I’m Amber, I’m 45 and a passionate Montessori educator and founder of Tesorini Montessori. I am deeply committed to nurturing, cultivating, and maximising the potential of young children during these delicate, formative years. I focus on the sensitive periods of development and create a gentle environment of emotional safety.

I am consistently in awe of humans' natural and sequential development. My interests include language acquisition, developmental psychology, attachment, neuroscience, and the critical windows of development. I am fascinated not only by how the brain grows in response to its environment, but also, the mind. I am a Mother to my gorgeous nine-year-old and a Caregiver to my Mum, who has Parkinson's disease.

Alongside my AMI Montessori training, I have over twenty years of experience with infants and toddlers, with previous roles in nannying, kindergartens, family daycare and long daycare centres. ( And of course, being a mum!) I have experience working with diverse families, and I strongly believe in the importance of the parent/child relationship, building trusting relationships with children and their families to create a holistic learning environment.

Over the years, I have accrued much knowledge on the vital importance of the young child’s environment—the physical and psychological environment the child is growing up in and absorbing as ‘normal’ and incarnating as their personality. I understand the power of the unconscious, absorbent mind in a child under three and how their experiences create their brain architecture.

While children and families are unique, there are common threads that are crucial. Mutual respect between adults and children is at the core of my approach. Relationship is the key to almost everything. I value choice-making and autonomy, respecting and empowering a child to make decisions concerning themselves. Kindness, collaboration, connection, observation and understanding the sensitive periods of development; these are the key principles that guide my work.