Also totally agree on the themed shelves. They're a cool creative outlet for the adult who is interested in that, but the reality is...a child isn't going to suddenly be only into snowflakes and snowmen just because it's winter. Case in point, I tried adding a few heart activities this week...and Stella discovered a love for the star shape. "Those are cute stickers you got there mom but have you seen THIS?! 🌟 " Your approach is exactly how it is in the class 🥰
Exactly!! It makes me feel less stressed, too, so it’s a win all around to not worry about themes. And, lol, that’s too funny - Stella seems like such a character! 🤣🤣
Most of us had no plan to homeschool, but life has a way of changing things for us all. This is so helpful to those of us who are slogging through and must work from home and housekeep.
Yes!! While it's not a traditional curriculum, there's still a natural progression of materials. As for a 3 hour cycle-sometimes you will find a child who is enthralled in shelf work all 3 hours, but it is very common for them to float between shelf work, art, practical life, and even outside (if there is a work set up outside with an adult there). All that can include practicing rolling a rug, reading a book, washing their hands, watering the flowers..and then some multiplication. You've got a very realistic schedule, actually! Does Kylie ever ask for works that she had already completed? Or are some of them over in their shared play space? I remember even the older kids would sometimes go back to the pink tower or brown stairs to work on extensions or do the lock/key work even if they've mastered it.
Usually those kinds of works are stored in their shared playspace when they come out from storage because Mia also likes to try/do them. But in all honesty, Kylie is not really a kid who likes to repeat work frequently that she has already mastered. If she does, it’s usually just for that once and then she’s over it again. So we bring out older materials on occasion for Mia, but otherwise, only unless Kylie asks for it specifically (which isn’t often).
Thank you for making this video! It couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. Nuri was wait listed for the only American Montessori school here since last year only to find out yesterday that they’re closing permanently in May. I never expected to homeschool her but that just may be the route if we’re still in Germany this fall! I so appreciate your stress-free, realistic approach to homeschooling. There’s a rhythm you’ve established that just makes sense! I am definitely looking into the NAMC curriculum and the waseca reading program. Thank you as always for the wealth of information, the guidance, and the time you put into ALL of this so we don’t have to! You’re amazing ❤️
I tried NAMC as well but I ended up loving Keys of the World and switched over. It’s a Montessori instructors own albums and it’s so helpful. Thanks for all the insight
Ashley, I absolutely adore you. I’ll admit I do not fully commit to Montessori with my daughter. However I do love incorporating a lot of practical life and learning styles you show in your videos into our lives. I’ve learned so much just about being a good parent and communicator with my child through your videos. They’ve been so much more helpful than you know. I’ve also preordered your book and I cannot wait for it to come out!
Hi Ashley, thank you for sharing these resources and your own personal experience. One question for you please. With the NAMC, I was looking over their sample manuals and lessons and I noticed some of the lessons had material that isn’t included in the support material for example practical life sample lesson has the red rods. I love your simple approach, How are you working around these so you’re not having to purchase everything?
How fun! Well be sure to check out the description box - I added links to a bunch of the resources I mentioned (and not just the ones I’m using, but some of the other ideas, too)!
Although I was unable to fully immerse my oldest into Montessori, my 2nd WILL be going to a Montessori school when he turns 3 in June. Luckily, there is 1 that is in walking distance from our house and after watching your videos and vlogs from the beginning, I can now say that I feel more knowledgeable and “ready” to move forward with this lifestyle. It’ll be interesting to see the differences and/or results (if any) between my 2 kids from the traditional opposed to the Montessori approach! 🤔🤗🙂
Hi Ashley, you are helping me SO much with homeschooling my 3 year old twins. Do you have any resources for using montessori method with children with special needs? I've been having a really hard time finding any information!
Thank you so much for this video! It really helped to ease my mind on whether I have been doing enough as a homeschooling parent. I’ve also been using a curriculum called Multisori which is really great as it’s all printable and mostly self contained with lists of recommended materials. I highly recommend!
