Montessori Makers Group — a modern ecosystem for Montessori leadership, learning, and impact.

Montessori Makers Group is a constellation of projects, platforms, and creative work reshaping what Montessori can be for today’s children, educators, and communities.

Hannah discusses why Montessori Makers exists and how the whole ecosystem is here to support the many needs of Montessori leaders.

What Schools Can Hand Off

Montessori Makers is an ecosystem built to lighten the load—so leaders can return to people, purpose, and sustainable practice.

Choose what you need most right now:

  • Montessori Makers Advisory

    Strategic consulting, leadership coaching, hiring, organizational clarity, and adult culture transformation for Montessori schools.

    Visit Advisory

  • Montessori Makers Learning

    Courses, assessments, decodable books, the Origins Series, literacy-as-liberation resources, and justice-centered Montessori storytelling.

    Visit Learning

  • Montessori Makers Toolbox

    A growing library of downloadable leadership and school operations tools — including editable handbooks, policy templates, frameworks, and organizational resources designed for real Montessori environments.

    Visit ToolBox

  • Montessori Makers Alignment Map

    A next-generation school operations platform bringing clarity to observations, communication, reporting, data, and daily life in Montessori environments.

    Visit MMAP

  • Montessori Makers Studio

    A design-driven Montessori creative studio offering branding, storytelling, and digital spaces that make your mission visible, memorable, and aligned.

    Visit Studio

  • Montessori Makers MatchHub

    A platform designed to connect Montessori schools and Montessori-trained guides through values-aligned matchmaking.

    Visist MatchHub

  • Montessori Makers Merch

    Identity-rich Montessori apparel, accessories, and design that honors the work and the people who hold it.

    Visit Merch

  • Montessori Makers News Source

    A grounded, justice-forward Montessori media channel offering news, insights, analysis, and clarity for the wider community.

    Visit News Source

  • Montessori Makers Institute

    A long-term dream for a Montessori Institute where adult learning, equity, and liberatory practice meet in transformative ways.

    Coming Soon

Montessori isn’t static. It’s a living method.
It grows with children, communities, and the world we’re actually living in.

We believe Montessori can evolve with integrity—grounded in research, justice, and deep respect for human development.

Montessori Makers Group exists to build the tools, systems, and stories that help schools lead that evolution—without losing what makes Montessori powerful.

Where the Thinking Lives

Montessori Makers Group Substack is where we explore the ideas beneath the work — leadership, adult systems, alignment, hiring, sustainability, and what Montessori requires of us now.

It’s where patterns are named, assumptions are questioned, and the connective tissue between practice, philosophy, and systems is made visible.

→ Read the Thread on Substack

Thread of the Work

Everything we build is designed to make Montessori clearer, more sustainable, and more aligned with real-world conditions.

We focus on:

  • strong adult systems and role clarity

  • tools that reduce burnout and improve follow-through

  • decision-making rooted in values and evidence

  • communication that strengthens trust

  • stories that reflect children and communities as they actually are

Behind the Work

Montessori Makers Group was founded by Hannah Richardson—a Montessori leader, strategist, and creator with 20+ years of experience across independent, public, charter, and justice-centered Montessori communities.

Her work blends Montessori philosophy with practical systems design, helping schools build clarity, strengthen adult culture, and sustain meaningful change without burnout.

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Where We Stand

We work with schools and leaders committed to dignity, justice, and belonging.

We are not neutral about harm—especially harm rooted in racism, censorship, authoritarianism, or exclusion.
If you’re looking for clarity and courage with real systems behind it, you’re in the right place.

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