Montessori Sensorial materials can get quite expensive. Here are some ways to DIY some of the most popular materials: Texture Matching Use balloons and common kitchen ingredients to make this texture matching work! Stereognostic Bag Use a simple drawstring bag and fill it with objects that are all related in some way — like kitchen […]

The Montessori sandpaper letters are an important tool for introducing the sound each letter makes while training the hand how to form the letter. They are usually presented in sets of about 4 letters, all of which have distinct shapes and sounds. But how quickly do you move through them? In my training, we were […]

An all-time favorite toddler activity is putting objects into holes. In the Montessori world, we call this “posting.” You’ve probably observed this inclination in your toddler in some ways that probably aren’t the safest — like with electrical outlets! So how can you follow the child to provide for this need in a safer way? […]

One of the top questions I receive is how to plan daily lessons in a Montessori homeschool preschool environment. In the preschool years, we generally do one lesson per day. HOWEVER, that’s a Montessori 3-6 classroom practice that exists in part because there are 20+ kids to give individual lessons to each day, so there’s […]

My Montessori printable subscription club is now open! I am a former Montessori teacher, forever Montessori parent who has been part of the Montessori world for 15 years. I loved creating Montessori-inspired printable materials for my own children, and now I get to make custom printables for you! You can see all of my work […]