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

We sent a member of our Marketing Team to take the Children’s House Teacher Diploma at Prepared Montessorian

We answer your frequently asked questions about COVID-19

In the face of COVID-19, we continue to serve our families who send their children to Guidepost Schools.

This month's guest on Guidepost Voices is Melissa McElhill. Melissa is training to become a Children's House Lead Guide at the Maria Montessori Institute in London, and is currently a contributing editor at Guidepost.

Ms. Bridgette, Lead Guide for the Elementary community at Guidepost Montessori at Ogden, offers concrete solutions for how parents can navigate challenging behaviors and emotions.

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Ms. Jennifer, Lead Guide at Guidepost Montessori West Loop, shares practical tips on navigating common mealtime struggles.

Ms. Brittany, Lead Guide for the Toddler Community at Guidepost Montessori at Gambrills, offers concrete tips for how parents can bridge discipline from school to home.

Ms. Krys, Lead Guide at Guidepost Montessori Craig Ranch, shares her best tips for setting respectful limits and boundaries at home.

Hear from Blanca via @whole.child.home about how she uses Positive Discipline with her toddler at home. Rally her expertise as a Licensed Professional Counselor!

Is there a Montessori approach to discipline? What practices do Montessori guides employ in our classrooms, and is it practical and effective for parents to implement at home?

If you are a parent of two or more children of the same age, learn more about the Montessori method as it applies to parenting and education, and offer each of your children the opportunity to become fully their own irreplaceably unique best selves.

How do we as parents know what successful engagement looks like with respect to a virtual school?

A parent perspective on the role that meaningful connection has in fostering independence.

Stepping into the role of The Prepared Adult entails structuring our children's environments so that they may be more engaged and independent! Read on for tips to apply this at home.

Build your own family's framework to get started with Montessori at Home!

On Dr. Maria Montessori's 150th birthday, one parent shares how Montessori's work is more relevant than ever, offering meaningful solutions to the gaps that still exist across childhood development and mainstream education.

Montessori classrooms lend naturally towards today's physically-distanced precautions, but not because of the pandemic – rather, for purposeful reasons rooted in the 150-year-old Montessori Method.

Fall 2020 has been full of challenges for families to navigate, but there's also a lot of resilience and growth to be found from change. Hear from a few of our own parents on how they've adapted for this school year!

Join us for a virtual event on our health and safety procedures at our campuses nationwide.

When the pandemic overturned our established school-work-home routine, I found myself caught in-between grief and relief.

Leveraging the humanism of Montessori education to fight racism.

Across the country, parents are asking, “what are you going to do about school this year?” Cecille, a Guidepost mom, hopes to help other families who are considering keeping their children home as she shares her Montessori at Home journey.

New program prompts significant employment opportunity with 100+ openings for nannies, educators

Join us in a conversation about safe, ethical, and conscious digital use in our connected world. How can parents help support their elementary children in using technology responsibly and setting limits collaboratively?

Join us to learn about the principles behind our Montessori approach and the details of how we bring it to life – from our daily schedule, to our innovative learning platform, Altitude, to student anecdotes and work samples.

Some children with learning differences will need more support in learning to read, spell, and write. How can we help these children develop their literacy and writing skills?

The inability to fully focus and engage can really interfere with a child's ability to learn, finish tasks, stay on schedule, and develop social skills. What are some steps you can take and support you can seek?

Blanca, a Guidepost Parent, shares her perspective of incorporating Montessori at Home with her toddler via her Instagram account, @whole.child.home. We have pulled a few excerpts to feature here in our Montessori at Home video series!

Join us for a free webinar with Jennie Monness, co-founder of Union Square Play and creator of the Mo' Mommies blog, on how to build confidence in your child through play.

With civil unrest permeating the news cycle, and the national conversation swirling around discrimination, brutality, and race, your elementary child is bound to have questions, even if they are not voiced.

What is working well for your family right now? Guidepost parents come together in parent community to share ideas.

Join us for a free webinar with Chloe Valdary, developer of The Theory of Enchantment, where we will discuss the Social-Emotional development of children and the role of educators in helping them develop healthy, happy relationships with themselves a

Has your family begun to implement the Family Framework at home? We are sharing some ideas from parents about how this can look in your home with DIY Montessori materials to workspace tours.

Join us for a free webinar with Kin Families to discover tools to build community in unprecedented times.

While many of us are more cooped up at home during this unprecedented time, health and movement are even more important than ever. With sports practices canceled and camps closed, how can we keep elementary children moving and motivated for exercise?

Join NextWaveSTEM's Sugandhi Chugani and Jarrad McCarthy to learn how to challenge children to think like design engineers using the test-and-analyze method. Families are welcome to participate with their children in a demonstration!

