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Family Companion

The Montessori friend in your pocket.

For the parents who open their phone at 10pm wondering if they’re doing it right.

$12/month  ·  $99/year  ·  Works as an app on your phone

What It Is

Built around the five questions every Montessori parent actually has.

Family Companion is built around the five questions every Montessori parent actually has — is my child learning, are they on track, what happens in the classroom, will they be OK when they leave, am I supporting them right at home. Each answer is written for your child’s exact age, from Nido through high school.

Add an observation when you notice something. The app spots patterns — independence coming up, order, big feelings — and tells you what they mean in plain language. Your weekly digest shows you what your child has been working on and gives you one or two things to try that week.

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Is my child learning?

The weekly digest reflects what your child has been working on — written in language you can actually use.

02

Are they on track?

Every answer is calibrated to your child's exact age, from Nido through high school.

03

What happens in the classroom?

Articles and entry points are written by people who understand how Montessori actually works — not adapted from somewhere else.

04

Will they be OK when they leave?

Transition questions — to elementary, to middle school, to conventional settings — answered honestly.

05

Am I supporting them right at home?

Practice guides for the prepared environment, transitions, and big feelings — specific enough to actually use.

Inside the App

Everything a Montessori parent needs, in one place.

A warm entry point designed for parents, not educators.

Welcome

A warm entry point designed for parents, not educators.

Your child's chip, your weekly digest, and everything you need right at the top.

Home

Your child's chip, your weekly digest, and everything you need right at the top.

Age-filtered answers. The same question shows you what it looks like for other ages too.

Your Questions

Age-filtered answers. The same question shows you what it looks like for other ages too.

Real reading — written for you, not a textbook.

Articles

Real reading — written for you, not a textbook.

Add an observation. The app finds patterns and tells you what they mean.

Observation Journal

Add an observation. The app finds patterns and tells you what they mean.

What your child has been working on. What to try at home this week.

Weekly Digest

What your child has been working on. What to try at home this week.

Prepared environment, transitions, and behavior — in plain language.

Practice

Prepared environment, transitions, and behavior — in plain language.

Observation Journal

Notice something. Write it down. See what it means.

Add an observation when you notice something — a word your child used, how they handled a frustration, what they chose to do first thing in the morning. Family Companion reads across your entries and surfaces patterns.

Independence coming up. Order. Big feelings. It tells you what the pattern means in plain language — and connects it to what’s developmentally happening at this age.

Pattern detection across your observations
Developmentally-grounded explanations
Tagged by theme — independence, order, big feelings, transitions
Searchable across your full journal
Family Companion observation journal showing pattern detection
Family Companion weekly digest

Weekly Digest

What your child has been working on. What to try this week.

Every week, Family Companion pulls together what you’ve been seeing — your observations, the patterns that have come up, and one or two things to try at home that connect to your child’s current work. Not a list of activities. A thread from what’s actually happening.

What you've been seeing — the week's patterns in plain language
A recommended read matched to your child's age and themes
One or two things to try at home this week

Pricing

$12/month or $99/year.

Start on your phone. Works as an app. Everything included — no add-ons, no tiers, no locked content.

Everything in the app

  • Five question pathways — age-filtered for your child
  • Observation journal with pattern detection
  • Weekly digest — what you've seen, what to try
  • Practice guides: environment, transitions, behavior
  • Full article library from Nido through high school

Works where you are

  • Start in any browser — no download required
  • Install as an app on your phone or tablet
  • Your observations sync across all your devices

The Montessori friend in your pocket.

Built for the parents who want to understand what’s happening — not a newsletter, not a course, not a parenting book. A companion that knows your child’s age and shows up every week.

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$12/month  ·  $99/year