From the different moms that I have worked with, from all over the world, there is one issue that comes up time and time again. It doesn’t matter what kind of mom you are, a married mom of 6 or a single mom of three, a working mom or a stay at home mom, the [...]

Lisa Dei Gratia Is A Rock Star Mom Lisa is the founder of Montessorikiwi- a store that resources Montessori and New Zealand teachers and Parents. She lives in New Zealand with her husband and son – and loves chocolate! She is a Montessori Teacher and has experience teaching in Public Montessori and Mainstream classes primarily with 5-year-olds [...]

For the Love of Muffin Tin Dinners – healthy ideas for kids meals When Ebi-kun was little I used to make him bentos to have at home, because he didn’t really need them for kindy or wherever. Then I discovered another bloggy friend using muffin tin trays for making meals in. Genius idea, we got [...]

Blogging Tips From 9 Years Of Blogging May 6th was my 9-year bloggaversay, not here but over on my personal blog. I actually started the blog so my friends and family back home could see what we were up to, everyday things, cute picture of Ebi-kun and then the house building process. But the blog [...]

Printable Kids Diary Pages Back in my teaching days these printable kids diary pages were popular with both the kids and their parents, often the kids would draw or write about something that was highly significant to them but the parents either didn’t know about the incident or the parents didn’t ‘get’ that it was such [...]

A simple fun game to play anywhere which will help you get to know your kids better and help build conversation skills This is a game to play anywhere, Ebi-kun and I often play, sometimes it leads to deep and serious conversations other times it reduces us to a fit of giggles. It’s great because it [...]

Daily Routine of a Montessori Toddler At Home I often get people asking what the daily routine of a Montessori kid looks like for us, but usually by people who have younger children. I was looking through my personal blog for something the other day and found a post about our typical day. This was [...]

Brilliant Hacks For Your Small Kitchen The kitchen is probably the most important room in your home, it is the place where you prepare to feed and nourish your family. Yet, often the kitchen is badly designed and full of crap which hinders you from loving your time in there. . Japanese kitchen are notoriously small and I have a theory that they are designed [...]

Book Giving Day podcast Interview with Danielle Wright Today is the final interview in a special series of interviews with authors and illustrators because we are celebrating International Book Giving Day. Book Giving Day is where we aim to get as many books as possible into the hands of as many kids as possible! Today, Danielle Wright [...]

Book Giving Day podcast Interview with Paula Berinstein Next up in our series of author podcast interviews for Book Giving Day I talk with Paula Berinstein  author of the Amanda Lester mystery series. . When asked “why do you think it’s important to get books into the hands of more kids…” Paula responded with “Oh my [...]