Montessori classroom Archives

Montessori and music: creative ways to integrate music in the classroom and home (including the Yoto Player!)

An often overlooked area of the Montessori classroom or home is the music area. I’ll admit, I’m not naturally musically talented. Fortunately, babies, toddlers, and preschoolers are such enthusiastic, nonjudgmental participants that I’ve never felt shy about playing music, dancing, or singing with them. So let's look at creative ways…

A beautiful public Montessori school in Austin, Texas we wish we could all attend

I'm super excited to share with you today an amazing public Montessori school in Austin, Texas. It's been a while since we did a school tour around here and so important to highlight that there are many great programs making Montessori accessible to all. Montessori For All is based in Austin, Texas…

Setting up a Montessori toddler classroom (and home)

I’m going to show you how I set up our new Montessori toddler classroom where I run parent-child classes here in Amsterdam. We moved in just 2 weeks ago in a weekend (not recommended!) and it took me two weeks to recover. But it already feels like the cosiest new…

Corners of our Montessori classroom on the first day back to school

I hope you all had a wonderful summer break. I had a lovely mix of travel, staycation, a secret project, and a handful of visitors. I got to visit the beautiful Iceland with my parents and kids…. And the location for working on the secret project here in the Netherlands…

Tour of a Montessori toddler classroom in Amsterdam

In my last newsletter I showed people a picture of our Montessori toddler classroom after we’d just started back to school after the summer break: I’d made a few changes and I asked if people would like to have a look around. And it was a unanimous “yes please!". So…

A live tour of Montessori toddler classroom in Amsterdam – The Montessori Notebook

This Wednesday, I had so much fun doing a little live tour of my Montessori toddler classroom. I was able to answer people’s questions live and show you around at the same time. I had such a lovely response and it’s been viewed already 10,000 times! So fun. So, want…

A Montessori classroom in Lisbon to inspire you

I was so lucky to visit Atelier Montessori, a Montessori classroom in Lisbon, 2 weeks ago. It’s only 7 months old and is a fantastic introduction to Montessori in a country where this approach is not so well known or understood. Set up for parents to learn on one side…

Where to find Montessori trays and baskets

Here’s a new series to address that commonly asked question, “where did you get….?" that I often get asked in class. Now let me state up front that I am not actually a big advocate of buying stuff. Even more so since Marie Kondo came on the scene and I…

5 things you can learn from a Montessori school in The Gambia(!) and apply at home

In May 2015 I had the pleasure of meeting Nacee Mercier and her family when they were visiting the Netherlands. At the time, opening a school in Africa was just a twinkle in her eye. But with this woman’s dedication, openness, honesty and commitment, I knew it would happen. Fast…

See how to be inspired by this classroom!

Tour of The Hut, Possum Creek, Australia with Ruth Barker Do I have a treat for you today. Well, I don’t know about you but I get so inspired when I get to peek into other Montessori classrooms. And Ruth Barker’s is one of the loveliest you might find. The…

Tour of a Montessori toddler classroom in Amsterdam

Welcome to our new space. Some of you have not yet had a chance to visit. So I would love to show you around. The classroom is set up today for a parent-toddler class for children from 16 months to 3 years. We are lucky to have a lot of…