Do I have to buy all the Montessori Equipment?
A few people emailed me and asked me whether they have to buy all the equipment in order to teach their children the Montessori way, or some concluded that Montessori is not going to be viable at home since the materials are so expensive.
Well, the good news is: you don’t need any of this equipment in order to practice the Montessori philosophy at home, just like you don’t need a whole set of fitness equipment in order to exercise. Plus, it’s not practical to have whole set of equipment to use for 2-3 children only for a few years!
The materials are not the most important thing, the philosophy is. You may have the whole room of equipments, and yet not following Montessori, and you can have very little or none of the materials, yet you can be following the Montessori way.
There maybe two different approaches to apply Montessori in the home, one is to improvised, second is to do without the materials.
Your home is your classroom, the child wants to do what you are doing, showing him/her the steps to do it, and involving him in your daily life, it is called “Practical Life” activities in the Montessori classroom.:-)
As you are holding your child’s hands walking through life, stop to smell the roses, touch the wood grains, feel the warmth and coolness of day, compare the size of mummy’s hands and theirs, it’s called sensorial education in a Montessori classroom.:-)
Pointing out different things on the supermarket shelves and naming them, have intelligent conversation discussing interesting stuff with them can be part of your language development program. :-)
Do you get the ideas? It’s all up to your creativity and the limit is your imagination.:-)
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