Used Montessori Materials for sale

The following items are available for sale - NOT directly through Garden of Francis. And prices do not include shipping.

Almost all materials are Nienhuis if there is a maker indicated.

Paypal is preferred; checks are accepted.

I have set comments on this post to private; please respond here with what you would like, your e-mail address and your zip code. All payments received by 8 am May 23rd will go out before Thursday or Friday; all other items will go out when we return after June 1.

Fraction stands (could be used for metal insets as well)
Used, but very good condition
$15

Fraction Circles - two sets available
Partial set: has some pieces missing and a few knobs (some loose knobs included) - $20
Complete Set - $40
Both sets are used, scratched up, but are perfectly functional as-is or could be touched up

Can anyone identify this material?
it is not a "key" material; is not in my AMI albums or any others that I can tell.
However, I thought I'd found album pages for it and had decided to keep it.
Now I can't find those album pages.
It has several small boxes that go with it.
Something algebraic.....
(no price until I identify it ;) )

Binomial Cube - very used
can be touched up or still used as is.
I will repair the door on the right - it is missing its screws
$15

Box of 273 1cm cubes (mostly for elementary Montessori)
BRAND NEW - nothing missing. Pristine condition.
$10
(PENDING)

brown stair extension - volume work - 19 pieces (supposed to be 19)
$10

Volume work for elementary - PRISTINE condition.
5 Yellow Prisms with ruled lines
$40

Second image of the above box - I only have ONE available.
Just showing how the side slides up and out. 

Altar Cloth and Linens

I offer miniature altar cloths and linens at Garden of Francis.

When I make these, I usually need to pack them up and ship them right away, so I have never, over the course of THREE years taken any photos of the ones made for any specific customer - I have only had photos of my originals for my first atrium.

At long last, I received some photos! Woohoo! A very happy customer sent these photos to me.

The altar cloth is a separate purchase
all else is part of the "linens set"
(you will need to insert a stiff cardstock
or other stiff material into the pall and burse)

 The purificator and corporal are the same size. The veil is larger.

Want a customized set? Perhaps your parish doesn't use the burse (how sad!)? You'll want the items that reflects YOUR parish. Either contact me beforehand or mention your specifications in the comments box and I'll refund any portions you don't need.

the additional 3 colors of burses and veils can be
purchased separately or in addition to the sets above
(again, any customizations, let me know!)

Not Quite Christmas

It is not quite Christmas and I have a hard time believing it.

Advent slipped away. Amidst what? Not the shopping (I've bought groceries once this past month and all gifts this year are home-made or already purchased); not the parties (we really minimize those - just one thus far - all others will be during the Christmas season); not the decorating (we decorate on Christmas eve).

Amidst the vitriolic words directly towards others, including myself. Amidst reading and hearing about the evil attitudes of people in the stores. Amidst the job losses. Amidst hearing stories of consumerism. Amidst the stories of mental illness and the sufferings of families.


It doesn't feel like Christmas. Perhaps this was what the first Christmas felt like: a world in need of a Savior.

A world filled with bitterness. Filled with accusations against another's morality. A world filled with lack of understanding; lack of trying to understand. A world devoid of peace and goodwill towards one's neighbor.

And today these things coming from Christians.

If that is how non-Christians see Christians, no wonder they would rather stay away. Far away. I don't blame them.

No wonder they laugh at us for saying "Jesus is the reason for the season" as they put up signs saying, "Use reason for the season!" implying that Jesus could not be what we claim Him to be.

Because we can't even get His teachings right - His teaching on morality and accusing one's neighbor and planks and splinters. Therefore, how could we possibly get right an understanding of His birth? And death? and resurrection?

Something to ponder next time one is tempted to call into question a stranger's 'Christianity'. Are we judging splinters through our planks?


So yes. Perhaps it does feel like Christmas. That first Christmas. A world filled with disbelief. And vitriolic hatred - because that is what it is when Christians behave with such malice, with such worldly consumerism. The world was full of it that first Christmas. Then, just a few months after that first Christmas, innocent children were slaughtered in the name of murdering a newborn King - by a man with a mental illness.

Sound familiar yet?


The truly faithful were begging for Him to come then; the truly faithful are begging now. Search your heart - are you begging for Him to come now? Or are you hoping for another day, another year, another lifetime?

Perhaps it is time to prepare for the coming of Jesus into our own hearts. Our own stony, cold hearts. That is what Advent was supposed to be about. Is supposed to be about. Preparation for His coming - not the first time; but the second time - the Parousia. When God will be all in all.

Prepare our hearts to receive Him - all of Him, in all of us.

It begins NOW.

It is not quite Christmas - there is not peace in our hearts. But doesn't that mean it IS quite Christmas?


It is not quite Christmas. Christ is not quite present.

Can we make it happen? Can we be ready for Him?

Only then, can it truly be Christmas. As He intended it.

It begins NOW.

Montessori Albums - UPDATED

Keys of the Universe Albums

UPDATED products available at Garden of Francis:

Keys of the Universe Elementary Montessori Albums
CURRENTLY available: theory, biology, geography, history, language, music, geometry, mathematics

Keys of the World Primary Montessori Albums
CURRENTLY available: theory, language, mathematics, sensorial



These subjects are all fully ready to go - when you make your purchase you will have instant access to an immediate download. The download is available for 7 days, after which, if for some reason you need it again, you contact me for a replacement - but do try to keep it safe!

The remaining subjects COMING SOON!

Elementary to Come::
      art (supplement, not a main album)

      astronomy (supplement, not a main album)

Primary:
    exercises of practical life
(Please note: within primary, geography, biology, music, and art are all included within the sensorial, language and EPL albums)

Keys of the Universe Albums

New products available at Garden of Francis:

Keys of the Universe Elementary Montessori Albums
CURRENTLY available: theory, biology, geography, history, language

Keys of the World Primary Montessori Albums
CURRENTLY available: theory, language, mathematics



These subjects are all fully ready to go - when you make your purchase you will have instant access to an immediate download. The download is available for 7 days, after which, if for some reason you need it again, you contact me for a replacement - but do try to keep it safe!

The remaining subjects COMING SOON!

Elementary:
      mathematics, music, art (supplement, not a main album), astronomy (supplement, not a main album)

Primary:
     sensorial, exercises of practical life
(Please note: within primary, geography, biology, music, and art are all included within the sensorial, language and EPL albums)

Miniature Bibles and Montessori Theory Albums

Elementary Montessori
Theory Album
ages 6-12
introduces adolescence
Print or Download

New Testament Bibles for
Origins of the Liturgy of the Word
Level 3

Miniature Bibles for History of the Gifts

These Bibles now available at Garden of Francis. 

We also now have miniature candle holders - perfectly sized for birthday candles. Sold in pairs.

Also available painted.