I had to make those continent cards for my Montessori training, but I’m happy to have them for the cultural units we are doing and will do with my daughter. I’m still unsure if I’m going back into teaching and then my children will also be going to the same Montessori school as well. For this reasons I’ve been very minimal with buying Montessori materials until I know for sure. I also use many printable materials. I’m impressed you have the golden beads, they’re a wonderful learning tool.
Thank you so much for this...my toddler will be approaching 3 and I have no idea where to start but I will be looking into the resources you mentioned. Love your videos!
Explained beautifully! Thank you, thank you, thank you, I found your channel when I was almost due with my 1st and I definitely see how my life went on a different course thanks to you 😍💗💕💓 She is now 2.5. I wished you lived close by 😅😂 but not everything is perfect 😆
Hello Ashley. This is my first question, even though I have been watching your videos for a while now; I treat them as reference material. You always give product or book recommendations with options of low cost or no cost alternatives. Kindly let me know if it is possible to homeschool a 3 year old till the age of 6 or 7, without purchasing a formal curriculum. I could afford to buy one, no doubt, but am not sure if homeschooling would be successful for our toddler and for us for that length of time. Thanks very much.
Bit random but just wanted to say really appreciate you keeping the intros short sweet and to the point. Some other youtubers I love to watch I see a lovely 20 minute video but the intro is nearly 10 minutes long!! So then end up with skipping it and getting a video half as long as I thought 😅
thank you so much this is extremely helpful! Does NAMC have a curriculum for after the age of 6? or do you recommend something? My son is only 19 months but we are planning on homeschooling him and just wondering what we would do after the age of 6. The NAMC seems like the option I would use to start! Seems like the easiest one to follow and I love that everything you need is included.
Hi Ashley! Would you be able to make a video on bedroom sharing with multiple kids. My son will be 3.5 when we would like to transition the new baby into his bedroom. It would be so helpful to get a Montessori perspective on how to do this. I am nervous about the idea of a 6 months old in a floor bed with our toddler (even though our son is incredibly gentle and loving). Maybe conversations to have and how to practice safety with him during the transition might be helpful?. Any help or advice would be great.
I’ve been following you for one year. You are so amazing and have inspired me so much. I have a 3 year old boy, who attended pre-k 3 and it starting preschool in the fall. He was taught the alphabet but not the letter sounds. At home this summer I am teaching him the letter sounds with the sandpaper letters, but he’s having a difficult time tracing the letters and memorizing the sounds of the letters. I have worked on the same 3 letters each day twice a day, for one week and he still doesn’t know how to trace the letter correctly or letter sounds, but he will only recognize the letter but not the sound. I know it’s important to learn the alphabet sounds first, but he was taught to first memorize the letters of the alphabet.I have seen your brilliant videos on this topic but my son is not following. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you!
Hi Ashley, this is the right video for me right now, thank you so much for sharing so much incredible helpful information with us! I am planning homeschool my 3 year old son in Montessori way. I have accumulated knowledge about Montessori over the past 3 years, but i have never officially trained. so what do you think is a better option for me: enrolling the online programme for 3-6 year old from NAMC, or it is good enough to just purchase their curriculum for 3-6, the one you mentioned here in the video? thank you so much!
I was so glad to see this video today. I appreciated that you shared your thoughts on the 3 hour work cycle and how to make that work in a home with natural distractions and the opportunities for practical life work that pop up as we go about our daily life. Would you be able to share where you got the tray that you had the three part cards on?
I probably did fully understand this, so I apologize in advance. But this is a part that I have been REALLY struggling with. You said that you picked a lesson in each area for each week and doing one lesson a day. So you are preparing one lesson from each section to cover within the week? Also, can you PLEASE do a video about how you’re organizing your time that you’re preparing this material ahead of time and not feeling overwhelmed. I feel like I’m always preparing material and somehow still not meeting what I need to do as far as goals. 😢
I actually have a question about your new Montessori Parents community - would you suggest it for someone like me who is sending her toddlers to a regular daycare full-time but would like to apply some Montessori elements to activities at home (evenings/weekends)?
