Montessori In our Home Part 1

[pcpancake]

Great video. Well spoken and looking forward to more. The table is cute. I'll join my munchkins tomorrow!

[aaashtari]

Thank you for the video. I now have some great ideas to implement. Keep being a great mom!

[MsElliehammond]

what are some examples and more ideas of things i can do to set up our home this way? love the video you are a great mom!

[lawsthree]

Thank you for doing this!

[nandauli12]

This is amazing!!!

[anoona83]

wow great job! i really wish i can do the same.. my son is 18 mth now and goes to a montessori school, nursery, so i really want to try and get things organized at home for him to carry on with what he's doing at school, and ur video is just great and gave me the push i need to do so :))

[7antoosah]

love your videos...N MONTESSORI is the best teaching

[creepingstarfish]

Oh my god, I loved this! Thank you for making this and for showing us your cool little table and for inspiring me so!

[coutureraq]

You are awesome!

[kimberleystaley]

Thank you so much for doing this.

[Ejahi]

Thanks for sharing your Montessori experience. We use some of her methods in our Homeschooling.

[Plarka2]

Wow, thanks so much for posting this video. I've taken some of the ideas from it and have started using them in our house for my 5 month old and 3 year old!

[shannydaly]

Thank you so much for posting this! I am in the same position you were - reading Montessori from the Start and wondering how to go about implementing the ideas in the "real world." I'm a trained Montessorian at the 3-6 yr. old level, and I wanted more info about the infant / toddler curriculum, as I have an 18-mo-old, and a baby on the way. I agree that the book seems "utopian", but you show that you can still use some of the ideas in very practical ways!

[CerianW]

I first watched your video about a year ago when I was pregnant and I found it SO helpful! It was the only thing I could find online that showed ideas for how to best set up my house - Montessori wise. I too have read the books you've read and I've set my house up with the low shelving, floor bed, little table and chair etc. My daughter is now 8 months. I was thinking about doing a similar video to yours given there is so little information online like this. You've inspired me. Thank you!

[willowtreephoto]

@CerianW thank you for your feedback and kind words. congrats on your baby and best of luck.

[MomOfLV]

One caveat about the book recommended in the video, it isn't true to Montessori for one-year olds and under.

But the older stuff is great and this is a good introduction to how to apply it.

[willowtreephoto]

@MomOfLV agreed. i've not been able to find the infant recommendations made in the book, directly from maria montessori herself. while some of them follow in suite with her ideas quite nicely, some of them don't. all the more encouraging us to follow our child before anything, which is exactly where the heart of her method lies in my opinion.

[shannydaly]

Hi MomOflV - could you elaborate on what you found to be out of sync with Montessori for under one? I'm reading M from the Start now and although I'm Montessori trained for Primary (3-6 years) I now have an 18 month old and a baby on the way, and I want to know more about the method as it applies to infants / toddlers. It would be very helpful to know any more info about the infant recommendations made in the book - thanks so much! =)

[MomOfLV]

The book pushes strongly for weaning infants by 9 months and developmentally inappropriate independence in other ways which is in direct contrast to Maria Montessori saying that the place for infants through their first year is their mother's arms. (From a lecture quoted in a biography of Montessori.)

Sorry I don't have more examples, it's been awhile since I read Polk's book. Basically Polk takes a very parent-centered approach to infant hood, rather than following the child.

[shannydaly]

Thank you! I must have missed the part about weaning at 9 mos., or I haven't reached it yet - I'm on the Personal Care chapter. I was surprised that they pushed so much for leaving the infant out on the floor, and almost never in a seat or swing, or a front-facing carrier. I understand the need they are stressing for "tummy time" but I know that my child, when she was that little, wanted a chance to look around the room from her bouncy seat sometimes! Again, thank you. =)

[moniamontessori]

I'm really impressed,as a mother and as a Montessori teacher. You did great job, setting the environment and also sharing with others! Keep it up!

[Evelynda1902]

Congrats!!!! you are doing so well not only as a mother but also as a teacher. Let me tell you that you are the best teacher for him. He is so cute. Thank you for your video it makes me learn more about montessori method. I read about this method when I was at the university and and I said one day i am gonna have a child and I would like to apply this method with him. Now, I have a baby boy and I am doing it. It is awesome!!!!!!!

