The weather yesterday was GLORIOUS. Beautiful bright sunshine, cool air, a gorgeous day where both autumn and winter were jostling for space. We decided to make the most of a day with no plans and visit Leith Hill, a national trust spot in Surrey. It was so beautiful! I would really recommend it to anyone…
Read MoreImpromptu colour learning
I wanted to share a little story from a few days ago, when Frida was painting in the afternoon. We do a lot of painting and drawing at the moment, art is definitely one of Frida’s favourite activities. (You’ll have to excuse the quality of the photos accompanying this post – in London it gets…
Read MoreIn Frida’s stocking…
I have just put together Frida’s “stocking” for Christmas. I say stocking, but actually we’re using one of her socks! I figured she’s only small, and the temptation of a big stocking would be to fill it… so an 18-24 month size navy sock it is! I didn’t have a stocking growing up, but I…
Read MoreToddler craft: sparkly Christmas trees
With December fully in swing, I thought it was time to do some seasonal crafting with Frida. We have put our tree up (we have a tiny, fake tree this year, as I had read lots of things suggesting that was the safest thing with a kitten in the home. It turns out we can’t…
Read MoreToddler craft: Pasting
Frida loves doing art and craft activities. She goes to her art shelves throughout the day, and really seems to have a need for mark making at the moment. I will admit that, although Frida has art materials readily available to her, I haven’t done much pasting or sticking with Frida. I thought I should…
Read MoreSeasonal shelf: Winter
Happy December! I have updated Frida’s seasonal shelf in her bedroom, and wanted to share it with you. Although I know it’s not technically winter yet from a meteorological perspective, if we go by the calendar I think it’s justified! The books on her winter shelf are: The Snowman; Winter (Gerda Muller); Robin’s Winter Song…
Read MoreToy shelves at 19 months
I looked at Frida’s toy shelves critically a few days ago, and I was pretty unhappy with what I saw. Not with the content – all of her toys are lovely, engaging, and open-ended, mostly beautifully made and wooden. No, what bothered me is that there were simply too many. I’m a firm believer in…
Read MorePractical life: pouring milk
Frida asked me for a drink of oat milk this evening, so I thought it would be a perfect opportunity to set up a pouring practical life activity. I tried to take a photo of how I set it up, but Frida was so impatient to get pouring that I couldn’t take one! I just…
Read MoreDIY Montessori colour tablets
In my last post, I talked about some of the ways we encourage Frida to learn about and explore colour. I mentioned I wanted to make Frida some DIY Montessori colour tablets to further explore the concepts of “darker/darkest” and “lighter/lightest”. I decided to just start with one colour. I picked blue as it’s consistently been one…
Read MoreFrida says (19 months)
I love chatting to Frida. She has definitely reached the point where I would confidently say she is talking, rather than using words, as she uses sentences more often than not and can hold a conversation. I’m so worried about forgetting the sweet things she says, so I want to start recording them for posterity.…
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