The Montessori Homeschool Academy

Where Parents Become Montessorians.

Not a curriculum. A method of becoming.

Montessori isn't something you set up for your child. I'ts something you live together. A complete framework that prepares you first - so Montessori can trhive in your home everyday, not just on good days.

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You didn’t come to Montessori to recreate school at home. But you also didn’t come for chaos disguised as freedom

You’re not failing. You just haven’t been prepared.

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Montessori doesn’t begin with the materials. It begins with you.

TMHA™ is the only Montessori homeschool program designed to prepare the adult in the real context of family life.

By the end of TMHA™, Montessori won’t be something you set up, It will be something you live together. You Will:

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“The resources are gold & pay themselves”

This is what people mean when they say that after the program, they realized it saved them years of learning through trial and error. The resources and what I've learned will be anchoring my homeschooling process even years from now. This makes me feel confident that I can do this long-term.

Christina P

Influencer & mother of 3

@thehomedulcestudio

Why TMHA Exists

Most Montessori homeschool offerings make the same mistake:

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You don’t have that kind of time. And you don’t need it.

You need the Montessori Method, not a slice of it — adapted for the home, grounded in real child development, and supported by a framework that honors both structure and freedom.

Why TMHA™ Works

TMHA™ is not:

TMHA™ is:

Introducing

The TMHA™ Framework

The TMHA Framework — the foundation most Montessori homeschoolers never get. A complete training for the adult and the environment — built for real families across ages 3–12.

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Phase 1

Foundations of a Prepared Adult

  • Observation of the Self – developing self-awareness and healing childhood wounds
  • Observation of the Child – how and what it means
  • Family Rhythm based on Your Values – not anyone else’s
  • Chunking the Day to Establish Consistency and Clarity of Expectations
  • Life Organization System for Self-Discipline 
Child conjugating the verb help with the cursive movable alphabet

Phase 2

The Montessori Method at Home

  • Scope & Sequence (Lessons & Materials Trajectory) for 3-12 aligned to AMI, AMS, and CCSS
  • Montessori Assessment & Placement
  • Repetition, Variation & Extensions to Individualize your Child’s Education
  • Lesson Planning by Term: Overview & Roadmap
  • Weekly & Daily Planning with Integrated Observation 
  • Personalized Homeschool Planner

Phase 3

The Prepared Home Environment

  • Philosophy, Vision & Non-Negotiables
  • What to DIY, Buy, or Skip to support your Family Budget
  • Recommended Manufacturers & Why
  • Paper Organization (physical & digital)
  • Student Portfolios
  • Art Display
  • Materials Storage
  • Montessori Shelf Design

Phase 4

Lasting Implementation

  • Homeschooling & Siblings
  • Freedom Within Limits
  • The Importance of Practical Life
  • Teaching Cultural Competence
Coming soon to our growing library.
  • History of Child Development
  • Effective Lessons
  • Teaching Best Practices

You don’t just learn Montessori. You become a Montessorian.

Who TMHA™ Is For

TMHA™ is for parents who understand what Montessori is — and have realized that doing it well isn’t about materials, activities, or curriculum. It’s about the prepared adult.

Success Stories

from Our Learners

Transcript

[00:00:01.018] Hi, my name is Alex.
[00:00:02.238] I’m a homeschool mom of two.
[00:00:03.739] I have a five-year-old and two-and-a-half-year-old girls, almost three, so I’ll be homeschooling both with the Montessori Method.
[00:00:11.481] We’ve been homeschooling my oldest since she was three in 2020 when we pulled her out of a public Montessori school and decided to take our homeschool journey.
[00:00:20.303] I had taken all the courses, read all the things, purchased a curriculum, and thought that I was good to go,
[00:00:30.305] But we were kind of in this space where we didn’t have a dedicated learning space.
[00:00:37.490] I just assumed that a work period, that three hour work cycle was just if I was involving them in the kitchen and not interrupting and not shuttling them here and there and just have dedicated three hours.
[00:00:51.440] But after taking Linda’s course, I would say the biggest thing for me is really being intentional about
[00:00:59.474] having that time when we can be present.
[00:01:02.315] And I found that what I was doing was because I was having to be on all the time was that I was just giving myself space to say, well, they’re working and I want to interrupt them so I can take a minute to myself.
[00:01:17.003] And really the biggest thing was the first few sessions are about observation of the self.
[00:01:23.366] So really buckling down and seeing, you know, being introspective and looking at yourself and taking a moment
[00:01:30.297] to do nothing and I didn’t realize how much I needed that and how much I wasn’t getting the time to focus to myself and it really made you realize your kids deserve that too.
[00:01:41.445] They deserve a dedicated space and a dedicated time to be able to have those opportunities to get those lessons and even though you’re learning
[00:01:50.484] all day, all the time, whether they’re climbing at the playground or working in the kitchen, they do deserve that dedicated time and so do you.
[00:01:58.433] So I really value Linda’s advice on that and all the rest of the nuggets throughout the program, definitely highly recommend.

