Are Legos Montessori?
Are Legos Montessori? The answer to this question probably depends on who you ask. Are you asking a Montessori teacher while peering into her classroom, wondering if Legos are part of the Montessori...
How to Give a Fabulous Lesson Like a Montessori Teacher
Before giving a work to a child aged 2 to 6, a Montessori teacher almost always gives a “lesson” to demonstrate the activity while the child watches. Montessori believed strongly in the importance of...
Learning to Read: The Three Period Lesson
The three period lesson is a staple of Montessori education. It can be used to teach the name of anything, including the sounds of the letters of the alphabet, setting the stage for reading. It is...
Using Minimalist Ideas in Your Montessori Home
I think we’ve all heard the siren call of Minimalism at some point in parenthood. The notion that minimizing your possessions means MORE time for other things is understandably appealing--especially to parents who find themselves overwhelmed with life and upkeep. There is truth to this: simplifying life CAN make things easier…
Five Tips for the Montessori Beginner
So you want to do Montessori in the home but aren't sure where to start. Maybe you follow those Instagram feeds filled with achingly beautiful photos of some fantastical Montessori home and think...
Knock Down the Pink Tower? Say It Ain't So!
Sometimes we come upon a quote from Maria that shocks us and makes us reconsider everything we've been taught in the name of Montessori. Where do we go from there?
The Journey to Adulthood: Birth to Age 6
In Montessori, we recognize that there are four stages, or planes, of development for all humans which require extraordinary efforts and inevitable regressions before we are virtually reborn into the next...
ADHD? Montessori Is For You!
The Montessori classroom is the absolute perfect prepared environment for someone like me. Why? As a child, I was allowed the freedom to move at will, read to my heart's content, and daydream.
Do Children Work or Play?
Never has a term so confused a traditional teacher or a parent just learning about Montessori. The common phrase "choose your work" used in the Montessori classroom has caused a massive myth...