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 education

Dr Montessori’s 150th birthday celebration – Montessori Everywhere

Happy 150th birthday Dr Montessori! Yesterday we celebrated Dr Montessori’s birthday a day early with over 6,500 Montessori parents, educators, schools and training organisations in the most AMAZING 12-hour global online event, Montessori Everywhere and raised $20,000 for the Black Montessori Education Fund. I’ve been working for the last month with some friends to make this happen and it was such a day of community connected by Zoom rooms, Youtube Live’s and Facebook Live’s and a closing … [Read more...] about Dr Montessori’s 150th birthday celebration – Montessori Everywhere

Where to start with Montessori – everything you need to know to get started with Montessori at home

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: They don’t credit their success to drive or brains. They say it was nursery school…We both went to Montessori school and I … [Read more...] about Where to start with Montessori – everything you need to know to get started with Montessori at home