Category: Home inspiration

If you’ve been following this blog for a while, you know that for me Montessori is not just about the activities or spaces. It’s about how we live with our families. Often this means living slow, allowing children time to explore, discover and be curious, and to just be. So…

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The Montessori community over on Instagram is huge. Everyone is so supportive and inspires each other. One account you have to follow is Trina from DIY Corporate Mom, self-described as “Discovering hands-on parenting while climbing the corporate ladder. Making it all work with play, Montessori, and lessons from my job."…

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Our summer series of Montessori home tour is nearly at an end. For our penultimate home, we visit Susan and her family in Germany. They have great spaces which show how simple it can be, whilst being super attractive to the children, clear and inviting. And again seeing how spaces…

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Thank you everyone for the lovely feedback on these Montessori home tours. It’s not all about having the perfect spaces. We know that real kids live here and many times there are going to be messes. But we can dream and get a little inspired, right?! We are moving towards…

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The summer of Montessori home tours continues! This time we are off to Canada. “Our absolute favourite thing to do is to be in nature with our boys introducing them to all the natural world has to offer. So much natural learning happens when outside." – Beth Beth is a…

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Before I start today’s Montessori home tour, I would love to open up a conversation. One that was started by a dear friend in the Montessori community Andy Lulka. This is what she wrote: “I wonder if there is a way we can share our ideal spaces without making it…

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It’s summer break here and a good time to get inspired to make our homes more Montessori. I always recommend looking at things from the child’s height, making their things accessible to the children, and helping to set things up so they can manage by themselves. We all know the…

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A review of Tidy Books Pale Grey Bookshelf I was delighted to receive a Tidy Books bookshelf for our classes. It’s the sweetest pale great and, important to me, the books face forward so the children can easily find their favourite books and it makes it easy for them to…

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Ah, you know I love finding spaces to share with you. Today another Montessori home tour. This time we get to visit Michelle (36), Victor (37) and Cara (2.5) who have recently moved to Norway. Michelle and Victor are a talented duo with their latest achievement being to write a…

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Meet Miriam (29), husband Tomasz (31) and son Samuel (3) who live in Poland. Miriam is originally from Slovakia and moved to Poland where her husband is from and where their son was born. I’ve been following Miriam for some time on Instagram (@mojemontessori). I love seeing the activities they…

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I know that many times you head to Ikea vow never to return. It’s like a vortex in there – you lose all track of time and always come out buying things you did not know you ever needed. That said, Ikea do have some super practical and affordable items…

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My Montessori-friend Amy from Midwest Montessori is doing a tour in the coming weeks of her home. It is such a beautiful space, so thoughtfully put together and sure to inspire you. And guess what? She sent me through some photos for you guys to get a sneak peek! Take…

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