I’m often asked how to set up a Montessori classroom at home. I wrote a post about it and published a Montessori homeschooling series: Montessori Homeschool Classroom and Materials. The problem is that it isn’t that easy to find all the posts. Since blogs go backward in time, it takes a lot of scrolling back to find a specific post out of all the posts that are already in that category.
So, today I’m going to organize and update some of my main links on Montessori homeschooling. These won’t be all the posts I’ve written in each category, but they’re probably the most important posts.
My Main Montessori Classroom Posts
Become a More Successful Homeschooler by Using Montessori Principles How to Set Up a Montessori Preschool Classroom at Home How to Add Godly Play to Your Homeschool (if you want to add a Montessori-based religious education program)Examples of Montessori Homeschool Classrooms from Around the Blogosphere
Note: Don’t be intimidated by how lovely many of these classrooms are. Just do what works for your family.
1 + 1 + 1 = 1
Montessori Homeschool Classroom (Photo from Counting Coconuts)
Good Tree Montessori Homeschool
Montessori Homeschool Classroom (Photo from Imagine Our Life)
Kingdom of the Pink Princesses
Montessori Homeschool Classroom (Photo from Montessori MOMents)
Montessori MOMents (now a private blog)
Montessori Homeschool Classroom (Photo by Montessori Print Shop)
Montessori Homeschool Classroom (Photo by Natural Beach Living)
Montessori Homeschool Classroom (Photo from Racheous)
Montessori Homeschool Classroom (Photo from The Kavanaugh Report)
Montessori Homeschool Classroom (Photo from What DID We DO All Day)
Note: I organized these alphabetically to make it fair and easier to locate a particular blog’s Montessori homeschool classroom. I know so many wonderful Montessori homeschool bloggers, though, that it was impossible to find classrooms for each. It often depended on the ease of searching the site. If you have a post with photos of your Montessori homeschool classroom, please let me know so I can add it! If your Montessori environment at home fits better into my post about setting up a Montessori educational space (rather than a classroom), let me know so that I can add it to How to Set Up a Montessori Space at Home.
Montessori Curriculum Areas
Montessori Practical Life Activities (the most important area to start with)
Where to Get Montessori Materials for Your Homeschool
Montessori Principles
Montessori Techniques
Ideas for Montessori Activities (Categories of Blog Posts)
Montessori Elementary Homeschool
Introduction to Montessori Elementary Montessori Elementary Homeschool Inspiration and Ideas Free Montessori Elementary Montessori Materials Online (including free Montessori elementary albums) Where to Buy Montessori Elementary Albums and MaterialsCheck the categories in the right sidebar for lots of other posts you might find helpful, such as “Montessori Overview” with information and videos, “Ideas from Montessori Schools” with Montessori videos, or “Book and Product Reviews” with books that are helpful for parents.
Preparing Montessori Spaces in Your Home
See “How to Create a Montessori-Friendly Home” for ideas for a number of levels. Here are some of my main home environment posts:
- How to Prepare a Montessori Baby Room at Home (roundup post)
- How to Prepare a Montessori Toddler Environment at Home (roundup post)
- Preparing a Montessori Newborn Baby Space at Home
- How to Use Montessori Mobiles to Encourage a Newborn Baby’s Development and Delight
- Preparing a Montessori Baby Space in Your Living Room
- Preparing a Montessori Baby-Toddler Space at Home
- Preparing Montessori Toddler Spaces at Home
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 2 Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 2½ Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 3 Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 3½ Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 4 Year Old
- How to Prepare a Montessori Home Environment for Afterschooling
- Create an Attractive Home Environment from Montessori at Home!
- How to Set Up a Montessori Homeschool Classroom
Jo Ebisujima and I have a free Montessori at home webinar and introduction to our Montessori Crash Course.
Learn more about my eBook Montessori at Home or School: How to. Teach Grace and Courtesy! I’m also one of the coauthors of the book Learn with Play – 150+ Activities for Year-round Fun & Learning!