We have been talking about ...just about everything this week! Activity ideas, fostering independent play, approaches to sleep and meal time, activities for traveling, potty learning, and taking care of ourselves as parents 😅 It's a really kind and respectful community, so I think if you're hoping to implement any aspect of Montessori in your home, you would find it useful ❤️
Do you have any recommendations on doing this with a parent who is WFH. My 3 year old is with me all day while I am working my own job. My husband leaves for work so its just her and I most of the day. I have gotten into a bad habit of letting her watch tv most of the day but would like to do montessori learning with her. Any ideas on incorperating while working would be great! thanks!
Always love your videos and especially on Montessori and homeschool! Have you done a video on your unit studies? I am always looking for themes and ideas to study with my kids!
Hi Ashley! Unfortunately the link to NAMC's homeschool program no longer works and the only thing I can find on the website is for a traditional Montessori classroom. Can you help or recommend another option? Thank you :)
Do you think I can use my own set of “learning to read” books with the movable alphabet? I’m curious to know the process between the Waseca reading program with the movable alphabet.
The link for the NAMC Homeschool Curriculum in the description is no longer valid. I did look at their website and found a curriculum, but was unsure if it was the homeschool curriculum you used. It looks like they offer a Montessori Teacher Diploma program, and I wasn't sure if the curriculum I found was only for the classroom setting or for both classroom and homeschool. Could you offer any updated guidance/link for this?
Do you model saying please/thank you with your smart devices (Alexa, Google home, etc)? I don't usually say please or thank you to my Google assistant and my daughter asked me why I don't say please when asking the assistant (she's 3). 🤷♀️
What do you think the outcome will be if you implement Montessori at home but your child/children attend a ‘regular’ school? I wish we were able to send our child to a Montessori school but it’s just not something we are able to afford…
A question not really about this video but I wanted to ask your perspective on something. My daughter is just about two and is obsessed with books. She asks me to read to her all day long, neglects other toys and activities, and tantrums when I stop reading to her. I have read to her from her infancy but never thought I could be “booked out.” We have a great collection of our own and visit library often. What would you do?
Hey there! I'm no expert, but what has helped me in such situations (my daughter is also 2 years old), is to 'follow the child'. Which book(s) does she want read to her? What does she like about it? Can you make an activity around that? For example, my daughter was in love with a book that had different vehicles in it (airplane, train, bicycle, racing car, ship, hot air balloon, etc). So we got her a toy train, a car, made paper boats and let them float in a bowl of water, etc. So she is learning more, interacting in a different way, but its still based on the book. Hope this helps!
Do you have any idea about where to get montessori curriculum in french or Arabic, because I can't find something worth the money, and we're not an English speaking family.
Amina, I was wondering the same thing :) I am very interested in this type of materials in French. Thank you, Ashley, for another very informative video and for all the time you take to share your experiences.
The Mega Bundles she's mentioned before come with various language options. It's not a curriculum, but it is a series of Montessori activities. To find them, search "my mega bundles Montessori"
Thanks for the information. In the video you mentioned you started homeschool from infancy. This makes sense. But is there any guide or ‘curriculum’ for this age group, 0-3
You’ve come to the right place! Ashley has a series of great videos for that age range which have helped me with setting up my home and also with activities for each stage (0-3m, 3-6m, 6-9m, etc.). And she always puts links in the video descriptions for the resources she talks about, which is so helpful! She has a well-organized Amazon storefront which is extremely helpful as well. Ashley also has some videos with great book recommendations. Some of the books I’ve found most helpful with practical application are: For babies: 1) Baby’s First Year Milestones (Aubrey Hargis) 2) Montessori Baby (Simone Davies) For Toddlers: 1) Montessori Toddler (Simone Davies) 2) Whole Brained Child (Daniel J. Siegel) 3) Toilet Awareness (Sarah Moudry) And of course I can’t wait to read Ashley’s book when it comes out because her book will be another amazing resource! Oh yeah and she has a course available too! I haven’t taken her course but if it’s anything like her videos it will be helpful and amazing! I hope this helps. I’d start with Ashley’s Montessori at Home video series and Montessori Activity Ideas By Age series (find them on her youtube channel playlist). The videos are so applicable with examples and resource links!
