Looking for a great gift for children that will last and keep giving throughout the year? You're in the right place!
Our go-to gift for toddlers is our Object-to-Photo matching set. This is something children will love to play with right away and will keep coming back to as they grow.
We hate trash! And now we found a way to recycle our fabric scraps so they don't go to waste. YES!! We'll post more details after we have some experience with this organization to make sure we love them.
The International Montessori Council/Montessori Foundation is hosting a conference next weekend and Julia was invited to speak! Come hang out with her while she talks about what you really want to know.
Join Julia at the online Childhood Potential Conference on Tuesday, November 8. Her talk focuses on Practical Parenting Tips to Support the Brain. It should be a real show-stopper loaded with essentials for peaceful parenting including:
Hope to see you there!
Richard Damas from Spectrum TV interviewed the Maitri team to learn more about what we do. Here's his fun little TV news piece giving you a glimpse into some of what goes on behind the scenes at our woman-owned, fair-wage, eco-happy company!
Recently, I received an email from Anna Volokhova, founder of the Ukrainian Montessori Community. Anna is on a mission to help Ukrainian children and the adults who care for them. She has assembled a rather extraordinary group of Montessorians who are all working together to help both the children/adults living in Ukraine in the midst of war and those who were displaced due to the war.
And we are trying to help. Here's how:
We were recently featured in a local article for the Springfield Reminder! Click on the image to link to the article and thank you Staasi for reaching out for the interview!
In 1865, 250,000 enslaved people in Texas were initially told by a Union Army general (who came to Galveston with a company of troops) that they were freed by executive decree. This action went forward even as Confederate officials resisted implementing the Emancipation Proclamation, which had become codified two years earlier. This day has now been memorialized into a Federal Holiday called Juneteenth, the "Black Independence Day".
Maitri Learning is taking time off today to pause, to reflect on where we've been, where we are, and where we need to go.
It is with deep regret that we have been required to adjust our prices to reflect the reality of our increased material and labor costs. Like all of you, we are feeling the results of inflation and must adapt to stay financially sustainable.
We have rarely changed our prices in nearly 20 years of business so please know that we do not take this change lightly. Neither are we driven by profits. Instead, we are trying to maintain a financially sustainable business that is able to pay a fair/living wage to everyone on our team.
