Yoga Resources & Why Yoga is part of our Home
Amazon.com Widgets I started doing yoga after college. I moved to San Francisco and yoga was becoming increasingly popular to the mainstream. Plus I am a long distance runner and certain forms of yoga...
View ArticleThe Sensitive Period for Movement – Yoga
I love how the “sensitive period” for movement within the Montessori philosophy is birth – 4 years old. Such a long time to work on these life skills. That period is divided up, basically in half,...
View ArticleMontessori at Home: Movement
Last weekend, I was fortunate enough to attend the American Montessori Society conference in San Francisco. One workshop I chose to sit in was called “Kids on the Move” based on an incredible book and...
View ArticleDailyBuzz Moms 9×9 :: Earth {A Play Date}
I am honored to be a part of the DailyBuzz Moms April 9×9 challenge. As you know, Earth Day was last Sunday. I have always appreciated Earth Day but now, with two young children, the significance has...
View ArticlePeace Education for the Home & Classroom {Stillness}
“Silence predisposes the soul for certain inner experiences. You are not the same after silence as you were before it…It is one of the tragedies of our mechanical age that so many people grow up...
View ArticlePreschool Homeschool Routine
Here is a sample of one morning this week (J is 3.25 and Y is 1.75 years old): We started the morning pre-breakfast with Whale coloring and connecting the dots pages. Opening Song: Round and Round by...
View ArticleBooks for Raising Mindful Children
On our journey to homeschooling we continue to think long and hard about what and how to teach our two boys asking questions like “Who are they?” “How do they learn?” “What do we want for them?” Time...
View ArticleTeaching Mindfulness to Kids
“My hope and wish is that one day, formal education will pay attention to what I call education of the heart. Just as we take for granted the need to acquire proficiency in the basic academic subjects,...
View ArticleYoga Books for Children
We try to do a yoga exercise at least once a day. We’ve even had a yoga play date that included a mini yoga session for kids. Mindfulness and creating a stillness is something I strive to attain...
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