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This is a guest post by Kylie of How We Montessori. Maria Montessori believed that from birth children have a strong sense of order. She wrote that children need to see and experience order in the world so they can create order in their own minds. What that means for us as parents is that [...]

I was so taken by the lovely wooden toys that Bee posted last week. Toys of such a high quality command a high price though! I started to wonder if I could make some wooden toys myself. I found some fabulous resources for raw wood toys. All of these are a fraction of the cost [...]

This is a guest post by Kylie of How We Montessori. ~~~ A discovery basket (often known as a treasure basket) is a basket of items that you present to your child to explore. The basket is usually given to the child as soon as they can sit. This is often at around six months [...]

I recently wrote a post on why I stopped buying electronic toys, and how I’ve been making a big effort to buy fewer, high quality toys. So I thought I would share some of the companies I’ve come across that are making really great toys, but are not as well known. First up is Grimm’s [...]

First we featured what the Bee mamas have on their want, need, wear, and read wishlists. Now it’s time to share our kiddos’ lists!

I remember the day I found Etsy, I had been engaged for about 2 months and was hooked the second I saw this beautiful manifestation of creative talent and pure awesomeness. I spent 5 hours perusing Etsy that day. Of course my obsession was steadfast and when I was pregnant I spent many hours finding [...]

I bought so many electronic, short-lived, plastic toys during Charlie’s first year of life that I’ve long since sold or given away, because they had such a short lifespan in terms of Charlie’s interest. Olive doesn’t miss them at all, and I can’t say that I do either.  Now I try to only purchase high-quality, [...]