At Alisa & Alexa, we are passionate about bringing the renowned Montessori approach to homes everywhere. Since starting our company just 2 years ago, we have quickly become a trusted source for high-quality Montessori toys and materials designed to nourish your child’s innate love of learning and development.

Founded by two moms, our journey began when we struggled to find Montessori toys that met our strict standards. We knew we could create better. After researching for months alongside Montessori teachers, we launched Alisa & Alexa committed to aligning every product with Montessori principles. Our beautiful, thoughtfully designed toys facilitate enriched learning through self-directed play.

Promoting Independence and Self-Confidence

Central to the Montessori method is cultivating independence and self-confidence. Alisa & Alexa toys are designed to let children direct their own experience. Our self-correcting toys allow kids to recognize mistakes and correct them without relying on an adult. For example, our shape sorters only allow the right shape to fit in each hole, enabling the child to keep trying new solutions until they get it right, creating immense satisfaction and persistence.

Rather than prescribing exact uses, our purposefully open-ended toys encourage flexible thinking and creativity as children find novel ways to play and explore. A set of colored wood squares may become a garage, castle, or bridge—the possibilities are endless. This freedom strengthens imaginative thinking, problem-solving, and executive function as kids plan activities and see the results of their experimentation and decisions.

Many Alisa & Alexa materials have minimal instruction so children learn by following their innate interests and abilities. As they work at their own self-determined pace without pressure or fear of failure, concentration and inner motivation blossoms.

Supporting Developmental Milestones

In addition to building confidence, our Montessori toys target children’s developmental needs across all areas. Our practical life range allows kids to gain competence through purposeful activities like pouring, scooping, sorting, and cleaning. These satisfy their desire to imitate adult tasks while developing coordination and fine motor skills.

Various toys exercise the senses in different ways to support cognitive growth. Plush fabrics, textured wood pieces, and weighted sensory balls promote tactile development. Color tablets, shape sorters, and object matching activities build visual perception. Sound boxes, rattles, and mini instruments expose kids to different noises to develop auditory processing and discrimination.

Many toys involve hand-eye coordination activities like opening containers, stringing beads, cutting play-dough, tracing shapes, and transferring objects with tongs. Repeated practice with these toys boosts dexterity, strength, and concentration. We design materials to match the developmental abilities of toddlers, preschoolers, and early elementary ages.

Our Montessori materials are carefully crafted from natural wood, cotton, clay, and other safe, high-quality materials to create authentic, eco-friendly toys. As kids examine real objects, they gain an understanding of textures, nature, and how things work. Nomenclature cards build vocabulary and language.

Individualized Learning Journeys

A core benefit of our self-directed, open-ended toys is facilitating customized learning journeys tailored to each child’s unique interests and abilities. We provide a rich sensory environment so kids can follow their own curiosity. One child may be drawn to practical life activities while another engages more with books or arts and crafts. They progress at their own self-determined pace.

Without standardized instruction, testing, or prescribed outcomes, our toys nurture stress-free, joyful learning driven by a child’s innate passion to explore. Careful observation allows parents and teachers to introduce new toys or more complex activities as each child shows readiness for more challenge. With Alisa & Alexa, development is always within reach but still stretching emerging skills.

Bring Montessori Learning Home

In just 2 short years, we have created a wonderful collection of over 200 premium Montessori toys and counting! Our growing product line includes books, puzzles, arts and crafts, practical life materials, sensory toys and more. We hope our toys will bring the enriching Montessori approach into your home. Give your child the gift of self-directed learning tailored to their unique needs. Discover the Magic of Montessori with Alisa & Alexa!