About us

We’re Natalie and Vlado, two young parents trying to raise our little one – Ella – with the Montessori approach.

Vlado works in online marketing, Natalie is currently a stay-at-home mom and Ella…well, Ella is always busy discovering the world around her. Recently, she’s been obsessed with picking up all the pebbles she finds outside and putting them into her pockets.

This website is our free time project (if a couple of hours in the evening after a long day counts as free time 😀 ). We want to share our journey to the Montessori household and what we’ve learned on it.

Montessori toys are such a big topic these days and there are so many recommendations and “must-haves”. We want to do our little part in helping others discover the ones that are really worth it.

Why Montessori?

There are so many parenting techniques, tips, and advice. Everyone “knows” what’s the best for your children and everyone wants to have a say in the way you’ll raise them. It may be overwhelming for new parents.

The Montessori method is our guide in this chaos.

It is based on both scientific knowledge and practical experience and it really works – the fact that it has been around for over a hundred years is one of the proofs.

Affiliate disclosure

We use Amazon and Etsy affiliate links. If you click and buy a product through an affiliate link, we may receive a small commission. This does not increase the price you pay or affect the sale in any way.

We only recommend products that we actually use in our household or the ones we believe are in accordance with Montessori principles we try to apply in Ella’s upbringing.

Thank you for supporting this website!

Note on privacy

Unlike many other parenting blogs do, we decided not to share any pictures of our daughter on this website.

We’re a bit old-fashioned in this. We don’t share Ella’s photos on Facebook or Instagram. We value our privacy.

After all, this website is not about us. It’s about the knowledge and experience we share.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact us anytime ✉️

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