We sit down with Michelle Becka, AMI Teacher Trainer, to discuss her upcoming talk, "Nurturing Your Child's Growth Mindset," and ask some rapid-fire ice-breakers.

We sit down with Jeanne-Marie Paynel, Founder of Voila Montessori, to discuss her upcoming talk and ask some rapid-fire ice-breakers.

We sit down with Montessori expert Margaret Whitley about her upcoming talk and some rapid-fire ice-breakers.

The Montessori Method of education, developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, is a knowledge-rich, child-centered educational approach.

Making decisions about your child’s early education and care can be challenging. New face the decision of whether or not to go back to work, stay at home, enroll their infant in daycare, hire a nanny...it’s a big decision.

One of the pleasures of watching a child grow is being shocked out of taking the mundane for granted. The most ordinary things that we seemingly know without thinking and can do without trying, are, for the child, joyous challenges.

One of the first things you notice when you walk into a Montessori school is that the classrooms are not divided by age. In a Montessori classroom, you will see children of different ages working together and socializing happily.

Ask anyone, parent or not, whether they know what a “temper tantrum” is, or what the “terrible twos” are, and you can bet that they have no trouble picturing a toddler meltdown at a playground, a grocery store, or an airport.

If you're trying to figure out how to avoid temper tantrums, we'd love to help! Though the occasional meltdown during early childhood is inevitable, you can understand what causes tantrums, learn how to prevent them, and how to deal with them.

The Montessori perspective on discipline is quite different from the typical, punitive understanding of the word. Learn to help your child develop inner discipline, and start by understanding the Montessori approach.

Here are some gift ideas that tap into what's special about the elementary child.   

Here are some great gift ideas for your baby that might surprise you! These beautiful gifts that your baby will use to grow and learn are things that you'll want to save and share with future generations as well.

You might not want a pair of oven mitts for Christmas, but your toddler or preschooler probably does! Get a little insight into Montessori-style gifts that your toddler or preschooler will love.

The binomial and trinomial cubes are first introduced to children as young as three, as a sensorial puzzle, but are later used by the upper elementary child to discover the formula for the cube of binomials and trinomials. A bit of Montessori magic!

What does supporting the development of your child's inner discipline look like in practice? It means discipline isn’t about taking something away; it’s about repeatedly teaching the child what to do instead.

Reading and writing are sometimes taken for granted by adults who have mastered the skills—but looking at them from a child’s perspective, they are skills of Herculean difficulty.

Very often, we meet parents who are intrigued by the Montessori Method, but who for whatever reason are not quite ready yet to enroll their children in school. You may be wondering if there's a way to give your child an early taste of Montessori.