Our Story

Montessori Research & Development creates beautiful, structured and accurate classroom materials for children and detailed teaching manuals for Montessori teachers.

For over four decades Montessori Research & Development (MRD) has integrated scholarly research and user feedback into the development of Montessori materials for early childhood and elementary classrooms. Our materials have become classroom staples, including our Word Study/Word Tower and Botany, Zoology, and Geometry nomenclature sets. In all, MRD offers more than 180 materials across a dozen subjects.

Identifying a need for classroom ready materials compelled MRD to introduce the first elementary cardstock materials. Three-part cards, booklets and wall charts are the trademark of our materials. The materials are in color and cut to size. All of our materials are laminated and we offer material containers for shelf display.

Our comprehensive teacher manual sets cover every level, from Infant & Toddler through Elementary, and are chosen time and again by American and International Teacher Education Centers who value our detailed presentations and clear illustrations. Our updated Early Childhood manuals feature revised content and graphic illustrations in a new layout that’s clearer, more organized, and visually appealing.

MRD continues to update, refine and develop materials and manuals for the Montessori community and offer new and innovative materials for lasting, joyful learning.