The Montessori Family Alliance

Raising children doesn’t come with an instruction manual. We’re here to help.

Understand your child. Find answers to everyday parenting questions. Discover simple ways to make family life happier.

From the first exciting months of life through childhood and adolescence, every stage brings new discoveries, challenges, and questions.

Why does my toddler say no to everything? How can I help my child become more independent? What should I do about tantrums, sibling arguments, or bedtime struggles? How do I encourage cooperation without constantly reminding, rewarding, or punishing?

You don’t have to figure everything out on your own.

Montessori Family brings together practical parenting guidance, trusted educational resources, activities, and a community of families who want to help their children thrive.

Membership Includes:

Real help for real parenting questions

Children are remarkable. They’re also wonderfully complicated.

What works beautifully one week may stop working the next. Just when you think you’ve figured out your toddler, your child enters another stage of development.

Montessori Family helps you understand what’s happening beneath the surface of your child’s behavior and what you can do to help.

Discover practical guidance for understanding your child, including development, emotions, behavior, and the changing needs of children at every age. Find help making everyday life easier, with toilet learning, getting dressed, mealtimes, bedtime, transitions, and family routines. Learn about raising capable, independent children, helping children learn to do things for themselves and develop genuine confidence.

Explore building cooperation and kindness through grace and courtesy, respectful communication, friendships, and resolving conflicts. Discover how to create a wonderful home environment by choosing toys, organizing spaces, preparing activities, and making your home a place where children flourish.

Find ideas for learning and having fun together, including books, art, music, cooking, gardening, nature, science, and projects for the whole family. And grow together as parents, helping parenting partners and other caregivers develop a consistent, thoughtful approach.

Meet Abigail, your Montessori parenting guide

Have a question about your child?

Perhaps your three-year-old has started hitting. Your toddler refuses to get dressed. Your six-year-old is suddenly worried about going to school.

Abigail helps you explore questions like these through the lens of Montessori education and child development.

Ask questions, discover helpful resources, and find ideas you can try at home.

Abigail is available whenever a parenting question comes up. For medical, developmental, or safety concerns requiring professional evaluation, she can help you prepare questions for the appropriate professional.

A library of ideas for every age and stage

Imagine having a trusted collection of parenting books, articles, videos, classes, and practical resources available whenever you need them.

That’s what we’re building for Montessori Family.

Explore subjects that matter to your family, from infant development and toilet learning to elementary-age friendships, family responsibilities, and the adolescent years.

Some days you may want to explore a subject in depth. Other days you just need a helpful answer in five minutes.

Know your child. Celebrate their growth.

Childhood passes quickly, but each new ability tells an important story.

Our developmental resources help you understand emerging abilities, notice your child’s interests, and celebrate the steps toward greater independence.

Use the milestone journal to record discoveries, achievements, memorable moments, and the remarkable ways your child is growing.

Wonderful things to do together

Children don’t need to be entertained every minute. They need opportunities to explore, create, contribute, and discover.

Find age-appropriate ideas for everyday practical life activities; art, music, and creative projects; cooking and preparing food together; gardening and exploring nature; language, mathematics, and science; great children’s books and family reading; and games, hobbies, and family traditions.

You don’t need a classroom full of expensive Montessori materials. Many wonderful experiences begin with ordinary things you already have at home.

Montessori wisdom for every family

For more than a century, Montessori education has helped adults see children differently.

Children want to learn. They want to become capable. They need freedom within thoughtful limits, meaningful activity, loving relationships, and adults who understand their development.

These principles aren’t limited to Montessori classrooms.

They can transform everyday family life.

Whether your child attends a Montessori school, another school, or learns at home, Montessori Family offers ideas you can adapt to your own circumstances.

Created by people who know children

Montessori Family is a program of the Montessori Foundation, an organization that has spent decades helping parents and educators understand children and create environments in which they flourish.

Our guidance draws on Montessori educational principles, educators’ and families’ experience, and relevant research on child development.

We believe parents deserve information they can trust, encouragement when things are difficult, and practical ideas that make a difference.

A little more understanding can make a big difference in your family’s life.

$8 a month or $59 a year.

Your membership brings together parenting guidance, articles, videos, activities, developmental resources, and a community dedicated to helping children thrive.

When we listen at a child’s level, everyday conversations can become moments of connection.

Because the more you understand your child, the more you can enjoy growing together.