How To Become A Montessori Teacher: Certification Guide 2026

interactive montessori activity with teacher

The most common question people ask when considering Montessori teacher training is which certification to pursue. AMI or AMS? Full-time or part-time? Does the program name matter, or is MACTE accreditation what actually counts for employers? These are the right questions, and the answers depend on where you want to work and what you want … Read more

Best Montessori Stores: Buy REAL Furnitures & Materials (Not Imitations!)

best montessori authentic store

Most Montessori products you find on Amazon are not Montessori. The proportions are wrong, the wood is MDF under a thin veneer, the colors do not match the materials used in actual classrooms, and they arrive in a week because they ship from a warehouse in China that copies photographs of real things. The stores … Read more

Montessori Feeding Area: From Nursing Corner To Weaning Table

montessori feeding area with nursing chair and baby weaning

Every parent knows feeding a baby takes up an enormous portion of the early months. What most don’t realize is that how and where feeding happens shapes more than nutrition. It shapes the baby’s sense of order, their relationship with mealtimes, and eventually their capacity to regulate their own hunger. The Montessori feeding area is … Read more

The Montessori Prepared Environment: The Third Teacher

Close-up of a Montessori shelf displaying Practical Life and Sensorial materials, including sorting trays and manipulatives, supporting fine motor skill refinement in the Elementary environment

In Montessori pedagogy, educators often speak of three teachers, the adult, the other children, and the environment itself. Of the three, the environment is the only one that is present for every moment of every child’s day. The adult is occupied elsewhere. The peers are doing their own work. But the environment, if it has … Read more

How Montessori Teaches Times Tables (Step by Step Guide)

Learn Montessori Multiplication Tables

The Montessori approach to multiplication is not a single activity or a clever game. It is a sequence of materials that builds over several years, starting in preschool with skip counting and arriving at multi-digit multiplication by age 7 or 8. Each material does something specific and concrete before the next one can make sense. … Read more

The Everyday Montessori Baby Free ch. 1

The Everyday Montessori Baby

Montessori for
Real Life.

Age-by-age. No perfect house required. Activities in 5 minutes. Honest about the hard parts.

0–3 months 3–6 months 6–9 months 9–18 months