The Montessori Advisor

I am a lifelong educator and I owned a Montessori preschool and Kindergarten from 2009-2015 in Columbus, Ohio. I am also a mother of a Montessori raised middle school daughter and Casa son. Often parents come to me for advice based on how I am raising my children. This blog is a way to convey some of that advice.

Saturday, December 10, 2022

Toddler Montessori Gifts

“The absorbent mind is indeed a marvelous gift to humanity! By merely 'living' and without conscious effort the individual absorbs...

Tuesday, December 6, 2022

Use This! Not That!

USE THIS...NOT THAT! USE THIS! Young children are working hard on hand eye coordination and using utensils with proper manners. Eating fro...

Sunday, January 26, 2020

Young Infant "Toys"

Reposted from my Moonlight Blog: March 30, 2017 Hi Tammy! I’m looking for some recommendations from a Montessori perspective of fu...

Wednesday, January 8, 2020

Natural Consequences and Toddler Clean-up Expectations

Reposted from my Moonlight Blog: April 12, 2017 Question from FaceBook: How do you handle when toddlers refuse to put things away? ...

Saturday, January 4, 2020

The Bird Takes Flight

{Reposted from my Moonlight Blog, 8/28/2017} Today is my son’s first day of school away from me. He is three, and I have had a classro...

Friday, October 18, 2019

Last week was...interesting...

Our new cleaning fish rocks work! My assistant was out last week due to a stomach bug. I was fine by myself during the class because we...

Monday, January 28, 2019

My Monthly Art Gallery

Haddon Sundblom, "Fireside Santa", 1930s One of the differences between Montessori and traditional preschool is how we deco...

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About Me

Tammy Chabria: I'm a small business owner, mother of a Montessori-raised Lower Elementary student and infant, conservationist

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