@@HapaFamily You're welcome! It's all true so thank YOU for all the amazing videos and resources you share! My daughter is slightly younger than Mia, so I've enjoyed watching all your videos as they've come out in perfect timing for me and my Little One! 😊💜
Thanks for sharing, Ashley. Our daughter turns 4 in May. Let’s just say she’s long overdo for a homeschool program. How much is the NAMC Homeschool Curriculum?
The NAMC program covers three full years of curriculum maps & spiral bound guides that detail every lesson, plus the physical mathematics materials (golden beads, colored beads, and black/white beads), the language program materials, and lots of printables for everything else on the included USB drive. :) All of it together is $649 (like I said, a bit steep but there are other options, too!).
@@HapaFamily Like you said, it’s definitely an investment, but a very important one. I’ll be looking into some of the other options as well and decide what’s best for us. 🙂
I recently became interested in medical part of Montessori. So Dr. Maria Montessori was a pediatrician, right? I was thinking did she write/leave something about physical, medical health etc. I mean unfortunately kids become sick. And parents often have to “know” basic medicine.
Also totally agree on the themed shelves. They're a cool creative outlet for the adult who is interested in that, but the reality is...a child isn't going to suddenly be only into snowflakes and snowmen just because it's winter. Case in point, I tried adding a few heart activities this week...and Stella discovered a love for the star shape. "Those are cute stickers you got there mom but have you seen THIS?! 🌟 " Your approach is exactly how it is in the class 🥰
Exactly!! It makes me feel less stressed, too, so it’s a win all around to not worry about themes. And, lol, that’s too funny - Stella seems like such a character! 🤣🤣
I tried to have my daughter pin punch a heart around Valentine’s Day and she did it halfway and said “ I like the square better”
Most of us had no plan to homeschool, but life has a way of changing things for us all. This is so helpful to those of us who are slogging through and must work from home and housekeep.
Yes!! While it's not a traditional curriculum, there's still a natural progression of materials. As for a 3 hour cycle-sometimes you will find a child who is enthralled in shelf work all 3 hours, but it is very common for them to float between shelf work, art, practical life, and even outside (if there is a work set up outside with an adult there). All that can include practicing rolling a rug, reading a book, washing their hands, watering the flowers..and then some multiplication. You've got a very realistic schedule, actually!
Does Kylie ever ask for works that she had already completed? Or are some of them over in their shared play space? I remember even the older kids would sometimes go back to the pink tower or brown stairs to work on extensions or do the lock/key work even if they've mastered it.
Usually those kinds of works are stored in their shared playspace when they come out from storage because Mia also likes to try/do them. But in all honesty, Kylie is not really a kid who likes to repeat work frequently that she has already mastered. If she does, it’s usually just for that once and then she’s over it again. So we bring out older materials on occasion for Mia, but otherwise, only unless Kylie asks for it specifically (which isn’t often).
Thank you for making this video! It couldn’t have come at a more perfect time. Nuri was wait listed for the only American Montessori school here since last year only to find out yesterday that they’re closing permanently in May. I never expected to homeschool her but that just may be the route if we’re still in Germany this fall!
I so appreciate your stress-free, realistic approach to homeschooling. There’s a rhythm you’ve established that just makes sense! I am definitely looking into the NAMC curriculum and the waseca reading program. Thank you as always for the wealth of information, the guidance, and the time you put into ALL of this so we don’t have to! You’re amazing ❤️
I tried NAMC as well but I ended up loving Keys of the World and switched over. It’s a Montessori instructors own albums and it’s so helpful. Thanks for all the insight
Ashley, I absolutely adore you. I’ll admit I do not fully commit to Montessori with my daughter. However I do love incorporating a lot of practical life and learning styles you show in your videos into our lives. I’ve learned so much just about being a good parent and communicator with my child through your videos. They’ve been so much more helpful than you know. I’ve also preordered your book and I cannot wait for it to come out!
