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Home » Montessori » At Home » Six Secrets to Creating an Amazing Montessori Environment

Six Secrets to Creating an Amazing Montessori Environment

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When I first began learning about Montessori, it became clear that creating a Montessori environment at home was something I could absolutely achieve. The journey to Montessori has been wonderful for so many reasons. One big result is the effort to bring more simplicity into our home. In addition we want to create an environment that fosters develop of a child’s whole self from basic skills like writing and reading to reasoning to life skills like independence.

Secrets to Creating a Montessori Space

Six Secrets to Creating a Montessori Environment

Here is a list of our goal in creating a peaceful space for our boys so they can play and learn to their potential.

#1 – Rotation

I didn’t get rid of every item we own in order to create simplicity. For me, it is about organization. One way to achieve simplicity without limited the materials for your children is to rotate. We rotate books, writing materials, art materials, blocks, puzzles and a variety of other items about once every 3 weeks. You will be amazed at the response from your children. There is more peace and there is greater interest in materials that have been removed from their environment. They are familiar with the materials but have a new way of exploring them.

#2 – Designated Learning Areas

In our play area we have a pretend kitchen for all sorts of imaginary play, shelves divided by movement, logic, practical life, geography, culture and manipulatives, a writing center, a reading corner, a puzzle corner and a music wall. There is also a designated area for a few varieties of building blocks.

Montessori Playroom

#3 – Simple Presentation

This idea gets back to the importance of rotation and minimizing clutter. Present materials in a way that is not over stimulating to the eye.

Related Read: A Guide to Designing Your Montessori Playroom

#4 – Accessibility

Everything in our boys play and learning environment is accessible to them including lights. I want them to feel a sense of control and ownership of their space. I want them to feel independent. You will be amazed at the results of giving young children the ability to access and then care for their environment. In my view, young children crave order and accept the concept of “everything has a place” better than most adults. So, my goal is to create an environment for them to feed into this desire.

Montessori Playroom Environment

#5 – Integrate Nature

Nature grounds us. Our nature basket reminds us of places we’ve been and experienced we’ve had together. Bringing nature into your Montessori environment brightens the space and makes it easier to breathe (figuratively and in reality!). A plant also provides a practical life opportunity for your child to work on caring for their environment and for other living things.

#6 – Integrate Art

Display your children’s art, art of great artists and book covers at your child’s eye level. I love this simple, wonderful way of displaying her children’s art work Allie of No Time for Flashcards presents in this post about promoting open ended drawing. This Etsy shop and this one has some adorable items to help display kid’s artwork.

This list represents a piece of what we’re trying to achieve for our boys. I look forward to sharing more ideas as we integrate them into our home.

Thank you for choosing to read this post today!

Marnie

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About Marnie Craycroft

Marnie hails from Maine where she spent summers buried in sand and winters buried in snow. She is the daughter of a nearly four decade veteran of the public school systems. Teaching has always been a part of her life. She founded Carrots Are Orange in 2010.

Carrots Are Orange is a Montessori learning and living website for parents and teachers.

Marnie graduated from Wesleyan University in 1999 with a BA in Economics. She spent nearly a decade working in investment management. In 2006, she earned her MA in business from the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business.

Marnie moved to the west coast in 1999 and currently lives in Boulder with her husband and three sons. She is Montessori trained. Her work has been featured on Apartment Therapy, Buzzfeed, PBS Kids, BabyCenter, the Melissa & Doug blog, Huffington Post, and WhattoExpect.com. Besides writing, passions include running (usually after her three sons), photography, and outdoor adventures.

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