I love Montessori education, and it’s my favorite philosophy for both school and home use. While you may or may not want to use the traditional classroom materials, there are ways to use Montessori at home at any age.
Today, I have links to lots of posts that will help you in your efforts to use Montessori at home. If you’re new to Montessori, please see my post “How to Start Using Montessori at Home.”
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For ages 0-6, be sure to read about encouraging your child’s sensitive periods.
For any age, check out why I used Montessori principles in my parenting philosophy.
And check out “What Montessori Means to Me: Joy.”
If you have an infant or are expecting an infant, check out these posts:
- 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 with Shelves at Home
- Prepare a Montessori Baby Space in Your Living Room
- How to Make a Treasure Basket for Your Baby
- Variety of posts about babies (choose those which are most relevant for you right now)
For toddler ideas:
- My post Preparing Montessori Toddler Spaces at Home also has a link to a post about preparing a baby/toddler space at home
- How to Prepare a Montessori Toddler Environment at Home
- Variety of posts about toddlers (choose which are most relevant for you right now)
Favorite Montessori Practical Life Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers
If you have a child who’s preschool-age through early-elementary-age, check out these posts:
How to Create a Montessori-Friendly Home (any posts that apply to your situation)
Monthly Themed Calendars (with calendar observances and themed activities each month)
For Mixed Ages, Check out These Posts:
How to Prepare Montessori Homeschool Spaces for Babies through First Graders
How to Prepare a Montessori Space in Your Living Room for Toddlers Through Early Elementary
For Montessori Homeschooling, Check out These Posts:
- How to Set Up a Montessori Preschool Classroom at Home (if you want a classroom rather than a homeschool space in another room)
- How to Set Up a Montessori Homeschool Classroom (more indepth with lots and lots of resources and links within links!)
- Montessori-Inspired Outdoor Environment
- How to Prepare Themed Montessori Shelves
Resources for Using Montessori Activities at Home:
Books by Maria Montessori are wonderful although abstract. If you haven’t read this book yet, it’s a great one for parents:
- How To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way by Tim Seldin (for birth-age 6). Here’s a review I wrote: How to Raise an Amazing Child the Montessori Way (Book Review).
- If you’d like actual Montessori teaching manuals and a clear, systematic Montessori teaching approach from Association Montessori International teacher training, I recommend Montessori Print Shop’s primary teaching manuals for ages 2½ -6. You’ll find my review of them here: Montessori Print Shop Primary Teaching Manuals Review.
- You’ll find lots of free Montessori scope and sequence resources for planning and record keeping here.
- You’ll find free Montessori materials online here.
- You’ll find free Montessori elementary materials online here.
- You’ll find lots of ideas of where to buy Montessori materials here.
- You’ll find lots of ideas of how to make your own Montessori materials here.
- Of course, don’t forget my post with more than 11 year’s worth of free Montessori printables and activities.
- If you sign up for my free weekly newsletter, you’ll get a free 177-page Montessori geography album, a new themed printable pack each month, and access to our resource library with all the monthly packs we’ve published. You can read more about it here.
I have SO MANY more posts about Montessori at home and Montessori homeschooling! Please just search the site for any Montessori topics you have questions about.
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 here:
- 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 with Shelves at Home
- Preparing a Montessori Baby Space in Your Living Room
- Preparing a Montessori Baby-Toddler Space at Home
- Preparing Montessori Toddler Spaces at Home (includes my Montessori toilet learning setup)
- 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 Montessori Shelves for a 4½ Year Old
- How to Prepare Montessori Shelves for a 5 Year Old
- How to Prepare Themed Montessori Shelves
- 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
- How to Prepare Montessori Homeschool Spaces for Babies through First Graders
- How to Prepare a Montessori Space in Your Living Room for Toddlers Through Early Elementary
Learn more about my eBook Montessori at Home or School: How to. Teach Grace and Courtesy!
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