“As you set out for Ithaka hope your road is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery… Keep Ithaka always in your mind. Arriving there is what you’re destined for. But don’t hurry the journey at all. Better if it lasts for years, so you’re old by the time you reach the island, wealthy with all you’ve gained…
TOYS : BEST FRIENDS AND THE BEST TEACHERS
This topic is very close to my heart and I have been planning to write about it since a long time and finally today was able to pen down at length. The importance of toys in the life of children is something which can never be replaced by anything.The first friend or the favourite object they have for the first…
RAISING A READER – BOOKS ON WILD ANIMALS
My last post was all about wild animal themed Montessori activities, while we do themed activities we read and browse through many books relevant to the theme. Little N is 22 months old and loves books with bright pictures and can recognise animals while browsing through the books that means a lot of Independent book browsing which we call reading.…
WILD ANIMAL THEMED MONTESSORI ACTIVITIES
The last time we did the farm animal themed activities and it was loved by Nirvaan and I thought of doing the wild animals in the same lines.Check the Farm animal themed activities here if you haven’t checked it already. Activity 1 Wooden wild animal puzzle Puzzles are one of the favourite activites that we do almost everytime little N does shelf…
SENSORIAL ACTIVITY-DINOSAUR EXCAVATION FROM JELLY
Dinosaur are a favourite at our house and I really don’t know how many books I have bought just because it has dinosaur in it.But I never have to regret buying those books because little N loves those and you can find him reading those while he would make sounds like Dino says Raaaaaahhhhhhh!!! So for the love of Dinosaur…
SENSORIAL ACTIVITY-INSECT SENSORY BIN
There is never a better way to learn than experience ,sensorial activities not only make learning fun but makes learning easier as well.One of the sensorial activity we tried recently was the Insect sensorial bin.It was fun learning about the various insects and also discovering and finding them out of the soil bin that we have created How too make…
BREASTFEEDING IN PUBLIC-MY EXPERIENCE
So when we talk about Breastfeeding and normalising it one of the most controversial topic that crops up is “breastfeeding in public”,I thought to take this weeks celebration as an oppurtunity to talk about breastfeeding in public and my experience so far. I like travelling and weekends are only fun if we are out and if you have read my…
MY BREASTFEEDING JOURNEY
This post is not just about my Breastfeeding journey but more about my journey as a mother.The journey which started as a painful experience and nothing to cherish about, which started with me questioning my ability to become forget good but a mother all together. Read about my initial breastfeeding story My Story-Breastfeeding and the sore nipples and get to know what…
SEA ANIMALS THEMED SENSORIAL / MONTESSORI ACTIVITY
After we did the Ocean Themed Sensorial Activity I wanted to do the Sea animals based activity in the similar way ,we have done earlier.Little N enjoyed the activity a lot and I wanted him to have fun while learning about the sea animals. I took out his diaper cover as the activity was with water, he immediately went and got his…
WHY MESSY PLAY IS THE BEST PLAY
Whenever I post about sensorial activities the most common question that is asked by moms is How do you clean the mess ? Well honestly I have my tricks and tips for minimising my work of cleaning but I never minimise on the mess my baby can create and play with. Childhood is all about experience and there is no…