home-made montessori

this is part of what i believe montessori is all about:

http://get-me.to/monthome

don’t go out and buy a whole bunch of expensive tools
that your child may not even use.
don’t become an eBay montessori addict…like me.

you can do it yourself.
and there are several ways to introduce and reinforce concepts.

for example, spend time and a few cents making this:

instead of paying $68 for this:

the magic is in the child,
says mr. doman of IAHP,
not the tools.