If Your Kid Is “Too Much,” Montessori Might Be Perfect

Some kids walk into a room and take it. Loud. Observant. Strong opinions. Big energy. Big emotions. Big everything. And if that’s your child, you’ve probably heard it: they need more structure. More rules. More discipline.

But maybe your gut says something different.

Maybe they don’t need to be tamed. Maybe they need to be understood.

Montessori isn’t just for the quiet kids. The tidy kids. The early readers.

It’s for the ones who feel big and think fast and move constantly. It’s for the kids who are too much for most places, because most places were never built with them in mind.

Here, children learn how to lead without steamrolling.

How to focus without being shamed into silence. How to move their bodies without being told to shrink. Montessori environments are structured, yes. But not in a top-down, behavior-chart kind of way. The structure comes from rhythm. From choice. From consequence. From real work that grounds them.

We don’t confuse compliance with success. We don’t reward kids for being quiet. We show them how to listen to themselves, and to others.

Because when big energy is respected early, it becomes leadership.When emotional kids are supported early, they become empathetic and resilient.And when no one tries to make your child smaller, they grow in the ways that matter most. If your kid has ever been "too much" for a classroom, we want you to know: you’re not imagining it.

And also, you might just be looking in the wrong kind of classroom.