What will school look like when we are ready to return, both in terms of what the child will experience – and then secondly, the parent experience?

How do children’s needs change during this period of growth, and how should learning – especially if delivered virtually during today’s circumstances – cater to the elementary child?

Best selling author, Emily Oster joins us for a discussion about Covid-19 and children. Our knowledge about the novel coronavirus is incomplete and constantly changing. How can we think about this, both as a society and as individuals?

Do you want your elementary children to be resourceful and resilient? Join Lenore Skenazy from Free-Range Kids and Let Grow's Tracy Tomasso to learn more about how to foster these qualities through opportunities for independence.

As families respond to the newest orders to slowly return back to work in some states, more workers will qualify for the Emergency Childcare for Essential Workers program. Learn more about how the program has already helped many families!

The summer of 2020 may look very different for children around the world. Are you wondering how to keep your elementary child occupied, active, and having fun, while still preserving that summer feeling? Join us for this free webinar.

Technology is a helpful tool, but screen time should be limited and purposeful. Need help setting reasonable guidelines around technology for your elementary child?

Free webinar - Dr. Amesh Adalja joins us for an informative discussion of the effects of Covid-19 as it relates to children and schools. Mark your calendars and join us for this free webinar!

Give elementary children ownership over their learning, and watch them flourish as power struggles cease.

Many parents know Berenice from her time teaching in toddler communities, doing parent consultations with Monti Kids, and online from co-running the Montessori Toddler Facebook community. Now, she's helping families implement Montessori at home!

Guidepost Montessori Parent, Blanca Velazquez-Martin, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and authored this helpful article on how families can support their children's emotional development at home.

One of the most popular questions parents have with our new Parent Concierge service is how to prepare their children's home spaces using Montessori's principles of a Prepared Environment. Joel Mendes of the Prepared Montessorian shares his tips!

Guidepost Montessori has developed a bank of Montessori inspired activities to help parents continue to meet their children’s developmental needs while at home. Take a sneak peek at 11 math and language activities that you can do with your child.

Motivation is complex! Learn some keys that Montessori elementary guides use that can support learning at home with your elementary child.

Preparing your at-home space for your elementary learner has different considerations than for your young child. Join us for guidance from an expert at the elementary level!

Need some support in implementing learning at home for your elementary child? Join us for tips and resources to improve the experience for the whole family.

A Q&A with Lisa Kathleen, AMI-trained Educator, Parent Coach and manager with Higher Ground Education’s Prepared Montessorian Team

Spending more time with children at home and in need of new strategies for responding to emotional outbursts? This upcoming informative webinar will offer insight and tips to support you in supporting your young child's big feelings.

As a mom to a 2-year-old little boy and Head of School at Guidepost Montessori in Palo Alto, CA, Carolyn Burns has some sound advice to share about navigating parenting, educating and working during closures as well as some phenomenal resources.

Learn more about how to support your 3- to 6-year-old child at home and Guidepost's Family Framework and Family Framework Plus+ offerings in our upcoming webinar.

Working to become a more prepared parent is not rooted in trying to achieve more than is possible, but it is rooted in optimism that – with a ton of grace – we can redirect what energy we do have to make the most of this situation we are in.

Enforcing a week-day routine that is distinguishable from our weekend routine is essential, but I’ve realized that sticking to a new routine is only successful if I can identify the limits and boundaries that will bring consistency to our routine.

Take a virtual tour of our beautiful new school and learn more about our Montessori programs at our Parker, CO location.

What are the silver linings? Here are seven simple practices for making this challenging time more manageable for parents and children.

We are in an unprecedented situation where innovation and creativity are needed as families discover new ways to work, learn and grow together. Learn more about how a Montessori approach to parenting can help!

In light of the coronavirus, schools have moved to closures. Many of us are abruptly feeling a spotlight placed on our homes and routines. How can we support our children at home, and where do we begin with implementing Montessori?

In speaking with your children about Coronavirus, including preventative measures, as well as any school closures that become necessary, there are some key goals to keep in mind.

What is practical life for toddlers? Find out more and how to support your toddler's development at home!

Learn more about how to apply Montessori principles at home for your infant or toddler in this free upcoming webinar!

What does Montessori-relevant research say? Can it help inform your choice for your child's education? Learn more with Matt Bateman, Ph.D.

Guidepost Montessori is hosting a webinar series on Montessori, child development and parenting topics!

In elementary, children can analyze, compare, contrast, determine relationships, identify patterns, and recombine those concepts and images into novel ideas using their imaginations and intellects.

An enticing box full of tiny stamps and several ink pads of different shades are a staple on the geography shelf of any Montessori elementary classroom.

