The Montessori Notebook

The place to learn everything about Montessori at home in easy-to-follow, simple steps for busy parents and caregivers. Whether you are new to Montessori or have been using Montessori for a while, you will come away with practical ideas you can try today and use in your daily life.

Montessori books

My favourite Montessori books for diversity and inclusion for young children

During the break, I’ve been looking through the books in our classroom and admit there is a lack of diversity in the books. Children need to be able to see themselves represented in books, art and media around them. So these are some of the books I’ve found that are as much as possible by BIPOC authors, with beautiful illustrations of children of different skin colours, with different family types, children in wheelchairs and showing the diversity of the world around us so we can all see … [Read more...] about My favourite Montessori books for diversity and inclusion for young children

Some advanced Montessori

For those of you following along for a long time, I wanted to take you a little deeper into the Montessori approach. Even after more than 15 years working in Montessori, I still feel like a beginner with so many things to learn. And I had many moments of reflection, reminders and takeaways from finally reading Catherine McTamaney’s book The Tao of Montessori* that I want to share with you. And if you are newer to the approach, maybe start here – where to start with Montessori at home. The … [Read more...] about Some advanced Montessori

My favourite Montessori and parenting books

My favourite Montessori books Don’t forget, you can now order my book The Montessori Toddler! A parent’s comprehensive guide to raising your toddler in a Montessori way. Easy to read for busy parents but covers every question you’ve ever had. How to Raise an Amazing Child: The Montessori Way, by Tim SeldinA great introduction for parents how to apply Montessori principles in the home. Easy to read and digest, with photographs to further explain the concepts. Very accessible and very … [Read more...] about My favourite Montessori and parenting books

Where to find series: front facing bookshelves

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 put them back too. I have never been asked to review a product before, but I was so impressed with this shelf, that I said “yes!". Be sure to read on as the kind folk at Tidy Books have given me a discount code especially … [Read more...] about Where to find series: front facing bookshelves