I wish people would stop calling these Montessori toys! They are NOT! Open ended loose parts leaning towards walforf. Anyone working in these educational strands would know immediatley. These toys will not be seen in a Montessori school
No toys are actually ‘Montessori.’ The curriculum materials starting at age 3 are definitely not toys at all. You can however use elements of loose parts to create Montesssori aligned tasks for toddlers - the rings for a threading task, coins for posting, nins and cups for colour matching etc. But yes, Grapats designs are in line with more of the Waldorf philosophy and it is incorrect to label any toy ‘Montessori.’
I just accidentally ordered a grimms toy because I was trying to see if my coupon would work. LOL my husbands gonna kill me but I’m letting it happen at this point
Great video, I love the sound of the brass/copper clothes hangers make, where did you get them? The kids are adorable, Lincoln is so cute, so much attitude at such a young age.
Waiting on delivery today for our 5 month old grandson and was searching for reviews. Thank you... Interesting. I'm seeing that tissue box as having great longevity - a BIG WIN. Your two year old was playing with it's parts still last year at 2 AND you've thought of an on-going use for the high quality wood tissue box moving forward. Looks like the entire box was awesome for you. Everything was used for the time range of 5-6 months (maybe even earlier since you got it when your son was only 2 months) and a couple of the items are still in use 🎉. Thank you again so much!
I was considering the standard player due to the night light feature as our current but after seeing your review, I am glad I saved my money and went with the mini!
They released a new version of the big Yoto few weeks ago with better storage, sound quality and usb-c slot for charging. Also The battery life is way better than the mini yoto. The okay to wake up concept works for us because the light color changes at the chosen time so you don't need to see the screen. But it's still a bit heavy 😅
Having a visual reminder for the kids (and also letting others know what the kids’ routine is) is helpful in cultivating responsibility and independence. But each to their own 🥰
Once my oldest turned 4-6yrs old, he naturally gravitated towards certain toys- legos, Imaginext, puzzles.. & when he got older, the Imaginext was graduated to action men. My youngest loves toys in bins, but they both love stuffys and get them ALL OVER! also keeping the toddler out of big brothers toys are an issue.
Where was the wood grid box from please? My 3yo son loves hiding + finding eggs with me, we use moon picnic, but I think it would be great with these eggs too. We use only one room to play this game, so all the pieces are found at the end. :)
Love grapat, nice video! Personally I don't really get the con of the sets being too big. I do get that it's important to not overwhelm babies and young children with lots of noisy and tacky toys but these toys are so beautiful! I often see that it's popular to rotate open ended toys and display them in a very ordered way. But I really believe that children, especially when they're a bit older, will be immersed in deeper play when there's more of the same thing and they are able to combine all the pieces. I personally would be wary to present open ended toys on trays, in a Montessori like way, because it could suggest to a child that it's only used for sorting instead of deep immersed play aswell. When we were kids we didn't have these beautiful wooden toys but we could play for hours and hours with legos or playmobil. When we would have had only one set of Legos for example I can imagine we wouldn't have played like we did. But because we had a large box full of Lego sets mixed together we got years and years of play out of it. I think there's something to it, to collect a certain amount of the same type of toy.
No, open-ended toys aren't usually presented on a tray, unless there is a specific skill being taught. Since my children are in Montessori school, almost all our home toys are open-ended and I usually have them in open baskets. They are still sorted by type though.
Hey Mom great videos! Thanks for all the tips🙏🏽 I’ve been looking for my PreK Boy. Does this lunchbox keep the food warm? Does the extra steel container fit to close and help keep food warm? Where can I find? Thanks for your help🙌🏽
Haha thanks! It’s not always clean, but I can’t handle mess. 1. Get a robot vac 2. We don’t have too much stuff which makes it a lot easier. 3. Clean up at transition points of the day - before going out, before bed etc.
Such an impressive collection!! (I've watched this three times haha) We have a bunch of the smaller items but looking into getting our first set of blocks/building sets. My daughter is only 17 months old - is there one you would recommend starting with??
