We’re committed to the idea that learning doesn’t just happen inside a classroom. Learning takes place everywhere! Whether that’s at the zoo, or on a farm, or in an artisan’s bakery, the joy that accompanies →

In one of our favorite texts, published in 1947, Maria Montessori contemplates the future of education. There are at least three main points that she addresses: the new type of consciousness that will be required →

In an extract from a lecture first published in 1947, Maria Montessori lays out her vision for the future of education. At once reflective, dare we say optimistic, the text calls for a transformation in →

The Bead Cabinet is the stuff of magic. When a student first walks into the Montessori classroom, takes a deep breath and surveys the room, they are instantly drawn towards the beauty, simplicity and elegance →

We are so very pleased to Spotlight Bart Theriot. If ever there was a great story to tell about Montessori, it would start here. We've known Bart through our involvement with the Montessori Madmen for →

In our fifth podcast, The Empathetic Classroom, Bobby George and Charlotte Wood discuss the role "community" plays in Montessori. By "community", of course, they mean many different things. With that said, the discussion centers around →

We've had as many laughs, as we have had serious conversations, on just how precisely Montessori describes the ideal teacher, the ones who will herald the movement in education that she so passionately, wholeheartedly envisioned →

In this spotlight, we're extremely pleased to feature The Montessori Lab School at Grand Center, which aims to provide an authentic Montessori education, in the heart of Saint Louis, Missouri. Dr. Annette Haines, who has →

As a former university professor, Donoso Escobar reflects upon his experience with the traditional education system, what types of learners it breeds, and how it compares to what he has witnessed with Montessori. The tone is hopeful, the dispatch →

While Montessori and Froebel share a number of common traits, in particular, their emphasis on the individual needs of each and every child, they radically differ on a wide range of issues. In this podcast, →

The Montessori classroom looks a little bit different than what we typically think of as a traditional preschool environment. A question that often arises is, "How are the adults in the classroom trained? Are they →

It’s been just over two years since we last updated our website. For us, that’s an extremely long period of time. In terms of the internet, that’s a lifetime. By updated, of course, we mean →

Dear Maria Montessori, It’s so hard to believe, but today marks the one hundred and eighth year since you opened the first Casa Dei Bambini, in Rome, Italy. So much has changed since that initial →

We sat down with Mrs. Bauer, the leader of the Young Children's Community at Baan Dek, and put together a few basic tips for parents, which we hope are helpful, on how best to inspire language and math development, →