
Montessori and Construction Play: Building Skills for Life
All kids absolutely love construction play. There’s a reason we all played with building blocks as children and made structures as tall as our little hands could reach. Construction...

Montessori Gardening Ideas for Spring: Hands-On Learning in Nature
Spring is the time when everything wakes up and when nature is blooming. So, if you’re a parent, you know it’s time when kids are eager to go outside and play in the sunshine. And w...

Montessori and Play Schemas: A Parent's Guide to Purposeful Play
Children are fascinating, and they do a lot of things we adults might not understand at first. And one of these things is exploring the world around them in any way they know, in a ...

Maria Montessori’s Planes of Development: Stages, Skills, and Parenting Tips
Maria Montessori figured out something big - kids don’t just grow; they actually evolve. Each stage of childhood comes with its own set of skills, quirks, and, let’s be real, parent...

Fun Lessons for Cleaning Up - Montessori Way: Building Responsibility Through Play
Cleaning up… just saying it can make any parent groan. But what if it didn’t have to be a dreaded chore? What if tidying up could actually be fun and teach your little one important...

Spatial Awareness with Toddlers - What It Is and How to Improve It
Ever watched a toddler waddle through a room like a tiny explorer, dodging furniture, grabbing their favorite teddy with laser precision, or stacking blocks like a pint-sized archit...