Montessori-trained Nanny

A Montessori nanny focuses on nurturing your child’s development through respectful, child-centred care and open-ended learning. Their approach is tailored to your child’s natural curiosity and creativity, fostering independence and growth. Below are some examples of the responsibilities a Montessori nanny might undertake:

• Facilitating Developmental Activities: Organising daily tasks to support your child’s overall development, including hand-eye coordination, music and movement, practical life skills, arts and crafts, and language.
• Setting Up Learning Environments: Rotating and arranging engaging play and learning activities on shelves to encourage self-directed exploration, such as sorting games, loose parts, or mystery bags.
• Involving Children in Practical Life Tasks: Supporting children to dress themselves, make their bed, feed pets, prepare wholesome snacks or meals, set the table, and tidy up—all while building independence.
• Outdoor Exploration: Encouraging all-weather play with activities like treasure hunts, building dens, creating outdoor art, gardening, and observing nature using tools like magnifying glasses.
• Water-Based Play: Incorporating fun and creative water activities, such as using sprinklers, washing windows, or sensory exploration with tuff trays and buckets.
• Quiet Moments and Rest: Recognising when it’s time to slow down, with restful activities like reading stories in a cosy den, lying on the grass watching clouds, or supporting nap times.
• Applying Montessori Principles: Working collaboratively with parents to integrate Montessori methods at home, offering guidance and sharing child-led, respectful values to create a harmonious environment.
• Observation and Growth: Monitoring children’s fine motor skills, communication, social and emotional development, and cognitive progress, stepping back when necessary to let creativity and curiosity flourish.
• Creating a Safe, Nurturing Space: Providing children with a sense of significance and belonging by genuinely connecting with them and fostering an environment where they feel accepted and understood.
• Respectful Communication: Using mindful language to guide behaviour, offering feedback instead of generic praise (e.g., “You put all the trucks back in the box”), and using positive phrasing to redirect actions instead of saying “No.”