International Montessori Index
Definitive site for this method of early childhood education. Good section about applying Marie Montessori’s method at home.

Montessori Homeschooling
Can I do Montessori at home with my child? What Montessori ideas can I use for school age children?

The Montessori Method
eText of Maria Montessori’s great book. A quite inspiring work you’ll want to print out and read.

Montessori Mom
There is a vast supply of early childhood materials and activities in traditional approaches. Our site shows you how to use these materials that follow Maria Montessori’s techniques.

What is Montessori?
“There was no method to be seen, what was seen was a child… acting according to its own nature.” Dr. Maria Montessori, from Secret of Childhood, p.136

Associations

American Montessori Consulting’s Resources
Read seven of our *online* newsletters here at our site. You’ll find our newsletters are filled with valuable educational web site information, teaching tips, computer software reviews, book reviews, and other resource information of interest to parents and teachers.

Montessori Online
The Montessori Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to the advancement of Montessori education in the United States and abroad.

Online

Montessori at Home
A resource and support group for parents, caregivers, and educators who are seeking to incorporate Montessori at home, or are interested in the Montessori method. Our mission is to make Montessori accessible and affordable for all, to empower parents to nurture confident and joyful children, and to inspire children to reach their full potential.

This group on Facebook is for sharing ideas and experiences as we teach our preschool children using the methods of Maria Montessori.

Montessori Works at home and in schools
Welcome to Montessori Works at Home and in Schools!
As we grow together in applying Montessori methods both at home and in educational settings. Homeschooling parents are also welcome to join and share their insights.

Support Groups

Montessori Connections
A directory of resources for parents participating in any way with the Montessori programs.

Montessori Homeschool Groups
Families interested in forming a Montessori Homeschooling group.

See also ~ Montessori Materials for Homeschoolers

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Explorations 4 Kids
Truly fun online learning! Make this your online learning center!

Fire Prevention Unit Study
Fire Prevention Week provides lots of opportunity to discuss fire safety with your children.

Free Curriculum and Field Trips
A sortable database for free curriculum and field trip ideas.

Kit Kittredge: American Girl – 7/4/08
Ann Zeise reviews the movie, and offers unit studies ideas to help chidren understand the Great Depression.

Kitchen Unit Studies
Sample using Toll House Cookies as a unit study.

Little House Unit Study
Fun projects for kids to do while reading Laurel Ingalls Wilder Little House books.

Valentine’s Day Unit Study
A jam-packed page of fun Valentine projects for you and your children. A unit study to share with your friends.

Winter Unit Study
Find out about really cold places, about the science of cold, fun in the snow, and winter tales.

Resources

ABC Teach
Some of the themes include: Coral Reef, Rain Forest, Butterfly Centers, Antarctica, Peace Circle, Spring, and Where the Sidewalk Ends Presentation.

Debbie’s Unit Factory
Elementary level units both online and to order. Each unit is designed to appeal to children and includes many child-centered activities.

Free Unit Studies
During the summer of 2019, we released 10 FREE unit studies based upon fiction and non-fiction books to give children a fun way to read and learn throughout the summer.

Happy Homeschool (Used to be Funschooling Unit Study Archives)
Karen Caroe has been publishing her unit studies online since 1997 and has quite a collection of interest to homeschool families.

Homeschool Helper
We have a collection of unit studies, worksheets and other homeschooling helps. All of our units and worksheets are free.

Kids Soup
We are here to save you time and money and to help you build core skills with our ready-to-use creative teaching materials. Primarily preschool and kindergarten activities.

Miksike Integrated Learning Environment
Join in with students all around the world on some project of mutual interest. Webpage templates provided for submitting your work to this site. (A site with a history that goes back to 1994, making it one of the first unit studies on the net.)

Parent Child Education
With years of experience working with children of various ages and abilities, we have many innovative and fun suggestions that will empower you, the parents, with confidence, information and tools to inspire your children to work to their potential.

Tina’s Dynamic Homeschool
This site is about the unit studies and printables I have used in my own homeschool and with my co-op group.

See also Food Chemistry and Cooking Kids’ Recipes for moe free unit studies covering the topic of food.

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Notebooking
AN A to Z ARTICLE
I became fascinated with notebooking a few months ago. According to what I read from the internet, it was kind of like scrapbooking. By Dana Sorrell.

Academic Club Method
Instead of lectures and textbooks, this format enables a child to become an active part of whatever topic is being studied. Children make, do, act, chant, build and live the material that they could not learn by reading.