“I had taken all the courses, read all the books, and bought curriculum… but it still wasn’t working. TMHA showed me how to be introspective and self-organized so I’m not ‘on’ all the time — I can be intentional and present, and guide my children with clarity.”
Alexandra Price
Montessori Homeschooler

[00:00:00.049] Hello, my name is Yvette Montes and I am a mom, stay at home mom of a soon to be three year old daughter and soon to be five year old son.
[00:00:10.416] And I started homeschooling close to about a year.
[00:00:15.519] However, I was feeling very overwhelmed in terms of how to apply.
[00:00:20.077] the method, how to follow my child, setting up the shelves and all the long lists of do it yourselves.
[00:00:25.661] Like I wasn’t sleeping or ready when, when it was time to have our, um, session or our, you know, um, homeschooling time.
[00:00:36.249] And so, um, I reached out to Linda, um, immediately I was just blown away by the first few sessions and, and,
[00:00:45.620] She has really guided me in terms of areas that I need to work in, in guiding me towards the future of where I’m heading and how to guide my kids in terms of their development and also where to invest my time and my money.
[00:01:05.391.0000000000073] So she is passionate.
[00:01:08.012] She keeps it real, keeps you on your toes in terms of really tough times.
[00:01:16.263] conversations that we need to have, things that we need to accept on ourselves for improvement.
[00:01:22.126] So I do very much recommend her course for anyone who is needing or planning to homeschool in the long run and even short time.
[00:01:33.031] Thank you, Linda.

“I was collecting tools, materials, and DIYs but I didn’t know how to apply Montessori at home. I wasn’t sleeping, I wasn’t ready for work cycles, and getting my kids motivated felt impossible. TMHA immediately helped me focus on consistency, self-organization, guiding development, and spending money wisely.”
Yvette Montes
Montessori Homeschooler

Choose Your Path to TMHA™

Both paths lead to Montessori mastery — choose your way in.

Self-Guided Path

TMHA Basic

$1,995

Paid in full
Payment plans and discounts available
Ideal for:
Parents who already have a curriculum or approach, and want the clarity, structure, and confidence to implement Montessori with fidelity at home.

Curriculum Add-On

TMHA™ works with any curriculum you love—but you don’t have to figure it out alone. During your Discovery Call, we’ll help you identify a vetted option that best fits your learning style and family priorities.

Feedback & Community Path

TMHA Premium

$3,995

Paid in full
Payment plans and discounts available
Everything in Basic, plus:
Ideal for:
Parents who want expert eyes, real-time guidance, problem-solving support, and accountability through every phase of implementation.

Curriculum Add-On

TMHA™ works with any curriculum you love—but you don’t have to figure it out alone. During your Discovery Call, we’ll help you identify a vetted option that best fits your learning style and family priorities.

Bonuses Included With Your TMHA™ Enrollment

Support that deepens your practice, sustains your growth, and strengthens your confidence.

Bonus 1

TMT Advisory With Lynda 1:1 Guidance

A personalized space to get clear, stay steady, and move forward with intention. Advisory exists for the moments when you need more than a module or a Q&A. This is private, individualized support—exclusively for TMHA and Bespoke clients. Use advisory sessions for:

  • Developmental guidance (3–18, with focus on the Second & Third Planes)
  • Behavioral decoding and next-step planning
  • Curriculum refinement & adapting the TMHA templates
  • Resetting home systems, routines, and expectations
  • Receiving grounded, honest direction during life transitions

Book whenever you need support, at a discounted client rate.

Bonus 2

First Plane Advisory With Juli

0–6 expertise you can rely on, rooted in the earliest years of development. Juli supports families in the First Plane—infants, toddlers, and early childhood—where small shifts compound into lifelong habits. Her advisory sessions help you:

  • Set up your environment the Montessori way
  • Understand toddler behavior without frustration
  • Align daily routines with developmental needs
  • Build independence day-by-day, not all at once
  • Balancing homeschooling with an infant/toddler

Book whenever you need support, at a discounted client rate.

Bonus - 3

Exclusive Access to TMHA Workshops

  • Live Montessori workshops for just $5 — only for TMHA students.
  • These live workshops are held a few times per year and dive into core Montessori principles, developmental shifts, and real-home implementation.
  • You attend for only $5, with instant replay access.
  • (The public pays $27–$97 after the workshop is edited and uploaded to Commons.)
  • This alone becomes the ongoing rhythm that keeps families grounded throughout the year
Bonus - 4

The Montessori Homeschool Planner (Full Access)

The only planning system made for Montessori homeschooling and fully compatible with TMHA. No more half-used generic planners or rigid formats. Your enrollment includes the complete Montessori Homeschool Planner—a flexible, TMHA-aligned tool to help you plan effectively.

