Tag: Montessori at home

Language cards The idea of language cards is that the child starts to see that a 3D object can be represented by a 2D image. The have an object and match it to the card that’s the same. You can make it more difficult by making similar cards when it’s…

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Today I’ll share my favourite Montessori activities for 9 to 12 months. These are some of my favourites. You don’t need to buy everything. Look at what you already have at home and come up with some similar activities which allow your baby to practise these skills. What is the…

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As I’ve been sharing some Montessori activities by age group in the last couple of newsletters, a couple of questions kept popping up about Montessori activities. So here are some tips for Montessori activities to get you started. 1. How do I show my child the activity? To be honest,…

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Let’s continue our Montessori activities series with Montessori activities at 6 to 9 months. What is the child working to master at this age? It’s important to know what the baby is working to master at this age so we can provide appropriate activities to help them develop in these…

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Have you ever had the chance to ask a Montessori teacher a question, something that is really troubling you, and they’ve said, “Just observe." As a Montessori teacher who has done 250 hours of observation in my training and every day in the classroom for the last 15+ years, it’s…

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Everyone is so kind and gentle in Montessori. How does this help our children in the real world where not everyone is so kind? What about when you have to do something? One part of Montessori is removing obstacles. We try to set up our homes and classrooms so the…

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Isn’t it funny how there seems to be one question everyone is asking at the same time. The last two weeks this is what I keep hearing… “We can’t afford a Montessori school"/"We don’t have a Montessori school in our area"/or similar – and do you think it’s ok to…

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Since I last wrote, I’ve been lucky enough to be featured in the New York Times talking about Montessori. It’s been so exciting to see Montessori in the mainstream media at last. If you missed it, here’s a link to the article: “Can a Playroom Makeover Make My Kids Over?"…

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Montessori. Marie Kondo. Minimalism. Three ideas which support each other quite well. So much so that soon after Marie Kondo published her book, “The Life Changing Magic of Tidying" in 2014, I added a bonus lesson in my Montessori spaces e-course about how we could use these ideas to help…

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What a delight I have for you today! I reached out to Theresa of Montessori in Real Life to ask if I could interview her for the blog and she said “yes". For those that haven’t yet discovered Theresa, she was a Montessori toddler teacher and now full time mama…

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This is a letter of apology of sorts. For my part in raising standards for parents that might be unattainable. And to address some myths about what Montessori is. I really do believe that we can be kinder guides to our children; that children love to participate in daily life…

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Wondering what Montessori is? Montessori is becoming increasingly popular as people recognise the limitations of traditional education. It’s also well-reported that creative successes like Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales attended Montessori school. And Google’s Larry Page and Sergey Brin credit their success to having attended a Montessori school:…

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