Kimberly Morey is the author of From Chaos to Calm, founder of Heritage Montessori School, and one of the most experienced early childhood educators working with families today. Everything she teaches comes from the classroom and the kitchen table, not a research lab.
The book every parent needed at the hospital
Practical tools you can use the same week
Thirty years of proof of concept
Guide the fire, do not extinguish it
Real tools from thirty years of classrooms
Speaking and events
Most parenting books are written by researchers. From Chaos to Calm was written by someone who built schools, trained teachers, consulted internationally, and raised four of the most strong-willed boys you will ever meet. That is a different kind of credential.
Whether you are here for the book, the workshops, the school, or the parenting tips, you are in the right place. Kimberly has spent thirty years building a framework that works in real homes with real children, and this site is where all of it lives.
The practical parenting book that gives you a real skill set for the years before age six.
Not another set of rules. A framework you can actually use.
Short, actionable tools pulled directly from thirty years of Montessori classrooms. Updated regularly. Free to read and share.
Short, actionable tools pulled directly from thirty years of Montessori classrooms.
Updated regularly. Free to read and share.
This book gave me a completely different way of seeing my child. I stopped reacting and started understanding.
Kimberly’s workshop was the most practical parenting session I have ever attended. I left with tools, not just inspiration.
A teacher once asked Kimberly where she had studied Montessori. She had never heard the word. That afternoon at the library became thirty years of schools, teacher training, international consulting, and eventually a book.
Get the book, explore the workshops, or read the tips. Whatever brought you to this page, there is something here for you.
From Chaos to Calm: Purposeful, Joyful Parenting for the Growing Years is a parenting book written by Kimberly Morey, a Montessori educator, school founder, and mother of four boys.
The book gives parents a practical framework for the most critical years of a child’s development, birth through age six. It is not a theory book or a set of rules. It is a skill set built from thirty years inside Montessori classrooms and tested on Kimberly’s own children, four of the most strong-willed boys she has ever encountered. Parents who read it walk away with tools they can use the same day, not just ideas to think about.
Kimberly Morey is an author, Montessori educator, school founder, international educational consultant, teacher trainer, and public speaker.
She is the founder and chairman of Heritage Montessori School and the founder and executive director of ACE Education International.
She holds an American Montessori Society credential and has spent over thirty years working with children, families, and educators in classrooms, schools, and homes. She is also a mother of four boys, which she considers her most important qualification.
Her work bridges the gap between educational theory and real-life parenting in a way that most experts cannot, because she has lived both sides of it.
The tiger philosophy is the central idea of Kimberly’s work and the book. The phrase is: you do not tame the tiger, you learn to ride it. What this means in practice is that children are not problems to fix, energy to suppress, or behavior to manage into compliance. They are people becoming who they were created to be. A child’s intensity, curiosity, and strong will are not the problem. They are potential. The parent’s job is not to eliminate those traits but to guide them, to build the fireplace, not extinguish the fire. This philosophy shapes every tool, tip, and framework in From Chaos to Calm.
From Chaos to Calm is available now. You can purchase it through the book page on this website, which includes links to all available formats: hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook. The book is also available through major online retailers. If you are purchasing multiple copies for a school, workshop, or organization, bulk purchase options are available. Contact Kimberly’s team directly through the contact page for bulk pricing and shipping details. The book makes an excellent resource for parent groups, school communities, teacher training programs, and anyone working with children in the birth to six window.