This interview is with Carolyn from Haas Montessori Consulting Q: Can you tell us a little bit about yourself? Your background, your interests, your dreams? Growing up, I often played school with my younger siblings. →

Parenting is full of extremes. No one could possibly feel as much love as I feel for this child in this moment. There’s no way I could feel more love, more pride, more joy, and →

For a podcast of this post, scroll to the bottom of this page or subscribe on iTunes. Children, especially young children, ask a million questions. There are memes and tropes and jokes about the questions →

Families want to be supportive of their children’s development. We all get the same 24 hours in the day, so whether our work is unpaid as a primary caregiver or takes us outside the home →

This interview is with Barbara from Montessori Gym. A quick note on the story behind Montessori Gym: My husband and I are Montessori parents who dedicate their professional life to sports performance analysis and training. →

The Zine is hitting a milestone -- 100 issues! To celebrate, we’re sharing one hundred of our favorites (in no particular order). Enjoy! Our Team Creativity Podcasts Our mascot, London Mr. Rogers Big conversations Uno →

When we’re thinking about how to make summer special, those dollar signs sure can fly by! While we all wish we could give our children the world, summer doesn’t need to be expensive. Here are →

For a podcast of this post, scroll to the bottom of this page or subscribe on iTunes. Recently, we published on the blog a post about Observation, beautifully written by Amanda Boerger. If you haven’t →

Observation : Really Seeing Each Child Observation is a valuable tool that grants deeper understanding of the activities, behaviors, and personalities of children within a Montessori classroom. Because the Montessori method is so individualized in →

Earlier this school year, around the winter holidays, we shared two podcasts and posts about holidays and travel with children. Well, it’s here again -- SUMMER! Some of us look forward to this season with →

Montessori is known for independence. It’s more than a buzzword, it’s a way of life. We’re constantly striving for independence, though it is a rather fraught word. We think of independence as “I don’t need →

There’s this beautiful quote from Dr. Montessori’s Words of Advice to Teachers, published 95 years ago. [quote]She must give her lesson, plant the seed and then disappear; observing and waiting, but not touching.[/quote] May 6th →

Zoe Paul is the incredible mind behind Sage Montessori and Studio Montessori. She shared her story previously in this Spotlight interview. Studio Montessori can also be found here and on Facebook.

There’s a fast food chain in the Midwest. When you order, they give you a number. When your order is ready, they come find you and bring you your food. They don’t yell, “forty seven” →

A quick glance into many Montessori classrooms will showcase not just students, guide, materials, and furniture, but also often plants. Why is that? Does the teacher just like ferns, or is there a reason? As →