by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Tomorrow's Child
Every Autumn Comes the Bear Written by Jim Arnosky This is a beautifully written and illustrated book by Jim Arnosky. It is a story of autumn and wildlife in the wilderness, as a bear gets ready for winter hibernation. It is perfect for setting the stage for more...
by Lorna McGrath | MFA, TC September 2023
Dear Montessori Family Alliance Members, The Montessori Family Alliance is an integral program of the Montessori Foundation, bringing you a variety of parenting tools. We appreciate your continuing support, ideas, and involvement in creating Montessori-inspired family...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, TC September 2023
Campground Kids Series – Yosemite Fortune #7 Written by C.R. Fulton Whenever I think of summer, I think of National Parks, hiking in the woods, climbing mountains, enjoying beautiful waterfalls, the smell of campfires, and I could go on about appreciating the...
by Lorna McGrath | Family Resources, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Video, Webinars / MFA
Ellie and Talia Campbell are a mother-daughter team who have written and published a book together called “Monster Tea Party.” They will join us to share their real life experience with childhood anxiety, how they are managing it in their own family, and...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
My City Speaks Written by Darren Lebeuf Illustrated by Ashley Barron All of us use multiple senses as we go through our everyday lives. Many rarely think of how different, interesting, and beautiful life would be if one of those senses were impaired. This is the story...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
Yay, You! Moving Up and Moving On Written by Sandra Boynton I got this book last year (just a little bit too late for the traditional graduation season) and kept hanging on to it until the season came again. Although, I suppose I could have written a review at any...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
I Am Thinking My Life Written by Allysun Atwater Illustrated by Stevie Lewis What powerful minds we have! We can create our lives as we want to with the power of thought. The ideas presented by the author are expressed lavishly through colorful, thoughtful, and full...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
On Earth Written by G. Brian Karas Springtime always makes me think about new beginnings and new hope for our lives and our planet. That reminds me of a song by a greatly loved Montessorian, Sanford Jones… at the beginning is a good place to be. what will each...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Reading, TC April 2023, Tomorrow's Child
Pizza Day Written by Melissa Iwai This is a wonderful hardcover book with sturdy, somewhat water-proof pages. The illustrations are richly colored and very realistic. The story is all about a boy and his dad spending time together while preparing for their...
by Lorna McGrath | Family Resources, Health / Nutrition, MFA, Montessori Family Life, Montessori Parenting, Video, Webinars / MFA
“Wynken, Blynken, and Nod” is an American poem and children’s song dating back to the late 19th century. It’s a lovely bedtime story. How many of us would like a beautiful bedtime story or lullaby to send us off to sleep? No doubt sleep is an important...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, Uncategorized
Social Justice Parenting Written by Dr. Traci Baxley A friend of mine gave me a copy of this book, and I’m so glad that he did! Dr. Baxley is an interesting, honest, and insightful author. She has taken social justice and parenting (which makes some of us a bit...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA
I Wish You More Written by Amy Krouse Rosenthal & Tom Lichtenheld For the most part, we wish more good, kind, and together things for our children than the opposite. The illustrations are wonderful as they capture in very concrete ways the ideas in the text. It...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA
Written by Elizabeth Baguley Illustrated by Aurélie Blanz This is a charming book with gorgeous illustrations and interesting descriptive and rhyming verses. The story is about how sometimes groups teach their children to guard themselves against other groups without...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, Book Reviews TC February 2023, MFA, TC February 2023
Note: A while ago, I was wondering: Why aren’t there books for children about Maria Montessori’s life and work? So, I began to do some research. It turns out that there are quite a variety of books from which to choose. There are paperbacks, hard covers, cartoon-ish,...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, Book Reviews TC February 2023, MFA, TC February 2023
Soup Day Written by Melissa Iwai Melissa Iwai is fast becoming one of my favorite authors! She writes and illustrates engaging books about preparing food with the family. Some of the many attributes of her books are: • they have sturdy, hard-to-ruin pages, which is...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, Book Reviews TC February 2023, MFA, TC February 2023
Written by Brook Pessin-Whedbee Illustrated by Naomi Bradoff The author has included suggestions about how to use this book. She also includes resources and activities to help parents and caregivers define gender and to learn more about the topic. Brook suggests that...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews, MFA, TC February 2023
Written by Karen S. Robbins Illustrated by Rachael Brunson Well, I read this book several times, and I think this could be an introduction to reading together (an adult and a child) The aardvark shows confidence in its abilities and potential, and the mouse is...
by Lorna McGrath | Book Reviews
Written by Hilary Kearney Illustrated by Amy Holliday I had the pleasure not long ago of visiting a botanical garden known for its orchids and generously filled with many other kinds of flowering plants, etc. Whenever I go to places like that, I always visit their...
