Homeschool
A workable home-learning plan, not a full curriculum
Montessori at home is one protected work cycle, a short shelf your child can reach, and one thing you are watching for. We help you run that this week — and we will tell you when another approach would serve your family better.
Start with the age you are planning for
Four questions, about a minute. If you have more than one child, plan for the youngest first — older siblings can join work aimed below them, and rarely the other way round.
What a Montessori homeschool day is
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One uninterrupted work cycle
Usually the morning. Nothing scheduled inside it, and no one called away. Concentration only appears when a child is left long enough to reach it.
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A short shelf, not a timetable
Four to six complete pieces of work your child can reach and choose from. Rotate away what nobody touched.
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One presentation, then step back
You show the work once, slowly, with few words. After that you observe rather than direct.
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One thing you are watching for
Not a grade. Whether the work was chosen, repeated, or ignored — that is what shapes next week.
Mixed ages share one shelf
Montessori grouped children across a three-year span on purpose: the younger child watches work they are not yet doing, and the older child consolidates it by showing it. At home that is already your situation. Put the work out within reach of the youngest, let the watching happen, and do not divide the shelf by child.
What we do not do
No legal compliance, recordkeeping for your state or country, transcripts, grading or attendance. No claims about outcomes or readiness. Montessori materials also do not, by themselves, answer what to do with a fluent reader asking for chapter books — if you need a complete graded curriculum, run this alongside one rather than instead of it.