Whilst lying in bed with my two-year-old son one morning, we were chatting to one another and he asked quite innocently whether he could go “to the little house?” I was unsure at first what he meant then I realised he wanted to go to his Montessori School. This was perfect, as I had been trying to think of a name for the children’s nursery, and decided this would be it – “The Little House Montessori Nursery”. When innocently our children recount their days and memories it is only then that we realise how much they have absorbed and retained. It was this fundamental simplicity that attracted me to teaching. I had been a PA in the City for seven years and decided that after looking after “grown up” children it was not all that inspired and motivated me. At the suggestion of my then boss, who knew I had a love of children, I decided to attend a Montessori seminar chaired by Leslie Britton an advocate and directress of the Montessori method. I was completely captivated and enthralled by her discussion of the method, Maria Montessori had developed and within a week I had enrolled and paid for a fulltime diploma course at the London Montessori Centre. I have been teaching ever since and no two days have been the same. The children have enchanted and stimulated me. I am completely astounded by their motivation and their “sponge like” minds, that “soak up” everything that they touch, hear and discover. There is nothing as fulfilling and self-satisfying as watching a child pour his/her own juice for the first time or write their name. The pride and inner-confidence highlighted in their tiny faces brings a glow and warmth to my own. And this is why I wanted to start “The Little House Montessori Nursery”, so that I could continue to be a part of that legacy and share the wonder of learning with our future little people.