Discovering Our Way

Alfie Kohn: A Voice in the Wilderness

September 24, 2014 Michelle

My husband and I had a rare treat tonight – an evening out together without our son. Even better, we attended a speech by Alfie Kohn titled Unconditional Parenting: Beyond Bribes & Threats. Some of Mr. Kohn’s more popular books include:1. The Myth of the Spoiled Child: Challenging the Conventional Wisdom about Children and Parenting 2. Unconditional Parenting: Moving from Rewards and Punishments to Love and Reason 3. Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A’s, Praise…

Practical Life: Care of Plants

September 19, 2014 Michelle

Continuing our studies in the Practical Life album, I came across the section on Care of Plants. This is not my forte. I do not have a green thumb and plants tend to wither in my presence. I’m hoping to give DJ a chance to know more about plants. So we’re starting simple with a house plant. We went to the nursery and selected this Peace Lily and the supplies needed to care for it. In addition to being a…

Brown Stair Activity and more

September 17, 2014 Michelle

Because we were away for vacation most of last week I had expected I wouldn’t have any Montessori activities to write about. But Friday afternoon, DJ surprised me with a whirlwind of work, including more work with the Brown Stair than any other time since he first received it. He started out by taking the Brown Stair off the shelf and building it in order one prism at a time. This is significant because he’s mostly insisted on keeping it…

Vacation 2014

September 11, 2014 Michelle

We’re on vacation this week and DJ had an awesome time as we stayed at a lake house with friends. Bike Riding Playing outside Swimming Boating Helping with dinner Stacking jams at the restaurant on the way home Goodbye summer, hello fall!!