Pretty good day all round – the school day didn’t last past lunch and dd did art and made cards for her grandma and a friend. Grandma came round with an early birthday pressie tonight, which went down extremely well, and we had a nice meal together. I’m reading montessori books and ogling gummylump montessori toys – absolutely lovely. I can see the point of lots of montessori practices, and I think I can make some of the materials fairly easily. One question would be how many times do children tend to do the activities? Because if I spend three hours making something and she uses it once for 20 minutes, I’m going to feel a bit hard done by!

Still, won’t know til I try it I suppose.


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