Lunar New Year is the catchall term for the celebration of the new year in the lunar calendar (based on moon cycles). Many countries in...

As babies grow into toddlers, one of the most common areas where we start to see tantrums arise is around getting dressed. Between the...

If your child has ever attended a Montessori preschool, you've probably received plenty of 'art' they made that was nothing more than a...

Every year as the weather turns cooler, I love to read Animals In the Winter and Gerda Muller's Winter with the children in my care. We...

Making salt dough ornaments is one of my favorite toddler activities this time of year! Salt dough is also a great low-cost, child safe...

There are so many amazing books out there for the winter season that it can be overwhelming deciding what to bring home. We've all been...

Hello again friends! It's been a long time since I started this blog as a toddler lead guide in 2019. So much has changed - I've made the...

The yeast dough that started it all ("it all" being my room smelling like fresh bread on the weekly.) We make this white pizza because...

You might have caught this one on my stories last week (when I forgot to add the LEMON JUICE to the instructions for lemonade. I was...

Everything I've learned from 6 years in the classroom & kitchen with young children. Food prep is one of my favorite parts of classroom...

I always introduce the planets and their orbits in April, since a few important things are happening: the median age of the class hits 2...

Since it's almost over, I thought I'd share what we've been working on throughout February for the Lunar New Year. I first introduced the...