Montessori at Home

More and more, I meet and speak with parents who embrace the Montessori method, and wish to implement the Montessori philosophy and methodology in their homes. To do so successfully, it is important to have a well-prepared environment.

Here are some helpful guidelines to consider when creating the Montessori environment at home.



Everyone’s home is unique, and every Montessori prepared environment in the home will reflect those nuances. Although the home Montessori environment will have its own flavor, all Montessori prepared environments have the following features in common:

They are attractive,orderly and clean.
Have a place where children can store and organize personal items
Have adequate open space for children to easily move around.
Have children access their Montessori materials from low shelves so that they can also help maintain the order on these shelves.
Maintain appropriately-sized tables and chairs so the children can sit and move with ease.