Hi Ashley, thank you for sharing these resources and your own personal experience. One question for you please. With the NAMC, I was looking over their sample manuals and lessons and I noticed some of the lessons had material that isn’t included in the support material for example practical life sample lesson has the red rods. I love your simple approach, How are you working around these so you’re not having to purchase everything?
Thank you so much. I have to start homeschooling this year in Sep and it can be overwhelming finding information. This helped me a lot!!
How fun! Well be sure to check out the description box - I added links to a bunch of the resources I mentioned (and not just the ones I’m using, but some of the other ideas, too)!
Although I was unable to fully immerse my oldest into Montessori, my 2nd WILL be going to a Montessori school when he turns 3 in June. Luckily, there is 1 that is in walking distance from our house and after watching your videos and vlogs from the beginning, I can now say that I feel more knowledgeable and “ready” to move forward with this lifestyle. It’ll be interesting to see the differences and/or results (if any) between my 2 kids from the traditional opposed to the Montessori approach! 🤔🤗🙂
Hi Ashley, you are helping me SO much with homeschooling my 3 year old twins. Do you have any resources for using montessori method with children with special needs? I've been having a really hard time finding any information!
I'm looking forward to reading your book 👏👏 Big congratulations to you
Why am I watching this when I have no kids lol
Thank you so much for this video! It really helped to ease my mind on whether I have been doing enough as a homeschooling parent. I’ve also been using a curriculum called Multisori which is really great as it’s all printable and mostly self contained with lists of recommended materials. I highly recommend!
This answers every question I had to get started! Thank you so much!
I had to make those continent cards for my Montessori training, but I’m happy to have them for the cultural units we are doing and will do with my daughter. I’m still unsure if I’m going back into teaching and then my children will also be going to the same Montessori school as well. For this reasons I’ve been very minimal with buying Montessori materials until I know for sure. I also use many printable materials. I’m impressed you have the golden beads, they’re a wonderful learning tool.
Thank you so much for this...my toddler will be approaching 3 and I have no idea where to start but I will be looking into the resources you mentioned. Love your videos!
Explained beautifully! Thank you, thank you, thank you, I found your channel when I was almost due with my 1st and I definitely see how my life went on a different course thanks to you 😍💗💕💓 She is now 2.5. I wished you lived close by 😅😂 but not everything is perfect 😆
Hello Ashley. This is my first question, even though I have been watching your videos for a while now; I treat them as reference material.
You always give product or book recommendations with options of low cost or no cost alternatives. Kindly let me know if it is possible to homeschool a 3 year old till the age of 6 or 7, without purchasing a formal curriculum. I could afford to buy one, no doubt, but am not sure if homeschooling would be successful for our toddler and for us for that length of time.
Thanks very much.
Bit random but just wanted to say really appreciate you keeping the intros short sweet and to the point. Some other youtubers I love to watch I see a lovely 20 minute video but the intro is nearly 10 minutes long!! So then end up with skipping it and getting a video half as long as I thought 😅
thank you so much this is extremely helpful! Does NAMC have a curriculum for after the age of 6? or do you recommend something? My son is only 19 months but we are planning on homeschooling him and just wondering what we would do after the age of 6. The NAMC seems like the option I would use to start! Seems like the easiest one to follow and I love that everything you need is included.
Hi Ashley! Would you be able to make a video on bedroom sharing with multiple kids. My son will be 3.5 when we would like to transition the new baby into his bedroom. It would be so helpful to get a Montessori perspective on how to do this. I am nervous about the idea of a 6 months old in a floor bed with our toddler (even though our son is incredibly gentle and loving). Maybe conversations to have and how to practice safety with him during the transition might be helpful?. Any help or advice would be great.
