Category: Parenthood

Montessori Kitchen Pantry for Indian Cooking

Today, I continue to share (three weeks later) more behind the scenes of how we cook Indian food in our Montessori inspired kitchen with multiple children. Many have
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Hindi and Gujarati DIY Montessori Sandpaper Letters

It seems no matter the ethnic background, cultural upbringing, lifestyle or language spoken at home, there is something special about seeing your child hold a pencil and “writing”.
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Preschool Gujarati Color Wheel Activity for Holi

Sometimes celebrating festivals with my kids at this age is really about exposing them to the name and letting them know it exists. They don’t have to understand
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Indian Spices in our Montessori Kitchen

Many of you may know our home is really centered around our Montessori Inspired Kitchen. We are an Indian family and we cook a LOT of vegetarian Indian
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Be the Change, my sweet babies!

Last weekend we celebrated our toddler twins 2nd birthday. I think us moms put a lot of pressure on ourselves to make it a very special day when it comes
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Montessori Kitchen with Multiples (Twins & Big Brother)

When you have a Montessori inspired home, your children (preschooler and twins) know what is ON limits (there is not that much that is OFF limits). This is
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Life outside the womb – an Indian & Montessori perspective

When you think about the anticipation of a new baby and all the excitement that comes with it, the first image that pops into my mind is a
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Diwali Kids Activities – Dhanteras Coin Matching

Yesterday we celebrated Dhanteras one of the five days of Diwali. “Dhan” means wealth. “Teras” is the thirteenth day of the Indian calendar. On this day we thank
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Diwali Kids Activities – Rangoli Design

Diwali is JUST around the corner! My rule of thumb is 20 days after Navratri ends, it’s time for Diwali. But the festivities start a few days earlier,
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Diwali Kids Activities – Make your own Diwali card

Fall is such a busy time of year for our family and it is only going to get busier as we add one more birthday to the mix.
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