Frequently Asked Questions

The For Small Hands School Credit Promotion is an opportunity for any school or educational institution to earn credit for Free Materials from Montessori Services. Qualifying For Small Hands orders (placed Sept. 1 – Dec. 31) not only earn credit, but also support families and children at home with teacher-selected, age-appropriate, child-size items that encourage independence, creativity, and problem solving. Any school/educational institution can use the For Small Hands catalog as a fundraiser by earning credit for Free Materials. Read feedback from past participants.

• Schools earn 10% in credit when someone buys $25 or more of merchandise from For Small Hands or forsmallhands.com and credits the school.
• NEW lower threshold! Schools earn 15% in credit when someone buys $350 or more of merchandise.
• NEW lower threshold and later deadline! Schools get FREE regular shipping (to one US address) when they Coordinate and place a Group Order of $350 or more by October 31.
• Promotion runs from September 1 - December 31.

Each time a qualifying order is placed from For Small Hands (by mail, phone, or online) during the promotion (and assigns credit to your school), your school receives a merchandise credit. We automatically tally credits accumulated for each participating school and send a credit voucher at the end of season (usually received in February).

A merchandise credit is a voucher that is similar to a Gift Certificate. It can be used as payment on any order from our Montessori Services School Catalog (or website) or For Small Hands catalog (or website). It can be used on any order and may be combined with any other promotions or discounts. For Small Hands Credits expire at the end of the year they are issued in.

Eligible recipients include any public, private, or charter school, teacher training program, preschool, after-school, daycare, or Head Start program, corporate or academic childcare center, homeschool, library, or enrichment program.

During the promotional period anyone placing an order of $25 or more (in merchandise) from the For Small Hands Catalog or website can designate credit to a school.

Yes. Provided your order is placed during the promotional period, is $25 or more, and is placed from the For Small Hands Catalog or website.

We are happy to announce that it's no longer necessary to search for a school during checkout to assign credit (though you can still do that). Schools can now share a Custom Earn Credit Link that can be used to credit them automatically. When parents visit this Custom Link, they will show a banner at the top of our website with the name of the school being automatically credited. Schools can get their Custom Link here.

Without this link, someone can still search for a school during checkout and select them to be credited, so long as the merchandise total is at least $25. To do this, under "School Credit Promotion", enter either the school's customer number, or its city and state, and choose the school from the results. If your school doesn't show up in these search results, contact us to add it at info@montessoriservices.com or 877-975-3003 (M-F, 8-4:30 Pacific Time).

Orders with a merchandise total of $25 or more earn 10% credit; orders of $350 or more earn 15% credit.

If your school has shared their Custom Earn Credit Link with you, all you need to do is visit it before placing your order. You will see the name of the school, confirming who you are crediting, at the top of the page.

Without this link, you can still search for the school during checkout and select them to be credited, so long as your merchandise total is at least $25.

Under "School Credit Promotion", enter either the school's customer number, or its city and state, and choose the school from the results. If the school does not appear in the results, they most likely have not registered for the promotion (you can ask them to!), but you can still choose "Click here to add it" and fill out the form with as many of the school's details as possible.

Orders with a merchandise total of $25 or more earn 10% credit; orders of $350 or more earn 15% credit.

You may place your For Small Hands order by mail, phone, fax, or email. If your order is $25 or more it would be eligible for credit.

Yes, Gift Certificates of $25 or more, purchased from For Small Hands during the promotion, are eligible for credit. Gift Certificates never expire and can be used toward future orders from For Small Hands or Montessori Services.

• Get ideas and tips from past participant schools—some of whom earned more than $500 in credit!
• Hold a Parent Night to talk about implementing Montessori ideas in the home; then distribute For Small Hands.
• Hand out For Small Hands at Parent/Teacher Conferences, where you can point out items that might interest particular children.
• Many schools include For Small Hands catalogs in new student registration materials.

Credit vouchers are mailed out to schools in early February. The voucher can be redeemed on any order from the Montessori Services School Catalog, the For Small Hands catalog (or their websites) placed by December 31 of the issuing year.

Over 800 schools earn credit each year, more than half earn over $100 and several earn over $500.

Montessori Services was founded in 1976 by Jane Campbell, a trained AMI teacher. She started the company to assist other educators by offering hard-to-find items for Montessori and Early Childhood teachers and classrooms. The Montessori Services School Catalog offers over 2,000 specialty items with an emphasis on providing child-size items for the exercises of Practical Life. Selected by teachers, all of our products are inspired by Montessori's work. For Small Hands is a division of Montessori Services. The For Small Hands catalog/line was created for families at the request of teachers. It contains many of our favorite child-size items as well as Montessori-inspired books, games, and toys for families to use at home.