Inspiration (blog)

September 22, 2020 Hello, Montessori 123 friends! It's been a bit since we checked in, and boy has so much happened. The rest of farm school summer camp was a blast. There were so many wonderful highlights, and the best...

August 18, 2020 Thank you for all the excitement surrounding Coral Farms (a combo of Coco and Pearl's names) on social media! We love that there are families out there joyful for and with us during this time. Our first...

I am grateful for my garden this year. My morning routine consists of turning on the hoses to the garden, opening up the chicken pen to release the girls for the day, then back to check on the garden and...

July 14, 2020 Planning. We are planning for the unknown and wondering what the fall will look like. Will my children be home with me or at school? I still want/need to be able to work, so in anticipation we're...

There’s a lot of noise, anger, and questions floating around, and we determined it would be best to take time away from posting about daily life on our blog and social media to learn and reflect. As educators we know...

May 25, 2020 The last two weeks have certainly had their ups and downs. I posted about our chicken misadventure concerning the circle of life on our Instagram, so be sure to read that (admittedly sad) story. It's not all...

May 11, 2020 Week seven-ish, possibly eight. Who knows anymore? This past week or so we've been noticing and trying to instill work patterns into the girls' daily routines. Marshall and I created something called "POW": Podcast or Work. One of...

May 1, 2020 I can't believe it's May already. I think I am beginning to figure out a rhythm to connecting and internally motivating the girls to want to learn. On Wednesday they both had zoom calls with their teachers and...

April 24, 2020 We've kept ourselves quite busy this past week with projects. The girls are so enjoying caring for the chickens as well as our neighbor's bunny Polly (while they fish in Alaska). Marshall and I are converting the back...