So, you have decided that you want to homeschool. And you have decided to use the Montessori curriculum at home. Good for you!

What a wonderful decision! Knowing this couldn’t make me happier.

You can begin doing Montessori at home from the moment your baby is born. That’s right!

You can begin your child’s life using a Montessori homeschool curriculum from the very beginning.

Then, when they’re older, you can transition them to do toddler Montessori. When you actually begin academics is when they are ages between three and six.

As you know, doing Montessori at home is definitely doable, but it does take some knowledge and some cleaning.

So let me ask you some questions to get your wheels turning.

And while you are thinking about whether you need an online Montessori homeschool curriculum, check out our Montessori at Home hub! It is full of great ideas to get your started!

Montessori Homeschool Curriculum List of Questions

Read through these questions. Think about your answers.

I will be discussing each of them in this post, along with our free homeschool curriculum for Montessori at home.

Hopefully, you will find my information helpful for you, especially to answer the question on whether you need an online Montessori homeschool curriculum.

Students learn in many different ways, not only with online courses.

Montessori education is more hands-on, but you can definitely use an online curriculum to get you organized.

Lesson plans will be easier for you to put together for you home school Montessori classroom.

We will also discuss about Montessori materials and some details about this learning style.

• Do you know what you need to successfully do Montessori at home?
• Do you have all of the materials that you need to do Montessori at home?
• Do you need a physical or online montessori homeschool curriculum?
• Do you have a schedule planned? 
• Do you know what subjects to teach? 
• Are you planning on teaching all the subjects every day? 
• How long is your homeschool day? 
• Are you planning on sticking with Montessori only or as a complement?

Do you need an online Montessori homeschool curriculum? Part 1

Let’s see what you think about these questions.

I’m going to talk about them, based on our experience and personal recommendations as homeschooling parents of curriculum resources. 

It’s important to point out that every home is different and that you need to do what you think is best for your situation. 

-> Do you know what you need to successfully do Montessori at home?

This answer depends on whether you are brand new to the Montessori Method or not.

I recommend reading at least one of these books below to show you what the program looks like.

The Montessori philosophy is very unique and it’s definitely helpful to study it. 

Here is a great Montessori curriculum materials list:

Melissa & Doug, Let’s Play House! Dust! Sweep! Mop! PretendMontessori Material Early Learning Basic Life Skills Learn to DressThe Original Montessori Phonetic Reading Blocks – Made in TheThe Montessori Toddler: A Parent’s Guide to Raising a CuriousHow To Raise An Amazing Child the Montessori Way, 2ndThe Absorbent Mind: A Classic in Education and Child Development

 

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-> Are you planning on sticking with Montessori only or as a complement to your other curriculum?

This answer is unique to you and a lot hinges on this. Your decision will determine how much you will be focusing on it.

Also, how much time, effort and money you will invest into it, which takes us to the next question. 

Do your research and decide for yourself what you prefer.

I have a Montessori at Home ebook that gives you many topics to consider before starting and how to start.

You might be interested in reading it before deciding. 

-> Do you have all of the materials that you need to do Montessori at home?

Once you have made your decision on how much (or how little) you will do Montessori at home, you’ll know whether you’ll invest in physical materials or you’ll opt to get printable materials that are Montessori-friendly instead. 

Here are my free resources lists to give you an idea on the lessons you would teach and the materials you’ll need. 

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Do you need an online Montessori homeschool curriculum? Part 2

-> Do you need a physical or online montessori homeschool curriculum?

You might not need a full curriculum, per se, unless you are doing Mona t home exclusively. But having guidance obviously helps a lot. 

When I first got started on this journey over 7 years ago, I wish I had all of the resources that I have now!

Almost my entire blog has been dedicated to creating and providing the resources that parents doing Montessori at home need. 

I made all this with YOU in mind!

Take a look at the curriculum lists that I’ve created to make your life easier and give you guidance on what to teach and how to teach it. Take a look:

-> Do you have a schedule planned? 

Aside from our baby and toddler exclusive Montessori schedule, we did begin adding other homeschooling methods for several reasons. 

So, we did schedule Montessori in our school days. It took an hour or so of our day, sometimes longer.

It all depended on two things: the number of activities we were doing that day and the kids’ amount of interest. 

Knowing that our Montessori time was limited, I did schedule our activities. Below is our Montessori at Home Planner.

It is a resource that I created, based on what I wish I had and also based on concerns many of you write me about. 

I know you want to be organized and do the best you can, so I think that you will find this planner very helpful. 

-> Do you know what subjects to teach? 

Montessori love you so much thank you for subjects that you were at school, several more.

For example, Montessori has a general culture subject. It covers history, geography and other social studies subjects.

Also, Montessori includes, besides math, language arts, Science and others, the subjects called practical life and sensorial.

These two subjects are very particular to the Montessori method.

Some parents decide to only use the Montessori method for a practical life and sensorial. Then, they do the other subjects using a different curriculum.

And some juice to do it using the Montessori method. Using the Montessori method, requires a lot of hands on materials; a turn off that parents have, as well as where to keep the materials.

They also mentioned how expensive they can be.

On the positive side, you only need one of each thing and you can learn how to rotate them, so you only keep several out at a time.

Here are some resources that you might find helpful and that don’t take a lot of room (to see the entire list, click HERE):

-> Are you planning on teaching all the subjects every day? 

This is completely up to you and your children. If they show an interest, then definitely go for it every day.

If not, you can either focus on a few subjects each day and rotate them as you go.

For younger children (ages 0-3 or so), you will want to focus more on practical life and sensorial over the academic subjects.

-> How long is your homeschool day? 

This also depends on you and your children’s attention span. When we homeschool, my children or our day.

And every day, one out of the floor ours is dedicated to Montessori learning.

Sometimes, I have a couple of activities planned for them for this time and other times I let him pick up the work that they want to do and let them focus on whatever day that day.

It keeps things interesting for them and it also helps me to see which subjects, which activities and which skills catch their attention the most.

What to do today… Our Typical Homeschool Day Schedule

What do you think? Based on your answers above, do you feel that you need an online Montessori homeschool curriculum?

More Montessori at Home Resources 

Below, you will find a wonderful list with links that will be helpful for your journey.

Montessori Geography Lessons for Kids

Montessori Anatomy Posts

Montessori Culture & History Posts

Thank you for checking this out! I hope you found it helpful!

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