Montessori toddler 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…

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…

Montessori nuts and bolts

In Montessori education, we are constantly observing the child to see where the child is at and how we can continue to challenge their skills. We have a sequence of activities in our Montessori toddler classroom to continue to strengthen the child’s eye-hand coordination and refinement of their grasp. One…