[sweetsyK]

Great tips,thank you so much for posting. Very helpful,thank you for your time.

[DelIriSentA]

wonderful...yes i have noticed with my only 9 month old daughter...she is learning to crawl and if I praise her she gets distracted and stops, even if she was really close to achieving a big result...I have to really try hard to keep myself from praising her.

[sonia989]

That was great! Thanks so much for posting this.

[sharacsmith]

This is so awsome. your little boy looks just like you. thank yopu for making these videos. I have had a hard time finding real advice on Montessori. Another thing I like is the Emilia Reggio method.

[shroomey99]

your son is lovely. i am a montessorian at infant/toddler level and think it great that a mother would make a video to share to bring about the method for more to learn about. thanks

[notlqueen]

Montessori works!

[MrOshun]

Congrats. I am currently enrolled in a class on Montessori method. Awesome.

[minniemouseek]

Thank you for posting this video. I think you're doing a great job with your son! I believe in the Montessori Method too!

[lilacgirlie]

Hi, I think your videos are brilliant and very helpful. I hadn't heard of Montessori until now and I think it will help my 2 year old in a lot of ways. Thanks for sharing, I think you are a great mother by the way :)

[darkchocolateisyummy]

Hi there - just love this video. You have a gorgeous manner and have done some fabulous things. Certainly inspired me. Popped you as a link on my blog. Hope that is ok - probably should have checked first. Sorry, but wanted to share this with others. Anyway thanks for these videos - are great to watch. If you dont want the link just let me know. (:

[tennanttang]

Thanks your video, I'm learning Montessori method, keep posting your video. There is seldom materials and good enviornement for me to learn in my home country (HongKong).

[ljpchaf]

i love your video and your ideas! I also read that book and was overwhelmed and finally gave up. I love what you have done and your courage to try things that are outside of thebox! I want to watch all your videos.

[ReinventingMoi]

Thank you, this was very helpful. I have incorporated many of your tips. Please make more videos.

[flosso1986]

Thankyou for making such a great video! I love all the ideas, you have really inspired me to try some new things!

[femfatale24]

Tori - are you 12 years old? You look very young.

[cannizzarofamily]

Your home is so clean and beautiful! I wish we could be so organized! I've been hoping to use more Montessouri methods with my 3 and my 1 year old, but being a young mom it's hard to get the confidence to trust my instincts and do what comes naturally. Thanks for the ideas!

[willowtreephoto]

you are welcome.

good luck with following your mama gut.

and don't be mislead by my clean house,

I cleaned it for the video.

I tried not to, but my mother always taught me not to invite people into a dirty house....

[stbrown1289]

I love the part about following your own motherly instinct! My son, my fiance, and I are currently living with my parents while my fiance finishes school. Sometimes I find myself giving in to what my mom thinks about how we should raise him and I always regret it.

[summerchic21]

Hey good job with ur house, you seem like a really good mum, I dont know much about montessori but I have done alot of the same things like with the toy bookshelf and books and stuff for my nearly 3yr old son. I think alot of it is natural common sense and mothers instincts which we all have, we just need to be aware and switched onto it, which you are! And good point when u said how they change constantly, we need to be able to adapt all the time!

[suneh]

thanks for sharing these good ideas

[rethom]

Oh My Goodness! This is beautiful! I loved watching your video and am beginning to notice more and more of this on You Tube. This is great! You are doing a great job. You can also view some of my MOntessori videos.

[PokeyWaddles]

This is very inspiring! I have less organizational skills because I wasn't taught the habit as a child. It's hard for me to create a new habit of being well-organized. I need to look into this more.

[michelle2023]

Good for you Tori for thinking outside the box. You have thought about what Edward needs and made this possible for him. I am a Montessori Teacher and am about to have my first child. I am in the process of planning my home environment for our new arrival. keep up your efforts.

P.S. where did you find his floor bed?

[DeniizuChannel]

I just started working as classroom support in a Montessori casa and this is the first video I've seen of so much implication of Montessori in the home. This was totally inspiring, you're doing a great job! I loved your kitchen set-up in Part 2, and the floor bed is another wonderful idea :)

[hicaries]

The child size chair and table really good.

[momatbirth]

He is so smart