The term Montessori is not trademarked. So Guidepost Montessori prides itself on hiring guides, retaining guides and offering ongoing professional development to deliver an authentic Montessori education.

As someone who offers leadership development for university professionals and is a father to a Montessori child, Alex has a unique perspective on the value of Montessori and how it prepares children for the workforce of the future.

Activities in this area of a Montessori classroom train a child's five senses: Touch, sight, smell, taste, and hearing.

The calm orderliness of the child from birth to 6 years old gives way to the elementary-age child with a fully formed social personality that craves interaction.

Maria Montessori deeply understood the great power of storytelling across cultures when devising her method for the elementary child.

At Guidepost Montessori, we train our educators and continue to support their professional growth.

Parent community reflects on their favorite moments of 2019 at Guidepost Montessori.

Assistant Guide Ms. Dare introduces her responsibilities in the Montessori Children's House classroom.

Montessori parent Jenna Wawrzyniec describes what it's like to work full time and raise Montessori children.

The work journal is a booklet, notebook, diary, or composition book that the elementary child uses to keep his own work records. He typically notes the time he started an activity and the name of it.

Ms. Dare is a new assistant guide in the Children’s House classroom at Brushy Creek in Texas. Next month, she will begin her Montessori training and intends to document her learning journey with us. Here, meet Ms. Dare.

The smooth, shiny, vibrant geometric solids beckon from the shelves of any Children’s House or Montessori Elementary classroom.

There is so much more Montessori can offer the older child that builds on the excellent preparation your child has received in the Children’s House.

Three-year-old spent a few months at Guidepost Montessori learning Mandarin while already speaking Japanese, Italian, and English at home.

Montessori started a movement in education by thinking about movement differently.

Small, interactive group work provides an exceptional learning experience for Montessori students.

Dolores Murgolo and Tomeka Bostic helped to opened two Guidepost schools together in North Carolina.

The Practical Life area is a cornerstone that not only defines a Montessori classroom, it fulfills the child’s inner plea of “Help me to do it myself!”

Video: Salem Islas-Madlo is an Assistant Guide in Vienna and offers bilingual lessons

Many parents experienced rote memorization in their own childhood education, but Montessori can offer a path for more meaningful learning.

Grammar Boxes take up a lot of real estate on the language shelves of a Montessori elementary classroom, and for good reason!

Making decisions about your child’s early education and care can be challenging. Now 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!

The Practical Life area of a Montessori classroom covers two main areas of development: Care of self, and care of the environment. Each activity is purposeful and helps to develop fine motor skill and concentration.

One of the ways to make Montessori concepts more familiar is to place them in a modern workplace setting.

Mother to third-grade student in Vienna appreciates bilingual international concept: 'We were very lucky to come across Guidepost Montessori.'

New Guidepost school settles in to tech community

Head of School for San Francisco community says school is gradually implementing Montessori programming into classrooms

The field trip — a museum tour, a historical site, perhaps a live show at a theater — is a quintessential part of the school experience.

One of the most important tasks for a Montessori guide is to foster independence in her students. This crucial skill is taught to children in every community, from Nido to Elementary.

One of the ways to make Montessori concepts more familiar is to place them in a modern workplace setting.

In a Montessori elementary classroom, there is a hum of activity and collaboration. Learn about group lessons, going out, cooking activities and more from this engaged community of learners.

Leadership team at Guidepost Montessori school in San Francisco bonds with families

Leadership team at San Francisco campus supports one another amid change.

Guest columnist Ms. Castillo, an Upper Elementary Lead Guide at Hollywood Beach, offers insight on welcoming conflict and teaching children the skills needed to resolve it independently.

Learn about a collection of stories that are presented in the beginning of the school year in elementary classrooms.

How do you know if your child is suitable for Montessori? Why does Montessori not have homework? What is your child learning in a Montessori classroom? Learn all about this century-old, child-centered method of education.

A selection of Montessori quotes.

Hollywood Beach guide shares her experience with her own children, and why Montessori was right for her family.

Ms. Jimenez is an experienced educator and a Montessori parent who grew up in New York.

Among adults, we don't clarify our thoughts or words as much as we could, but what about with our children? If there’s any lesson to be learned from Montessori, it is that we should speak plainly and say what we mean.

We're eager to catch up with our children after an exciting school day, but acknowledge that the child needs to decompress, recharge, and take a deep breath, too.

Older students crave collaborative work and larger responsibility in their own learning, and these needs are met in an elementary Guidepost Montessori classroom.

Motherhood piqued her interest in Montessori, but Monika has since completed her elementary training and helped to open our first Guidepost campus in Austria.

As a Montessori parent herself, Salem brings a 'spirit of lightness' to the classroom.