I’ve been following you for one year. You are so amazing and have inspired me so much. I have a 3 year old boy, who attended pre-k 3 and it starting preschool in the fall. He was taught the alphabet but not the letter sounds. At home this summer I am teaching him the letter sounds with the sandpaper letters, but he’s having a difficult time tracing the letters and memorizing the sounds of the letters. I have worked on the same 3 letters each day twice a day, for one week and he still doesn’t know how to trace the letter correctly or letter sounds, but he will only recognize the letter but not the sound. I know it’s important to learn the alphabet sounds first, but he was taught to first memorize the letters of the alphabet.I have seen your brilliant videos on this topic but my son is not following. Do you have any recommendations? Thank you!
Hi Ashley, this is the right video for me right now, thank you so much for sharing so much incredible helpful information with us! I am planning homeschool my 3 year old son in Montessori way. I have accumulated knowledge about Montessori over the past 3 years, but i have never officially trained. so what do you think is a better option for me: enrolling the online programme for 3-6 year old from NAMC, or it is good enough to just purchase their curriculum for 3-6, the one you mentioned here in the video? thank you so much!
I was so glad to see this video today. I appreciated that you shared your thoughts on the 3 hour work cycle and how to make that work in a home with natural distractions and the opportunities for practical life work that pop up as we go about our daily life.
Would you be able to share where you got the tray that you had the three part cards on?
I probably did fully understand this, so I apologize in advance. But this is a part that I have been REALLY struggling with. You said that you picked a lesson in each area for each week and doing one lesson a day. So you are preparing one lesson from each section to cover within the week?
Also, can you PLEASE do a video about how you’re organizing your time that you’re preparing this material ahead of time and not feeling overwhelmed. I feel like I’m always preparing material and somehow still not meeting what I need to do as far as goals. 😢
I actually have a question about your new Montessori Parents community - would you suggest it for someone like me who is sending her toddlers to a regular daycare full-time but would like to apply some Montessori elements to activities at home (evenings/weekends)?
We have been talking about ...just about everything this week! Activity ideas, fostering independent play, approaches to sleep and meal time, activities for traveling, potty learning, and taking care of ourselves as parents 😅 It's a really kind and respectful community, so I think if you're hoping to implement any aspect of Montessori in your home, you would find it useful ❤️
Do you have any recommendations on doing this with a parent who is WFH. My 3 year old is with me all day while I am working my own job. My husband leaves for work so its just her and I most of the day. I have gotten into a bad habit of letting her watch tv most of the day but would like to do montessori learning with her. Any ideas on incorperating while working would be great! thanks!
Always love your videos and especially on Montessori and homeschool! Have you done a video on your unit studies? I am always looking for themes and ideas to study with my kids!
Hi Ashley! Unfortunately the link to NAMC's homeschool program no longer works and the only thing I can find on the website is for a traditional Montessori classroom. Can you help or recommend another option? Thank you :)
I'm looking to get the waseca cards but I'm not sure which color is the 1st level which has really kept me from purchasing!
So interested to hear about this! Thank you!
Do you think I can use my own set of “learning to read” books with the movable alphabet? I’m curious to know the process between the Waseca reading program with the movable alphabet.
The link for the NAMC Homeschool Curriculum in the description is no longer valid. I did look at their website and found a curriculum, but was unsure if it was the homeschool curriculum you used. It looks like they offer a Montessori Teacher Diploma program, and I wasn't sure if the curriculum I found was only for the classroom setting or for both classroom and homeschool. Could you offer any updated guidance/link for this?
Thx for video, really on time and relatable
Do you model saying please/thank you with your smart devices (Alexa, Google home, etc)? I don't usually say please or thank you to my Google assistant and my daughter asked me why I don't say please when asking the assistant (she's 3). 🤷♀️
This got me thinking that all I model with that is getting progressively louder... "Hey google...HEY google...HEY GOOGLE 👿"
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@@MariaandMontessori 🤣
I've been trying to find recommendations for letter combinations when initially introducing phoenix to toddlers, does anyone have any recommendations?