The Montessori at Home! eBook and Montessori at Home! eBook and Materials Bundle are AMAZING resources! You can learn more about them here. Buy them in the Living Montessori Now shop.
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More from my site
Favorite Handmade Learning Materials for Montessori Preschoolers from Etsy {Gift Guide}
How to Start Using Montessori at Home
Teach Me to Do It Myself (Book Review)
Montessori Monday – Free and Inexpensive Montessori Material Resources
Where to Buy Montessori Materials
Montessori Monday – Gift Guide for Montessori Homeschoolers
Wonderful post! Thanks for all of the links! Looking forward to more motivation and ideas.
Thanks for linking to Mommy Moment. This is such a great list!
Thanks so much, Jody! I love your Montessori classroom! 🙂
Thanks so much for your kind comment, Christine! 🙂
WOW Deb! You’ve really out-done your self! This is a wonderful post collecting so many great resources. Thank you for including Montessori MOMents’ school room. I’m honored. 🙂
Thanks for your kind comment, Lori! You have a beautiful classroom – happy to include it! 🙂
I LOVE LOVE LOVE to see poeples classrooms! A picture is worth a 1000 words! I did post about my classroom, if you want to see it here is the link!
http://discoverydaysandmontessorimoments.blogspot.com/2011/03/our-classroom-pictures.html
Thanks so much for sharing the link to your classroom post, Stephanie! I had looked for it at your blog, but didn’t find it right away. I’ve added it to the post! 🙂
Wonderful resource! Thank you for all the links!
Thanks so much for your kind comment, Rebekah! 🙂
Thank you for taking the time to organize all of this in one place, Deb. I wish I had begun with Montessori when my children were small; however, I think I can still utilize the information and incorporate it into our learning style now. Happy iFellowship! 🙂
Thanks, Larri! It’s true that you can use Montessori principles at any age. I still encourage my adult kids to follow their interests (and I try to do it myself)! Happy iFellowship to you, too! 🙂
Fantastic post! very inspirational
Thanks so much, Andrea! I hope it helps! 🙂
I love this site! So glad I found it!
Thanks so much for your kind comment. I’m glad you found my blog, too! I’ll look forward to getting to know you better! 🙂
Thanks so much for this post!! So helpful! What I needed
Thanks, Nicole! I’m so glad it helped! 🙂
Having trouble joining. Also had problem with Montessori Print Shop. Please help!
Having trouble joining Montessori_Swap Yahoo Group.
Hi, Sonia. I checked out the Montessori_Swap Yahoo Group. I was able to access the group from the email I used to join, and it worked fine. When I tried to use another email to see if there’s a problem with joining, I found that an error code comes up. I’m not sure what to do other than check back in a day or so. Hopefully, it’ll be fixed by then.
I didn’t see any problems with Montessori Print Shop. I’m hoping it was just a temporary glitch. Good luck!
Hi—I keep getting an error when I click on “Setting a Montessori Homeschool Classroom Schedule” link above (top list). Just FYI 🙂 I googled it and found here, though: https://livingmontessorinow.com/2010/08/31/setting-a-montessori-homeschool-classroom-schedule/. Helpful to see that schedule!!
Deb, these are fabulous resources! Thank you for making them available under one post like this. Bookmarked and already started taking notes for my own school room in our apartment. It won’t be as big or lavish and it’s actually going to be a “room split” but, nine the less I am super excited now that you’ve shared some direction & great ideas! Plus the photos, they help ALOT, I am a visual learner. Thank you again. Maybe I will have to share my own little room remodel on my blog as it’s completed soon. TY
Love your set ups!
In Homeschooling, you can choose activities that your kids should do, programs they join and gets to choose room set up you’ll work in. 🙂
Anne
http://www.HomeschoolingOption.com/
great website, I was wondering how i sign up for the emails? I can’t find the button or where to put my email address.
Thanks
Julia