Our Mission
Montessori-Inspired Home Organization to Empower Your Children,
And Gift You Freedom
Fostering your child’s independence with an optimized, easy-to-navigate, functional Montessori-inspired “prepared environment”
Building your children’s confidence, so they can explore and expand their capabilities
Giving you an easy-to-upkeep organized, clutter-free home—and the gift of more time, more energy, and more freedom
Life Is Beautifully Messy. Your Space Can Just Be Beautiful.
The Honed Method is rooted and saturated in Montessori theory—including the concept of Dr. Maria Montessori’s “prepared environment.”
Founded by Lindsay Skinner of Cambridge, ON, Canada; Lindsay is an experienced Montessori teacher of 14 years.
She applies 6 of the 7 Montessori Principles to make your home functionally yet flexibly organized, freeing you up to live your life, on your terms.
“To assist a child, we must provide them with an environment which will enable them to develop freely.” - Maria Montessori
The idea of the “prepared environment” is a concept developed by Maria Montessori. A prepared environment is simply a space that empowers children to learn, grow, and develop at their own pace. The prepared environment is a calm and structured space that creates predictability. So, your child knows what to expect… And in turn, they’ll know what’s expected of them.
Creating Her Own “Prepared Environment”
Lindsay started in her own home. She began organizing the home she shares with her partner and his two children, 7 and 9, as she had for her Lower Elementary classroom.
She took what worked at school for the students and replicated that at home. The space and the items they used the most at home needed to be “prepared” so the boys could access them independently, without the help of either adult.
Together, they prepared the boys’ items in a way that:
they were excited about
made sense to each of them personally
they could maintain independently
The Honed Method Mission? To empower your children to become more independent, and make your life easier—and beautifully clutter-free.
Quite simply…
The Honed Method minimizes the mess. So you can make the most of the memories.
“The first aim of the prepared environment is, as far as it is possible, to render the growing child independent of the adult.”
Maria Montessori