Operator Susan Stephenson of Michael Olaf Company is a passionate believer in doing Montessori well and it shows in the description she includes.

The site is, however, a bit misleading in a couple ways.

Its address—www.montessori.edu—is one of the Internet prizes and, because of its apparent link to a university, certainly steers much traffic to the site. Stephenson started it in collaboration with Loyola University of Baltimore and kept it as her private-sector operation through a "grandfather" provision when "edu" domains were limited to institutionally accredited American post-secondary institutions in 2001.

Stephenson writes, "The International Montessori Index was created to provide detailed comparative information in order to help in the search for a school or training center." Yet, because it includes only those centers that pay for listing, it had, as of January 2009, information on only five of the more than 125 teacher education centers in North America. Its school listings were limited to links to AMI-USA and the North American Montessori Teachers' Association databases, which include a fraction of the 4,300 schools that are identified as "Montessori" in the U.S.

Still there is a lot of material worth reading.

International Montessori Society
<imsmontessori.org>
Despite the name, it's a one-person operation: Lee Havis' unique take on Montessori education.

Mammolina Project
<http://www.mammolina.org>
Joao Barroso operates from the Portuguese Embassy in the People's Republic of China and has begun anambitious project that is worth a look at it unfolds. It has lots of opportunites to link to Montessori schools around the world.

Montessori for the Earth
<http://www.montessorifortheearth.com>
Lisa Bodecker's personalized support system for those interested in Montessori education, with lots of information for distance learning and materials you can purchase.

Montessori Foundation/Montessori Online
<http://www.montessori.org>
Tim Seldin's ambitious effort to provide a great quantity of high-quality material on Montessori education. This has information on the International Montessori Council, too.

Montessori Great Lessons Page
<http://missbarbara.net/greatlessons.html>
Public school teacher Barbara Dubinsky has developed tools to help any elementary teacher help students use the internet to follow up on the Great Lessons.

North American Montessori Teachers' Association
<http://www.montessori-namta.org>
The site of choice for many AMI-oriented Montessorians,with information and summaries of conferences.

Blogs

Cultivating Dharma

http://freemontessori.org/wordpress/

Montessori 21st Century/American Montessori Consulting

http://montessori21stcentury.wordpress.com

Montessori Blog

http://www.montessoriblog.com

Montessori By Hand

http://www.montessoribyhand.blogspot.com/

Montessori For Everyone

http://www. montessoriforeveryone.com/blog

Montessori Mama

http://spiralmontessorimama.blogspot.com

Montessori Mom

http://blog.montessorimom.com

Montessori Wells of Love

http://montessori-amman-imman-project.blogspot.com/

My Montessori House

http://www.mymontessorihouse.com/my_montessori_house_at_home.html

Ready to set up your own blog?

There are many free blog services that can be located through a search engine. Or you can use the services created by Montessori teacher Jonathan Feagle at FreeMontessori.org.