Montessori Practical Life: Indoor Plant Care in Winter

Vito loves our indoor plants!  He's always checking on them, making sure they get enough water to stay alive this winter season.  But is water enough?

The Grimm's Puzzle Square

You've been seeing this a lot in our Instagram, and I finally get to talk about it. This is the Grimm's Puzzle Square. It is not as popular as the Rainbow Stacker and Pyramid, but totally a favorite and one of the most used Grimm's toys at home.

Chinese New Year Mini Preschool Unit

Are you celebrating Chinese New Year? We are learning about this Chinese national holiday for familiarity and for the boys to understand that some Filipino traditions were adapted from Chinese culture.


Vito and I worked on a brief Chinese New Year Unit last week. The resources we used were from the Chinese New Year Mini Preschool Learning Pack I created for him years ago.

Our Montessori-Inspired Shelf for Winter

I’m back after a few weeks of hiatus!  I’ve been focusing more in our homeschool that I didn’t have time to write a post about our activities for the past 2 weeks.  Anyway, here’s the shelf that I've setup weeks ago and the main theme for this setup is “winter”.  This year, we’ll be doing small study units for science and culture but we will work our way thoroughly (taking our time) in reading, writing, and math.