Educational Toys & Family

Read a neat post today about some great green plant kits  If you want to make a small dent in the green movement, try your hand at sprouting some greens!

There’s a great revolution in plants, the Portland Library Roof is now an eco-roof with stuff growing on top.  What a great idea!

Went to a fascinating lecture by Dr. Steve Hughes about the science of montessori education.  His website iw www.goodatdoingthings.com and he has some fascinating data about the benefits of montessori education.  Children learn with their hands and so having a multi-sensorial environment for them to learn about the world is the best way for them to be taught.

There are a ton of great montessori teaching tools.  Also a contemporary of Maria Montessori was Fredrick Froebel who had similar ideas.  You can see the Froebel’s Gifts at babyclassroom.com