o Manine Montessori). A cardboard box with two holes (for the chid's arms) = Montessori Mystery Box. Montessori in the Home – 3-6 years – ONLINE COURSE. At 25 months all of his drawings look like this. Otis collecting shells and stones at Morecambe. We are loving Little Wildling Dough. “We don’t know what they are.” Lots of happy screams!! It's been raining heavily for about a week. There are lots of things to love about the UK, including Farm Shops! Isn't this post office box cute?? He isn't walking but can stand confidently enough to work standing at a table. Nature walking through this lovely community garden (food forest!) So we spent the morning outside with a little paint. An iceblock and cookies at the Northey Street market, at least they're organic right? Otis is entertaining Otto with his 'science experiment'. Just this week we've noticed lots of little mushrooms sprouting up through the earth. At five months, Otto hasn't started solids yet, but he has started sitting with us at the table for breakfast and dinner! This was such a lovely walk and the kids took in so much. (In the new pants). It's so, so beautiful but the concept is abstract. Over the weekend all of my children visited the dentist for a check up. On this trip we did a lot of child friendly activities and not so much sight seeing. I presented this with paint brushes, but.... perhaps hands are better. Love!! Prints, candles, chocolates, pottery. The recipe for the Focaccia is from Bread Baking for Beginners. The green people are "Otto and Mumma", and the green rectangles are our beds. No matter how hard we try we are not locals. I love this huge ID card our ranger gave us, it's perfect for this age group. I’ve shared before how much we have loved This is How We Do it. Otto (31 months) loves all kinds of colour sorting but my other children, didn't like it much, Otis (now 8yrs) really didn't like it or do colour sorting at all as a toddler. Craziness at the Frome Independent Markets. The boys had so many questions - it was wonderful. I want it to look awesome but I'm no artist!! Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. He is the best hot chocolate maker and so good at surprises! Some white on black or high contrast painting. He is happy to wear lots of layers but will not put on a coat, gloves or a hat. I met with another mum who recently used cloth nappies from birth, including in the hospital for five days (her husband took home and washed the nappies every day). We’d love to meet you and learn more about your family! So many questions about this place remain unanswered I love that the children can discuss what they think happened and why. 10 ways we can show respect to our child - One thing about the Montessori approach is how we show respect to the child. He does this without any instruction. During low tide, you can walk across. Montessori education has at its heart Peace Education. This article highlights the scope of our geography curriculum. The Mededith Dairy Goats Cheese is familiar though, we almost always have this in our fridge. We had some sad family news back in Australia. Triple washed carrots by Otto (24 months). Caspar and Otis learning how to use a saw at Forest School today. It looks amazing. These three are really good and would recommend! I've set this up for Otto twice almost every day, and for a while you can keep on topping it up. Need cheese? It's really for open ended play but it's also for language work. Otto checking out the nature/wildlife display near the Forest Cabins. It was aimed at children/families so perhaps that why he found it so entertaining. A highlight for Otis. What is Montessori education? Otto's little wall collection of animals. I've found the same for playdates, they are exactly the same as playdates in Australia, the kids (almost) play the same games and like the same things. Some new nature books! An Air plant display at the Bath and West Show. 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