Want to Bite the Montessori Elephant?

Make sense of the BIG Montessori 6–12 curriculum, one manageable bite at a time.

Plan with purpose. Teach with confidence. Give children the connected, in-depth Montessori education they deserve.

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The Montessori elementary curriculum is vast, rich and beautifully interconnected.

But when you're trying to cover everything, it can be easy to get caught up in scope and sequence documents, curriculum checklists and endless planning.

Before long, you're asking yourself:

• Am I covering everything I should be?
• How do I do this all with a diverse student cohort?
• How do I make the most of the three-year Montessori cycle?
• How do I balance following the child's interests with ensuring essential learning happens?
• How do I fit explicit literacy instruction into an integrated Montessori programme?
• How can I plan effectively without spending every spare moment preparing?

There is a better way to approach the big picture.

In this fully updated course, I'll help you step back, reconnect with the heart of Montessori education for ages 6–12, and build a practical approach to planning that supports both you and your learners.

Drawing on my experience teaching in Montessori classrooms and homeschooling, I'll show you how to use the three-year cycle to your advantage, connect curriculum areas through meaningful studies, and create a learning environment where children can explore deeply while developing essential knowledge and skills.

We'll also look at how current evidence-informed approaches to structured literacy can be thoughtfully integrated into Montessori practice.

The goal isn't to do more.

It's to make what you do more connected, intentional and sustainable.

What will you learn?

1. See the big picture of Montessori 6–12

Reconnect with the heart of Montessori elementary education and understand how the different areas of the curriculum fit together.

Move beyond using a scope and sequence as your daily teaching plan, while still making sure important learning isn't missed.

2. Make the three-year cycle work for you

Learn how to use the Montessori three-year cycle to revisit, deepen and extend learning.

Discover how thoughtful long-term planning can reduce unnecessary repetition, create stronger connections and give children time to develop real understanding.

3. Plan your year without the overwhelm

Explore what a realistic yearly plan looks like, including how to organise learning across terms or semesters.

See how to map out broad themes, key presentations and learning priorities while leaving space for children's curiosity and interests.

4. Create rich, connected unit studies

Learn how to develop meaningful studies that bring different areas of the curriculum together.

Use the Great Lessons, Cosmic Education and children's questions as starting points for learning that goes beyond isolated subjects and checklists.

5. Make weekly planning manageable

Bring your big-picture thinking into the everyday work cycle.

I'll show you what weekly planning can look like in practice, helping you balance presentations, independent work, follow-up, observation and individual learning needs.

6. Integrate structured literacy with confidence

Explore how explicit, systematic literacy instruction can work alongside Montessori's rich language curriculum.

We'll look at practical ways to support reading, spelling and writing development, while preserving the connections, meaningful work and independence that are central to Montessori education.

I'll also share useful resources and approaches to help you make informed decisions for your learners.

• Experienced Montessori homeschoolers who want to bring more structure, depth and confidence to their planning.
• Montessori-trained elementary guides, both new and experienced, who want a more sustainable and connected approach to the curriculum.
• Educators who know Montessori has so much more to offer than simply working through presentations and ticking off a scope and sequence.

You already understand the value of Montessori education.

Now it's time to make the big picture work in practice.

What will you walk away with?

A clearer understanding of how the Montessori 6–12 curriculum fits together, a practical approach to planning across three years, and greater confidence in how to organise your year, units and weeks.

You'll have strategies and examples for integrating literacy instruction, supporting individual learners and creating space for meaningful, in-depth work.

Most importantly, you'll have a way of teaching that feels more purposeful, manageable and sustainable — without losing the wonder of Montessori.

You don't have to tackle the whole elephant at once.

Let's take it one thoughtful bite at a time.