Because the Montessori name is not trademarked, any school can call themselves “Montessori” without necessarily following the Montessori philosophy. Luckily, there are some standards in place through organizations like Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) and American Montessori Society (AMS) that can give you an idea of what to look for on a Montessori school tour to […]

One day we visited my parents’ house and came home with a miniature village. As a Montessori teacher, I immediately thought of mapping. The girls and I drew up a town map and added the houses to it, then I wrote up some direction cards, and our Map Game activity was born. People on Instagram […]

Spring is here, and with spring comes one of my favorite teaching materials — FLOWERS! I love the seasonality of flowers as well as how they can be used in almost every subject area of the classroom, so I finally put together 7 different Montessori-inspired activities using flowers. You can use the same bouquet of […]

Each month, my Printable Pals get to request a printable material that I make just for them! In February, one of my groups asked for some word search puzzles that align with the Montessori pink, blue, and green series. So I created a giant bundle full of them! I began with some very simple introductory […]

I started making some seasonal printables in the fall when one of my Printable Pals requested some as part of her membership. I continued that in the winter, and now I’ve created some spring printables to add to the collection! This is a mini bundle of spring nature printables to cover every area of the […]