  • Annual rhythms
  • Term cycles
  • Weekly lessons
  • Observations
  • Field trips
  • Extracurriculars
  • Recordkeeping
  • Reflection notes
  • Intentions
  • Shopping lists
  • Prep lists
Bonus - 5

Exclusive Discounts With Our Curriculum Partners

Authentic training. Authentic presentation. Authentic Montessori. TMHA supports any curriculum, and students get exclusive discounts to our MACTE-accredited partner, the Institute for Montessori Training (IMT). You get discounted access to:

  • Complete training manuals
  • Album sets
  • Scope and sequence resources
  • Video lesson presentations taught by certified trainers
Bonus - 6

Access TMHA on the Thinkific App

Your Montessori training—available anytime, anywhere. Whether you’re rotating shelves, nursing a baby, or driving between activities, you don’t have to be tied to a laptop to keep learning. Your enrollment includes mobile access to:

  • All TMHA Basic lessons (audio + video)
  • Downloadable resources
  • Your progress tracking
  • The Mighty Montessori Community (available with Premium only)

About Lynda

About Your Guide

There are Montessori teachers… There are Montessori homeschoolers…. There are Montessori influencers…. There are Montessori trainers.

I am one of the only people in the world who has lived and led all four — across homeschool, public, private, charter, and international settings.

About Lynda

About Your Guide

There are Montessori teachers… There are Montessori homeschoolers…. There are Montessori influencers…. There are Montessori trainers.

I am one of the only people in the world who has lived and led all four — across homeschool, public, private, charter, and international settings.

  • I’ve trained teachers in schools.
  • I’ve coached families in home learning.
  • I’ve guided school leaders building programs from scratch.
  • I’ve built Montessori environments across countries & cultures
  • I’ve taught in and led Montessori and traditional schools.
  • And I’ve homeschooled my own children with fidelity, flexibility, & joy.

I don’t teach Montessori from a script or from a classroom bubble.
I teach Montessori as a living system — integrated into real life, real families, real children. That’s why TMHA works. TMHA is the training Montessorians have always needed — and could never find.

Portrait of Lynda Apostol, founder of The Montessori Teacher

Lynda Apostol

Founder & Homeschool Architect

Testimonials

Real Stories From Real Parents

“TMHA with @lyndaapostol changed everything.”

When I first started homeschooling, our days were messy. I didn’t know how to create a rhythm, my kids weren’t really engaged, and I constantly felt like I was FAILING at everything I tried. And the reason I’m more grounded and confident now isn’t because I magically figured it all out, it’s because I INVESTED in learning how to do this well. I learned how to:
-structure our days in a way that flows naturally
-encourage independence without feeling like I’m losing control
-how to make learning feel joyful instead of forced
AND SO MUCH MORE

Mitzi Villareal

@mitzi.katherine

“Wow! to your quality of work & to this experience”

“Without a doubt, it adds much, much more value to have taken your coaching than to not have done it and only taken the certification. I mean, really. I’m so very grateful. Wow to your quality of work and to this experience!”

Sarahi Paz

@realmontessorimom

“What I learned would’ve taken me years to figure out”

“This experience was very thorough and complete. Had I known all that you offer, I would’ve never hesitated to sign up…honestly, now I think it’s inexpensive. What I learned would’ve taken me years to figure out. Not only that, but the confidence and clarity I’ve gained is priceless. I cannot thank you enough!”

Nidia G

“THANK YOU cannot capture it enough...our family every day has been transformed...”

“I feel so much lighter since everything is in order and so much more prepared to learn with the kiddos. I now have more mental/emotional space to be a better mother and teacher for them.”

Deanne Banares

@classymusings

TMHA™ is not for families looking for shortcuts. It is for parents who:

mother giving son a piggy back ride, laughing and enjoying each other's company
mother observing daughter writing

Montessori works, but only when the adult is prepared.

You need the part no one teaches. If you’re ready to stop collecting information and start embodying the method — to stop performing Montessori and start living it — If you're done piecing Montessori together from reels, blogs, and conflicting advice....

If you're ready for clarity, confidence, and developmental truth… Then you’re ready for TMHA.

TMHA™ Pricing

Both paths lead to Montessori mastery — choose your way in.

Self-Guided Path

TMHA Basic

$1,995

Paid in full
Payment plans and discounts available
Ideal for:
Parents who already have a curriculum or approach, and want the clarity, structure, and confidence to implement Montessori with fidelity at home.

Curriculum Add-On

TMHA™ works with any curriculum you love—but you don’t have to figure it out alone. During your Discovery Call, we’ll help you identify a vetted option that best fits your learning style and family priorities.

