By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now I love spring flowers, and we have lots of them in our new Montessori-inspired flower unit! Our flower unit has Montessori-inspired activities using free flower printables along with a new Montessori-inspired flower pack for subscribers to our free newsletter at Living Montessori Now! You'll find many activities for preschoolers through early elementary throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using free printables to create activity trays here: How to Use Printables to Create Montesso ..read more

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now Red pandas aren't related to giant pandas, but they're very cute ... and they're fun to study! They're also an endangered species. We're starting a red panda unit for preschool through early elementary. Our red panda unit has Montessori-inspired activities using free red panda printables along with a new Montessori-inspired red panda pack for subscribers to our free newsletter at Living Montessori Now! You'll find many activities for preschoolers through early elementary throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll a ..read more

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now March is Women's History Month, and I'm sharing resources today for our new women in science unit! This unit has resources for preschool through elementary! Our women in science unit has Montessori-inspired activities using free women in science printables along with a new Montessori-inspired women in science pack for subscribers to our free newsletter at Living Montessori Now! You'll find many activities for preschoolers through early elementary throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using ..read more

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now My daughter and son-in-law are expecting a new baby in March ... and their 5-year-old son is expecting a new sibling! So we are having lots of fun with a new baby unit, which is easily adaptable for home or classroom!  Our new baby unit has Montessori-inspired activities using free new baby printables along with a Montessori-inspired new baby pack for subscribers to our free newsletter at LivingMontessoriNow.com! You'll find many activities for preschoolers through first graders throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. Y ..read more

You've done so much for them, slaved for them and sacrificed for them, and then if you don't give them what they want, they get mad at you. It hardly seems fair, all the things we do for our kids and they don't appreciate it. Then we hear them say things like, "I hate you," or "I hate this house." We hear, "You're a mean mom," or "I'm mad at you!" It's common for kids to get mad at their parents but the solution is the hardest for parents to do... just let them be mad. Good parents learn quickly that they are not their child's friend; they are their parents. But if the parents aren't prepare ..read more

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now Winter is such a fun time for ice skating in all its forms! Our new ice skating unit has Montessori-inspired activities using free ice skating printables along with a new Montessori-inspired ice skating pack for newsletter subscribers at LivingMontessoriNow.com! You'll find many activities for preschoolers through first graders throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using free printables to create activity trays here: How to Use Printables to Create Montessori-Inspired Activities.    At ..read more

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now This is the perfect time of year for an evergreen tree unit! You can either focus on evergreen trees in general or add Christmas trees to the unit. Our evergreen tree unit has Montessori-inspired activities using free evergreen tree printables along with a new Montessori-inspired evergreen tree pack for newsletter subscribers at LivingMontessoriNow.com! You'll find many activities for preschoolers through first graders throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using free printables to create activity ..read more

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now This month, we have a high-interest unit for pre-k through elementary! It's a detective unit with Montessori-inspired activities using free detective printables and a new Montessori-inspired detective pack for newsletter subscribers at LivingMontessoriNow.com! You'll find many activities for preschoolers through first graders throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using free printables to create activity trays here: How to Use Printables to Create Montessori-Inspired Activities.  At Living ..read more

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now A road construction theme is lots of fun for vehicle lovers in pre-k through first grade! This month, I have Montessori-inspired activities using free road construction printables along with a brand new Montessori-inspired road construction pack for newsletter subscribers at LivingMontessoriNow.com! You'll find many activities for preschoolers through first graders throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using free printables to create activity trays here: How to Use Printables to Create Montessori ..read more

By Deb Chitwood from Living Montessori Now We're completing our vertebrate series with a mammal theme, which is adaptable for any time of year! I have Montessori-inspired activities using free mammal printables along with a brand-new Montessori-inspired mammal pack for newsletter subscribers at LivingMontessoriNow.com! You'll find many activities for preschoolers through first graders throughout the year in my previous posts at PreK + K Sharing. You'll also find ideas for using free printables to create activity trays here: How to Use Printables to Create Montessori-Inspired Activities.&nb ..read more