Child watering garden

A part of our weekly series of thoughts from Maria Montessori's work and writings - designed to promote further reflection on professional practice.

Sleeping baby

A part of our weekly series of thoughts from Maria Montessori's work and writings - designed to promote further reflection on professional practice.

Child hugging tree

A part of our weekly series of thoughts from Maria Montessori's work and writings - designed to promote further reflection on professional practice.

Boy with Montessori activity

A part of our weekly series of thoughts from Maria Montessori's work and writings - designed to promote further reflection on professional practice.

In Montessori Education, the specially designed place that children come to work in is called a ‘prepared learning environment’. The first ‘work’ your child will do in the program is to orientate themselves to the new space in which they find themselves, which may take a couple of sessions. 

The space will be arranged in exactly the same way each week in order to assist this orientation process. Each area in the ‘environment’ has a specific order and contains activities or ‘materials’ which serve different purposes for your child’s development.