Feedback & Community Path

TMHA Premium

$3,995

Paid in full
Payment plans and discounts available
Everything in Basic, plus:
Ideal for:
Parents who want expert eyes, real-time guidance, problem-solving support, and accountability through every phase of implementation.

Curriculum Add-On

TMHA™ works with any curriculum you love—but you don’t have to figure it out alone. During your Discovery Call, we’ll help you identify a vetted option that best fits your learning style and family priorities.

Frequently Asked Questions

What exactly is TMHA™?

TMHA™ is a complete Montessori homeschool framework that teaches you how to prepare yourself, your rhythm, and your home so you can guide learning with clarity, confidence, and developmental precision.

This isn’t a curriculum or a beginner’s course. It’s the foundational systems, mindset, and unseen work that turn Montessori from something you “set up” into something you live.

You don’t need formal training, but you do need a basic understanding of Montessori principles. If you’re still exploring your options or still trying to understand what Montessori actually is, my Book “The Montessori Homeschooler: A Practical Guide to Getting Started” is your first step.

If you haven’t started at all — especially if you don’t yet have anything to observe — begin with Kickstart or my book “The Montessori Homeschooler: A Practical Guide to Gettang Started“.

These resources give you  Montessori 101 + Homeschool 101, clear out misinformation, and help you set up the foundations so you can see your child through a Montessori lens.
Authentic Montessori begins with observation and that’s where TMHA™ begins.

Start with an introductory resource to get you going, then join TMHA™ when you’re ready for deeper work. Montessori is a practice that takes time, curiosity, and intention to learn. There’s no such thing as beginning with everything figured out — that’s not how human development works, and it’s not how Montessori works.

But you can dramatically shorten your learning curve with intentionality and expert guidance, without wasting time, money, or missing your child’s developmental windows

Most programs hand you:
• a curriculum,
• video demos, 
• checklists, or
• a single-plane approach.

TMHA™ is different because it focuses on you — the prepared adult — and the realities of homeschooling and parenting children across planes of development while keeping your sanity in tact, tending to household responsibilities, and maintaining self-identity (albeit running a business, working from home, or being the family manager).

This is Montessori lived, not performed.

TMHA Basic is fully self-paced and includes the complete framework, planning tools, and lifetime access.

TMHA Premium adds:
• Weekly live group Montessori clinics for Direct Q&A with Lynda.
• Homework feedback
• A private supportive community to tap into at anytime without getting lost in the sea of Facebook group opinions.

As a TMHA™ learner, you also have access to TMT Advisory and Advisory with Juli.
Advisory is a high-touch, 60-minute 1:1 virtual session you can book as a single session or as a package whenever you need personalized, context-driven support.

Please note: Advisory is exclusively available to TMHA™ learners. We do not offer one-off consultations outside the program.

For Full 1:1 Experience, please apply to our BeSpoke Program.

These are live group sessions designed to foster community and provide targeted support. You can bring questions about:

• curriculum
• planning challenges
• rhythm
• observations
• environment issues
• lesson balance
• developmental concerns
• or any topic that would benefit the group

Clinics give you real-time guidance so you don’t fall into trial-and-error Montessori.

Lifetime access to Clinics is included only in TMHA™ Premium and is not sold separately.

Because Clinics are meant to support developmental guidance (not basic setup), access becomes available after you complete the Foundations modules, ensuring you enter the space prepared and grounded in the framework.

Lifetime access — so you can revisit the framework as your children move through different planes of development.

Yes. I can usually work with most budgets by offering 12 month payment plans, with a 10% deposit, for committed families.

TMHA™ is fully self-paced, so there’s no “behind.” You move through the framework at the rhythm that works for your family, and you can revisit the modules anytime.

If you join TMHA Premium, we actively support your progress during your first year. You’ll receive gentle check-ins, feedback on your homework, and ongoing accountability through the weekly clinics and community support. Most parents choose Premium for this exact reason — it keeps you moving and prevents you from stalling.

If you’re someone who needs deeper accountability, likes to talk things through, or learns best through conversation, you may want to explore the Bespoke Program for more direct, ongoing 1:1 guidance.

Yes —

TMHA Premium includes individualized feedback on homework assignments and gentle check ins in your first year of learning.


If you want deeper personalized coaching, you can apply for Bespoke Coaching.

“I’ve been in TMHA for nearly three years, and it has completely changed my life.”

The guidance, structure, and support have transformed the way I approach homeschooling. My 7-year-old has thrived because of what I’ve learned, and now my 2-year-old is joining in our work cycle with so much excitement and confidence. TMHA has truly become the foundation of our homeschool journey, and I’m so grateful for the clarity and peace it’s brought into our home.

Jennifer Ornelas

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You don’t just learn Montessori. You become a Montessorian.

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