Parent Resources

This page is a place to add links to other useful websites, Montessori blogs and videos that provide valuable resources for parents.

Links

Homeschooling Resources

• Research Articles, Lesson Plans, and Audio lectures on Montessori theory All for free from a woman-owned, green business founded by an AMI Montessori directress (and mother of a preschooler and teenager)
• Montessori Homeschooling
• Progressive Phonics - Progressive Phonics is an all-in-one reading program that is easy, fun, and totally FREE---that's right, totally and completely free!
• Apples 4 the Teacher Includes interactive learning games, quizzes, and worksheet generator tools by subject, articles, literacy coloring pages and more
• Montessori for Everybody This site will be a place to offer information in many forms to parents, educators, and anyone else who is using Maria Montessori’s ideas about education – or would like to do so
• Math Practice - Basic Math Practice Online
• Printable Mini books Resources
• IXL - The Web's #1 Math Practice Site
• BookAdventure.com - Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8
• education.com - Provides parents of school-aged children with free access to information and resources to give them the answers they need.
• TLS Books - Free worksheets for home and school use.
• Home School Math - Free Math Worksheets.
• Soft Schools - Free math worksheets and games, grammar quizzes and free phonics worksheets and games.
• Kidzone - Free Printable Activity Worksheets.
• SuperKids Free fun ways to expand knowledge and skills: math and time worksheets and more.
• Math is Fun - Free printable math worksheets, online math games.
• Math Worksheet Wizard - Free printable math worksheets.
• DadsWorksheets.com Free printable math worksheets: 4,817...and counting!
• Tutor Hunt - Connecting Private Tutors and Students

Tutoring

• Upchieve.org - We connect low-income youth with live academic support to help them on their path to achieving upward mobility.

Addiction Resources

• Safe & Sound Treatment - Resource for preventing teen drug use
• Addiction Resource - the guide for parents and educators about drug abuse among teens and kids
• The Effects of Smoking on Teenagers and Young Adults - Provides insight into the dangers of smoking for teens and young adults
• Secondhand Smoke: A Threat to Everyone
• Southern California Sunrise Recovery Center - Teen Drug Statistics, Signs and Treatment
• Teen Addiction Treatment Centers - How to choose the right place - combined vetted federal national teen addiction treatment data from samhsa.gov with modern location technology that within seconds locates all the local treatment options for teens.
• How to Get Teens to Stop Vaping - A Guide For Parents and Educators In 2020
• Muscle Dysmorphia and Steroid Abuse Prevention Among Young Males - COMPLETE GUIDE 2019: Muscle Dysmorphia and Steroid Abuse Prevention Among Young Males in High School and Universities
• Clinical Trials on the Effects of Vaping
• What is Social Media Addiction - Resource for addressing Social Media Addiction

Counselling

• Positive Discipline, Jane Nelson, Ed. D. - Dr. Jane Nelsen is a licensed Marriage, Family and Child Counselor

Financial Assistance

• Financial Assistance for Single Mothers

Miscellaneous

• How Birth Injuries Affect Mothers - Birth injuries do not only affect infants. Mothers can also suffer painful and life-altering birth injuries due to medical negligence.
• YouTube Video by Patrick Bet-David - 14 Ways Teenage Entrepreneurs Can Make Money
• Kids Talk News, by Maren Stark Schmidt - column dealing with childhood development issues

Blogs

• Our Montessori Story - Blog for Home-Base Montessori Preschool
• Sunrise Learning Lab - A lovely homeschooling blog inspired by both Montessori and Reggio Emilia.
• Super Fun Mama
• Montessori for Everyone - Offers printable materials for all the curricular areas, including language, reading, math, art, music, science, history, and geography
• Momtessori Creative ideas for growing minds
• Homemade Montessori - to help other homeschoolers or teachers that love the Montessori teaching methods, but are also on a budget!
• Confessions of a Montessori Mom - Rants and raves, personal stories, plus advice and tips from a stay-at-home work-at-home mom and Montessori trained teacher!
• My Montessori Journey - A blog devoted to Montessori education with a little bit of this and that thrown in.
• Montessori Mama - Montessori education information from a Montessori teacher and Mom
• Leptir - Montessori blog written by Montessori teacher 3-6 from Croatia
  
• Montessori by Hand Blog by Montessori teacher, fiber artist, pattern designer, wife, servant to two cats.
• Montessori House Montessori for Infants and Toddlers
• Montessori Spanish Classroom Here you'll find activities, games and ideas to help you teach Spanish in a fun way.
• The Montessori Goldmine Tons of great resources from across the web, discovered by a Montessori Mom.
• Art Projects For Kids - Classroom-Tested Art Projects for K-5 and Beyond

Videos

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An Introduction to Montessori Philosophy and Materials