The Joy and Ease of Learning Through Child-led Unit Studies
The great advantages of unit studies are that they can be tied into a child’s interest and that the entire family can learn about a subject together. By Kandi Chong.

Learning Success with Unit Studies and More
Unit studies take advantage of a child’s natural curiosity. By Jane Boswell.

Unit Study Approach
Unit studies, sometimes called thematic units or integrated studies, are very popular with homeschoolers. Unit studies usually use a hands-on approach for effective learning. by Robin Sampson.

What Is a Unit Study? Pick a Topic, Any Topic!
The term “unit studies” is an especially slippery fish of a term, because it can mean so many things. It may refer to a relaxed, interest led frolic through a subject or a traditional approach, using packaged unit studies.

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Parts is Parts – Intelligence Revisited
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
By David Albert. Most homeschoolers I know are partial to Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences.

Teaching and Relating to Your Child’s Learning Style
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
How to teach anyone to read once you have identified their learning style. By Lorraine Peoples, author of You Can Teach Someone to Read.

Forget What You Know About Good Study Habits
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
An interesting article appeared in this morning’s New York Times. It debunks much of what educators have been saying about how children learn, and seems to verify what unschooling families have known for years

Early Year’s Child’s Learning Assets
Homeschooling uses childhood energy instead of constantly trying to dam it. Now, curiosity creates interest, interest increases attention to the task at hand, and attention gives rise to learning. By Linda Dobson

Emotional Intelligence, etc.
This site contains lots of practical information on Emotional Intelligence (EQ) as Steve Hein interprets and applies it. Many homeschool families value a high EQ more than a high IQ.

Keirsey Temperament Sorter
The questionaire for children identifies four temperament types: Guardian, Artisan, Idealist, and Rational. Parents will need to help younger children.

Learning Styles and Hemispheric Dominance:
Is Your Learning Style at Odds with That of Your Child’s?
These differences in our preferred approaches to learning and utilization of resources were causing some conflict among my children and myself and a great deal of inner turmoil on my part. By Karen M. Gibson, HELM.

Multiple Intelligences and the Concept of Flow
Here are the eight intelligences with some activities where you might find yourself going into a flow state. By Thomas Armstrong, Ph.D.

Multiple Intelligence Test for Children to Identify Their Strengths
Printout. By knowing your child’s strengths, you can help them to succeed in school and life! The multiple intelligences test can determine their specific learning style.

What is Your Learning Style?
Free. No email required. Find out how you learn best to improve your grades or learn new skills.

Young child learning style assessment
You don’t need to take your child to a psychologist to have a young child learning style assessment done; it can be easy to determine your child’s learning style by simple observation and answering a few questions.

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Question from a homeschooling mom:

I keep hearing about homeschooling methods at conferences. Do I need a method?

Answer from Ann Zeise:

Over the years many homeschoolers have developed specific ways or methods of homeschooling. All provide a certain structure for homeschooling life. Some methods are very detailed and require a lot of structure and some don’t.

There are more methods than you can imagine… You might have heard about the Charlotte Mason Method, the Classical Method or the Waldorf Method. There are methods called The Unit Study Method and Unschooling and Natural Learning, The Thomas Jefferson Education Method and Enki Education. There’s also the Montessori Method. Many people take their own path and use a little part from any or all of the methods and incorporate them into their own hobbies and lifestyles. This is called the Eclectic Method. I have probably left some out. I recommend that you take some time to study and learn a little about each one to see what resonates with you. You may already have established a method of your own and just don’t know it!

When you are looking at the various methods don’t pick one just because it sounds good. It’s got to work for you and your family in order for you to succeed. Take some things into consideration…what is your teaching style and personality and also your child’s learning style and personality. Consider how homeschooling will fit into your day – homeschooling is a lifestyle choice. What is your home life like – is your life hectic and very busy? Do you travel extensively? Are you willing to make significant changes to implement something new? Look at what you and your children want to accomplish through homeschooling. Set real goals. Be realistic. Don’t compare yourself with other homeschoolers – this is about your family. Carefully examine different books and learning material and decide which ones YOU can facilitate. You can pick out the highest end, fanciest material available but if YOU as the mom can’t help your child master it then it’s worthless. Remember to make sure that the material will complement your child’s learning style otherwise you run the risk of frustrating your child and stifling learning.

At the end of the day, relax – homeschooling is a life style. Know that everyone had fun and memories were made.

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