A body of work around education, home, and the prepared adult
Over the years, my work has taken different forms—from The Montessori Teacher™ and The Montessori Homeschooler to The Montessori Homeschool Academy™ and Apostology. Each reflects a different part of the same larger inquiry: how adults learn to educate, guide, and live with greater intention.
About Lynda
My work sits at the intersection of Montessori pedagogy, home education, and adult formation.
I came to this work the same way many parents do: by trying to understand how to educate children well in real life, outside the neat boundaries of a traditional classroom.
I hold graduate degrees in Educational Leadership and Curriculum & Instruction, along with Montessori credentials, and have spent nearly two decades working across public, private, charter, alternative, and Montessori education.
But the work I care most about now is much closer to home.
I help parents become capable Montessori educators in their own families—not by recreating a classroom, collecting more materials, or following someone else’s script, but by developing the knowledge, judgment, and practical systems required to make thoughtful decisions for the children in front of them.
I’m interested in the messy middle: the point where philosophy meets family life, where beautiful ideals have to survive real schedules, siblings, changing children, imperfect homes, and limited capacity.
That is the work I teach.
I still homeschool my own children (now ten and fifteen), which means I’m continually testing these ideas against actual family life—not just teaching them in theory.
What I believe
Montessori homeschooling is not a collection of activities, a beautiful shelf, or a scripted curriculum. It is a method—and the work begins with the adult.
To guide a child well, the parent must learn to observe carefully, interpret what they see, prepare the environment with intention, make sound educational decisions, and adjust as the child grows and changes.
I believe parents are capable of doing that work.
But capability does not come from consuming more information or collecting the right materials. It comes from developing judgment, know-how, discipline, and discernment over time.
That is why so much of my work is ultimately about helping parents become the prepared adult: someone more observant, more intentional, and more capable of applying Montessori principles thoughtfully, responsibly, and sustainably within the realities of family life—rather than reaching for a formula or outsourcing what is ultimately ours to own.
Montessori should not make you more dependent on experts.
It should make you more capable.
Beyond The Academy
My work extends beyond Montessori homeschooling.
