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Color-coded. Durable materials. Replaceable parts. Our appealing teacher-designed sets arrive complete and ready to serve children for years to come.
Color-coded. Durable materials. Replaceable parts. Our appealing teacher-designed sets arrive complete and ready to serve children for years to come.
Classroom Activity Sets
Classroom Activity Sets
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Featured Products

Kids Nylon Knife Set
Kids Nylon Knife Set
3 knives
$9.95
D49
68 In Stock
Hardwood Clothesline Stand
Hardwood Clothesline Stand
Child-size wooden laundry rack
$59.95
W42
Temporarily Out-of-Stock
Expect 6/19/26
Kids' Garden Hand Tools
Kids' Garden Hand Tools
Trowel, rake, and spade from Toysmith
$14.50
SC678
22 In Stock
Wavy Chopper
Wavy Chopper
Crinkle-cut knife
$5.50
D104
Temporarily Out-of-Stock
Expect 6/19/26
Durable Juice Glass Set
Durable Juice Glass Set
6 pieces
$19.95
D510
100+ In Stock
Grace and Courtesy
Grace and Courtesy
A Picture Guide for Children and Adults
$19.00
R159
50 In Stock
Grammar Tells A Story
Grammar Tells A Story
Transforming Literacy with Montessori Storytelling from Parent Child Press
$24.95
542810
89 In Stock
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Pattern Play
Pattern Play
Color by Design from Mindware
$41.95
Y202
11 In Stock
Rainbow Wooden Blocks with Tray
Rainbow Wooden Blocks with Tray
25 unique wooden blocks & 8 figures
$49.95
V462
7 In Stock
Hex Bolt Board
Hex Bolt Board
4 hexagonal-headed bolts
$40.00
V06
6 In Stock
Lil' True Temper Wheelbarrow
Lil' True Temper Wheelbarrow
Real child-size wheelbarrow
$94.00
SC813
39 In Stock
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12" World Globe
Pioneer Globe from Replogle
$84.95
C208
9 In Stock
Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom
Positive Discipline in the Montessori Classroom
Preparing an Environment that Fosters Respect, Kindness & Responsibility from Parent Child Press
$19.95
538700
23 In Stock
Primary Garden Tools
Primary Garden Tools
Set of 4 child-size, long-handled, real garden tools
$42.00
SC618
Temporarily Out-of-Stock
Expect 6/3/26
Natural Sweep Carpet Sweeper
Natural Sweep Carpet Sweeper
Real tool with adjustable handle from Bissell
$42.00
Q86
29 In Stock
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Chimalong®
Chimalong®
xylophone-style instrument from Woodstock Chimes
$59.95
M58
6 In Stock
Gratitude Tree
Gratitude Tree
Write things you are grateful for on paper leaves & add them to the wooden tree from Kikkerland
$18.95
R258
8 In Stock
Small Natural Hemmed Work Rug
Small Natural Hemmed Work Rug
36" x 24"
$14.95
X550W
Temporarily Out-of-Stock
Expect 6/3/26
Wobble Board
Wobble Board
Wooden balance board
$29.95
E234
20 In Stock

Ideas & Insights Articles

Ideas & Insights Articles

Out in the Community: Socializing with Your Children
"By teaching children what they need to learn early in life, they may be better able to cope with the problems of their culture than by learning late the basic rules when little time is allotted for their mastery."—Nancy Rambusch Learning How to LearnWe often overlook how important it is for our children to have experiences... Read More
Winter Nights At Home
The short days of January invite us to "hunker down" and enjoy a cozy evening at home. The calendar seems less hectic after the holidays, and perhaps the children don't have as many after-school activities. This is a good time to schedule a special evening with the whole family. I have fond memories of those winter nights w... Read More
The Ground Was Our Writing Board
What do you do when you meet a legend? I watched as Lakshmi Kripalani was honored by AMS with a Lifetime Achievement Award this year and was completely uplifted by the many ways in which the Montessori community embraced a true Montessori sage...Lakshmi Kripalani: An Authentic Montessori LegendI have had good fortune and a ... Read More
Normalization in the Montessori Classroom
Maria Montessori herself said, "The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, 'The children are now working as if I did not exist.'" You have prepared the environment with the child's inner needs foremost in your mind. Now you're probably thinking ahead to the day when your classroom will be normalized... Read More
Words + Movement = Reading
Many teachers think of language objects only as those in boxes used for I Spy or sound games or the First Phonetic Object Box. But language objects are everywhere - they don't need to come in a box.In the Montessori classroom, everything has a place and a purpose. This principle is apparent in how we go about placing small,... Read More
Poetry for Children
"Poems are like the flower arranging of spoken language."—Joen Bettman, "Building Spoken Language in the First Plane, "NAMTA Journal, Winter, 2016All over the world, poetry touches the hearts and minds of adults and children alike. In Chile, everyone - from teachers to truck drivers - knows the poetry of their country's bel... Read More
Cultivating Respect
"The teacher's happy task is to show [children] the path to perfection, furnishing the means and removing obstacles, beginning with those which she herself is likely to present (for the teacher can be the greatest obstacle of them all.)"—Maria Montessori, The Absorbent MindMontessori taught us to deeply respect children, no... Read More
Good Manners at Home
"We must teach the children the elements of social behavior ... In this way, these little people who, before, only knew vaguely and half consciously what to do in any particular social situation, now have a clear and vivid idea how to react when the particular occasion arises. ... (T)he essential thing is that he should kno... Read More
She Was Trained by Maria and Mario Montessori Part I
An Interview with Lakshmi Kripalani By Irene BakerI first met Lakshmi Kripalani at a Montessori conference ten years ago. Listening to her first-hand accounts of being trained by Maria and Mario Montessori was thrilling. Recently I had the opportunity to visit Ms. Kripalani in her home in Montclair, New Jersey. At almost 93... Read More
Finding Freedom in Routine
"He (the child) lives in a sort of everlasting present. He does not hurry as we do towards the end of the action, because for him the end of the action is the action itself."—E. M. Standing, Maria Montessori, Her Life and WorkFocus on Routines, Not Lesson PlansThough we are ruled by the clock and the calendar like the rest ... Read More