Montessori children learn how to interact with their community in a respectful way by practicing manners in the classroom

At Brushy Creek, our dedicated educators stay calm and non-reactive when communicating a learning opportunity with students.

Amid the fast pace of parenthood, it's easy to forget that our children are not less than us.

Guidepost Montessori offers your child an exceptionally personalized learning experience, meeting your child where they are, and guiding them to where they want to be.

Support your child outside of school by incorporating learning in the work of the home and family.

Continuing your child's Montessori experience through elementary ensures coalescing of skills in reading, writing, and presentation

Katherine Price Beuchert sat down with Vienna Region, an organization based in Austria that supports international businesses, to discuss expats in Vienna

How do you teach the abstract concept of time to your child? "We don’t teach time, we just live it. We experience it. We show it."

Because we desire to know and trust our children are doing well in school, many parents are eager push learning at home. This might establish a sense of the child's progress, but does a sense of expectation and control settle in, too?

Amid travel for her new book, 'The Montessori Toddler,' Simone shares with us insight and inspiration on bringing Montessori into the home and into your parenthood journey.

When a child is engaged in physical activity, there is liberation: this everlasting introduction of child to the earth, and it proves how significantly physical movement aids learning. How connected is the body to the mind in your child's life?

When we allow the child to act on his own, he greets the task with a kind of appreciation that only extends his enchantment with every encounter life brings. How can we nurture this authenticity in the child?

Sandpaper Numerals help form the building blocks of numeracy, leading to bigger math work.

Montessori taught us of the absorbent mind. She helped us to see that a child has a tremendous capacity for processing things that is radically different from the reasoning mind of the adult. How are we nurturing this great achievement?

As our children discover and observe the world around them, they look to us for validation, and they are fascinated by all we can do. Not only do they want to be just like us, they want us to see when they make strides in that direction.

The Number Rods are a Montessori math material that expose the child to the concept of measurement.

Teacher and author Simone Davies helped to make over New York Times writer Karen Barrow's playroom for her children using Montessori educational principles like creating a sense of peace and instilling autonomy in children.

Bring Montessori into your home with connectedness, observation, and preparedness.

Austrian influencer and Guidepost parent shares Montessori insight and the importance of self care

Choosing positive phrasing means your words are optimistic: You choose to focus on what you can do as opposed to what you can't. You declare what is possible, not what isn't, and it makes a difference in how your child hears you.

Separation anxiety can be troublesome for both the parent and the child, but it doesn’t have to be this way! Parents deserve to trust our children are in the right place, so before you approach mornings in fear, start here.

While it's great to follow your child's curiosity, there is also a way we can help them focus amidst all of the distractions: Provide clear, logical steps to complete a task.</strong>

As you start to explore early education options for your child, it's important to understand how discipline is handled and how the school's philosophy of discipline may or may not align with. yours.

Starting preschool can be an exciting time. It can also be a time filled with anxiety and questions, especially for parents.

Normalization is one of those Montessori terms that doesn't have an obvious meaning.

Montessori educators use a lot of specific language. It can seem like you're learning an entirely new dialect when taking a tour of a classroom for the first time!

Your child is capable of doing so many things for themselves. Of course, as a parent, you want to help your child when they are struggling or frustrated.

Finding the right preschool can be difficult. Try asking these five questions to get a better understanding of a school's philosophy and values when you take your first tour.

We've heard it before, and we'll hear it again. In fact, we sometimes may even think it ourselves in the form of, "I don't want to go to work!"

So much of the learning your child does before age 6, or formal school age, is learning how to interact with other humans. Patience is an important skill.

Teachers are constantly working on improving moments of transition in the classroom: From parent drop-off to learning time, from lunch to play time, from play time to nap time.

Children from a young age are willing and able to help with household chores. Our cultural norms may tell us otherwise, but with the tips below, your child can be helping with chores appropriate to their age and ability level in no time!

Over 100 years ago, Maria Montessori began teaching manners to children as a part of her classroom curriculum. She called them lessons in Grace and Courtesy.

Children often seem driven by impulses beyond an adult's ability to comprehend. In fact, you may have asked yourself a series questions about your child's behavior.

There is a growing sentiment among parents to let kids be kids. What does it mean? How does Montessori shed light on this conversation.

Reading is one of those things, like walking or speaking, that parents think about a lot. "When will my child start reading? Are they reading enough? Do I need to do more at home to support their reading?"

Children seek independence from a very young age. How can we, as parents, guardians or educators, aid them in their quest to "do it by themselves?"

We sit down with Michael Strong, Head of School and Founder of the Academy of Thought and Industry, to discuss his upcoming talk, "Montessori and the Entrepreneurial Mindset," plus ask some rapid-fire ice-breakers.

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.

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.