My 1 year old Montessori Toddler Essentials!

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[sillygoosegoose]

i adore jessica being like "my under 2 year old contributes to the cooking, but only scrambled eggs so far, we haven't moved onto anything more complicated" so casually. i've nannied children 10 or 11 whose parents won't let them near a stove and i've never seen then contribute to the cooking. good job mama, he's clearly thriving with his practical life learning. montessori is awesome honestly.

[freakishuproar]

As a massive geography nerd, it melted my heart to see Rupert organizing the animals onto their respective parts of the world :3

[cathannah]

When my daughter was small we were poor as church mices, so I took any small boxes: pasta, cereal, etc. and covered them with construction paper. She loved those blocks...

[HOHNancy]

Rupert is going to be a very talented kid when he gets older. 😊 I can’t believe he’s almost two! I remember you and Claudia announcing his arrival like yesterday. ❤️

[neenoo]

i'm following a german mother who's doing gentle parenting with her children and i'm always so surprised how mature her oldest child behaves. he understands so much, they both apologise to each other, they understand each other and of course there are still frustrating moments, but i wish more people would do this instead of screaming, ignoring and punishing their children.

[elisabetta]

I'm 42 and will never have a baby but your parenthood videos are INSTANT clicks for me!!

[moonpie]

I don't have kids and I never plan to but whenever Jessica uploads a parenting video I click instantly

[allisonkemper]

Pretty sure my kid advanced his fine motor skills almost solely because he wanted to put together duplos and duplo train cars.
It’s awesome that the tricycle could help your son learn to walk!

[audd]

i don’t have kids currently, but i have spent a few years volunteering with the 1’s and 2’s at my parent’s church. one of the most amazing things to see is these kids grow up and watch them figure out how things work. you can almost see the little gears in their brains turning as they learn new skills. it’s truly amazing to see!

[curiousfirely]

I love the little bag! As a teacher, I truly appreciate kids who have been raised to know they have stuff they are in charge of. At that age, it's the little things to play with. But it will transfer up when they need to bring their shoes, lunchbag, etc.

[samanthab]

It's wild how different each kid is. My first two were walking at 10-11 months, my third is 15 months with still no interest of walking anywhere 😅

[starsapart]

It's fun watching Rupert grow up with a two year lag from my own kiddo, who was 2 when he was born. I remember using quite a few of these items! Good memories. ☺️

[_andrewvia]

You are already a source of detailed information on the history of and current issues facing LGBTQ people, as well as disability, because of your own experience plus a wealth of research. Now you have become a source of excellent suggestions for people who might want to raise their child in a Montessori environment. You just get more awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[emporium]

i had a kitchen tower and i loved it!! my dad built it with scrap plywood and it was the best! with my little sister, we would adjust the platform to be at a slant so we could both be at the right height

[flora]

This was a really lovely video - Rupert is a very lucky toddler! I grew up with parents following Steiner Waldorf education which is all about the development of the self as well as a place in the larger community. It has a lot of similarities with Montessori and you might find it interesting if you haven't looked at it already. There are also lots of lovely toys that correspond to the education.

[emmanarotzky]

The bag is so funny to me because I didn’t carry anything until I was like 12 lmao. My parents would encourage me to carry a bag or put something in my pocket and I was just like “nope, you carry it”.

[selenamutchler]

We do Montessori at home with our daughter so I truly appreciate this video. She loves her kitchen tower as well it definitely helps for washing hands before and after meals ❤

[alleemaria]

Jessica, could you and Claudia at some point make a video about screen access for Rupert ? I’ve seen some super distressing documentaries on how addiction to screens (phones, tvs, Netflix etc) can really slow down a child’s development.
Talking then with colleagues who have babies they told me that they struggled getting the child away from these screens as they themselves have the strong habit to pull out their phones 24/7 to do almost everything or even just scroll when bored. Is that something you guys struggled with, especially as social media people ? :)

[lorien_braga]

I'm not a native speaker and I'm running in four hours of sleep so I'm watching with subtitles, and even with them, when LEARNING TOWER was said and was appearing in my screen, my brain recognised as LEARNING TOWEL, and I was pretty confused when the step up tower appears.

[mariaamshalabi]

your rupert-related videos just give me the baby fever🥲🥲🥲❤️❤️❤️ its so adorable how capable and curious rupert has grown to be and with your help im sure he’ll be just the lovliest and most caring sweet kid❤️ it just warms my heart how much hes grown🥹🥹🥹🥹