Learn Montessori While Teaching Your Child
Feel more confident with every lesson you give.
You sit down with your child, ready to do Montessori at home. But you’re still wondering: What am I actually supposed to do here? How do I show the lesson? A quick search online confirms your hesitation: Montessori guides at schools are trained and certified.
But your child cannot wait. Your child needs Montessori now. The days are long, but the years really are short!
Don’t fret about this. You’re ready to learn Montessori, and you don’t have to get certified in order to do a great job at home.
You Don’t Have to Know Everything First
It’s easy to assume you need to understand Montessori before you start. That you should study the method, learn the materials, and feel confident before you begin teaching.
But this mindset works against us as parents. Gosh, we are so busy. We’re making breakfast, and putting the groceries away, and trying not to let the toys take over the living room. We’re answering the phone and retrieving deliveries and scheduling play dates, and watching the clock for bedtime.
Our children need lots of supervision, and we certainly can’t clone ourselves, so we’re doing all we can do as it is.
Let me bring you some calm.
You’re not stepping into a classroom to teach a large group of children. You’re learning alongside your child, one lesson at a time.
That means you can begin before you feel fully ready.
In fact, most parents do!
You Learn By Doing
Inside Child of the Redwoods, you begin with your first monthly theme.
You open your theme pack for the month and find a complete set of engaging, hands-on lessons already planned for you, week by week. Everything is prepared in a way that makes it easy to step in and get started.
Your lessons are fully scripted the way a trained and experienced Montessori guide would give them, so you always know what to say and do (yes, the right way!). All of your materials are printable and included, so you’re not searching for what to buy or piecing things together.
You open your theme, look at the lessons for the week, print and cut the materials in the packet, and begin.
You’re Guided Along the Way
Inside Child of the Redwoods, you’re not left to figure this out on your own.
You’ll find simple, self-paced courses that walk you through Montessori in a way that fits naturally into your day. You’re not sitting through long lectures or trying to memorize everything upfront.
Instead, you learn in context.
You might watch a short demonstration of a technique or hands-on material, try it with your child, and then come back with a deeper understanding. The learning happens alongside the doing.
It Starts to Feel Natural
At first, you might pause and think through each step. But over time, you begin to recognize patterns and the teaching techniques begin to feel more instinctive.
You understand the purpose behind the lessons. We offer hands-on experiences that are aligned with the developmental needs of each child. You’ll understand the big picture behind each subject area, like practical life, sensorial, math, language, and more.
What once felt unfamiliar starts to feel comfortable and fun.
This Is What Real Learning Looks Like
You are on a learning journey alongside your child, and there’s no one better prepared for it than you, the parent. You know your child already. You have seen them at their most joyful and their most sorrowful. You know if they’re the more cautious type of kid or if they run headlong into the next adventure. This intimate knowledge will make you a better teacher.
And you don’t need to become an expert in Montessori overnight. You don’t need to get every detail exactly right.
Learning through pretend play. Photo shared by a Child of the Redwoods family.
You just need to take the next step.
Then the next.
And as you do you’ll start to realize how much you have grown, too! We all want our children to become life-long learners, and that’s what you are modeling for them. The joy of learning new things never stops!
You’re Not Behind
“But we haven’t done this activity yet!”
“Have I missed a sensitive period?”
“Is it too late to begin?”
If you’re feeling unsure or like everyone else is already miles ahead of you, this is so common. Most parents start right here, feeling a little FOMO.
I promise -- you’re not behind. You’re at the beginning of something new.
And it’s never too late to start Montessori! You’re right where you are meant to be.
If you want to see how this fits into your full Montessori homeschool, you can see how Montessori at home works step by step.
Ready to begin…even if you don’t feel fully confident yet?
Start with your first lesson and learn as you go.