What do you think the outcome will be if you implement Montessori at home but your child/children attend a ‘regular’ school? I wish we were able to send our child to a Montessori school but it’s just not something we are able to afford…
A question not really about this video but I wanted to ask your perspective on something. My daughter is just about two and is obsessed with books. She asks me to read to her all day long, neglects other toys and activities, and tantrums when I stop reading to her. I have read to her from her infancy but never thought I could be “booked out.” We have a great collection of our own and visit library often. What would you do?
Hey there! I'm no expert, but what has helped me in such situations (my daughter is also 2 years old), is to 'follow the child'. Which book(s) does she want read to her? What does she like about it? Can you make an activity around that? For example, my daughter was in love with a book that had different vehicles in it (airplane, train, bicycle, racing car, ship, hot air balloon, etc). So we got her a toy train, a car, made paper boats and let them float in a bowl of water, etc. So she is learning more, interacting in a different way, but its still based on the book. Hope this helps!
@@nanditavyavaharkar3859 thank you. I will try this.
Do you have any idea about where to get montessori curriculum in french or Arabic, because I can't find something worth the money, and we're not an English speaking family.
Amina, I was wondering the same thing :) I am very interested in this type of materials in French.
Thank you, Ashley, for another very informative video and for all the time you take to share your experiences.
The Mega Bundles she's mentioned before come with various language options. It's not a curriculum, but it is a series of Montessori activities. To find them, search "my mega bundles Montessori"
Did you find one? It's so hard to find good french materials.
Thanks for the information. In the video you mentioned you started homeschool from infancy. This makes sense. But is there any guide or ‘curriculum’ for this age group, 0-3
You’ve come to the right place! Ashley has a series of great videos for that age range which have helped me with setting up my home and also with activities for each stage (0-3m, 3-6m, 6-9m, etc.). And she always puts links in the video descriptions for the resources she talks about, which is so helpful! She has a well-organized Amazon storefront which is extremely helpful as well.
Ashley also has some videos with great book recommendations. Some of the books I’ve found most helpful with practical application are:
For babies:
1) Baby’s First Year Milestones (Aubrey Hargis)
2) Montessori Baby (Simone Davies)
For Toddlers:
1) Montessori Toddler (Simone Davies)
2) Whole Brained Child (Daniel J. Siegel)
3) Toilet Awareness (Sarah Moudry)
And of course I can’t wait to read Ashley’s book when it comes out because her book will be another amazing resource!
Oh yeah and she has a course available too! I haven’t taken her course but if it’s anything like her videos it will be helpful and amazing!
I hope this helps. I’d start with Ashley’s Montessori at Home video series and Montessori Activity Ideas By Age series (find them on her youtube channel playlist). The videos are so applicable with examples and resource links!
WOW! Thanks so much for your amazingly thorough response to her question, and all the kind words and support! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@HapaFamily You're welcome! It's all true so thank YOU for all the amazing videos and resources you share! My daughter is slightly younger than Mia, so I've enjoyed watching all your videos as they've come out in perfect timing for me and my Little One! 😊💜
Thanks for sharing, Ashley. Our daughter turns 4 in May. Let’s just say she’s long overdo for a homeschool program. How much is the NAMC Homeschool Curriculum?
The NAMC program covers three full years of curriculum maps & spiral bound guides that detail every lesson, plus the physical mathematics materials (golden beads, colored beads, and black/white beads), the language program materials, and lots of printables for everything else on the included USB drive. :) All of it together is $649 (like I said, a bit steep but there are other options, too!).
@@HapaFamily Like you said, it’s definitely an investment, but a very important one. I’ll be looking into some of the other options as well and decide what’s best for us. 🙂
@@martaharo9605 Best wishes to you on your journey with it! :)
@@HapaFamily Thank you so much! ❤️
Sadly, a price tag of $650 is about the cost of half a month of daycare where I live!
1st! Busted :D
I recently became interested in medical part of Montessori. So Dr. Maria Montessori was a pediatrician, right? I was thinking did she write/leave something about physical, medical health etc.
I mean unfortunately kids become sick. And parents often have to “know” basic medicine.
Montessori was a prolific writer! You can find many of her written works here - amiusa.org/bookstore/
second!!