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This bitch really gonna dump her kids on me and vamoose

I’m not ready to be a single mom

I had to put a stick next to the nest because she decided the MIDDLE of our yard was the primo spot to give birth

@mrswinterbarnes you’re not wrong. When I came back from closing the barn doors she was gone. Nowhere in sight. I thought turtles were supposed to be slow

First that bird makes its nursery in my bike basket on our porch and now this

ITS A DIFFERENT TURTLE

It’s nationalist to state facts now?

How is this toxic?

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human freedom

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quality of life

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social progress 

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income equality (america was among the worst)

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healthcare

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gender equality

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The kitchen is an area where it’s easy to get carried away. Quite frankly, I remain baffled by the amount of time (and money) that some parents spend creating an entire kitchen area for their children. While lovely, it’s absolutely unnecessary. You do not need an entire Montessori kitchen area for your child. A stool and some child-size tools will suffice. See below for how we incorporate the Montessori philosophy, encouraging independence and order in our small kitchen space. 

One piece of furniture I often recommend to aspiring Montessori families is The Learning Tower by Little Partners. I’ve been disappointed in some of their other products, but this tower has stood the test of time. Learning towers are definitely an investment, but I bet if you added up the cost of all the toys you buy that your children might care less about, the total would surpass the cost of the tower. Ideally, this tower would take up less room, and we debated selling it.  Since my daughter really loves it and frequently uses the easel attachment, we decided to keep it.  My daughter is able to climb in and out of the tower and choose the items she needs from the top of the butcher block counter below. She also uses the tower to help with meal preparation and dish washing.

This counter serves as an arts and crafts area for the messy works we don’t want to do in the family room.  It also serves as our baking and cooking prep area. We keep a roll of paper here for painting activities. We also keep a couple trays for practical life activities related to baking or cooking, as well as a placemat, small glass and pitcher with water.  In the lower cabinet, there is a basin for floor scrubbing, and the smaller child-size utensils are stored in one of the drawers. 

The bottom of our pantry houses a couple shelves with art caddies and a cleaning caddy, which my daughter uses to clean her indoor and outdoor easels among other things. My family’s real food diet means we don’t usually buy in bulk so taking a couple shelves in our already tiny pantry is okay. We also (purposefully) live within walking distance to a decent-sized grocery store. The small stool under the window helps her to reach her snack items in the pantry.  Next to the pantry, we hang the tools my daughter uses to care for the environment, including an apron for cooking and baking. You can find wonderful child-size tools from For Small Hands.