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The Homeschool Classroom — ...located just about anywhere we happen to be Montessori-Style Bean Activity For Toddlers | Discover Explore Learn When I was studying for my degree in Early Childhood Education, there were many techniques and styles of teaching that were new to me. The approach that stood out immediately as the one I wanted to incorporate into my own children’s lives (I was a mom of 2 at the time) as well as in the classrooms I would teach in, was the Montessori style of learning. The Montessori-style of education, named after founder Maria Montessori, is focused on three main components: freedom within limits, an emphasis on independence, and respect for the child and their individual development. As I learned more about the Montessori approach, I realized that I had inadvertently introduced many of the principles and concepts into my parenting and teaching already. Having the knowledge and information that supported and reinforced my own beliefs regarding children and learning gave me the confidence I needed to continue on the path that I had stumbled upon many years earlier.