For Family

OUR ECO-MONTESSORI DESIGNS

ON DEMAND

Why We Created Montessori-Inspired Furniture Design?

1.


 Ecologization


At Anima Barcelona, we're leading the eco-friendly transformation in education by:



  • 🌿 Replacing wood with sustainable, eco-friendly materials to create innovative educational toys.



2.


Democratization


Our mission is to revolutionize the childcare sector through:


  • 🔑 Ensuring equal access to education.

  • 🌍 Making Montessori materials available to more childcare institutions, breaking barriers to high-quality education for all.

3.


Transforming Through Child Development

Our 2-in-1 furniture prototypes are designed to spark future societal transformation by:

  • 🌱 Empowering children to unlock their creativity today.

  • 🎨 Encouraging play, exploration, and mastery of their environment—building the skills needed to shape a better world.

ANIMA`S "SMART" MONTESSORI 2in1 FURNITURE

The "Prepared Environment" Reimagined


Inspired by Montessori's groundbreaking concept, we integrate iconic Montessori materials—like the

Pink Tower, Brown Stairs, Math Beads, and Clothes Lace Zipper—into functional furniture. This innovative approach transforms everyday items into interactive learning tools, fostering growth and independence at every turn. 🌱✨

What Do Children Really Need?

Inspired by Montessori's "prepared environment," we’ve reimagined everyday furniture as a dynamic learning tool. By integrating Montessori materials—such as Sensorial, Math, and Writing—into functional furniture, we create a space where children can:

🔹 Choose individual or collaborative activities that inspire focus.
🔹 Explore and master their environment as natural creators.

At ANIMA, our furniture isn’t just practical—it’s an interactive, prepared environment that fosters curiosity, creativity, and growth.

Learning, discovery, and play—all in one place.

Aligned with Children`s Natural Rhythm


Maria Montessori believed that children don’t need conventional toys. Traditional toys often lose their appeal and fail to support the psychomotor and social learning that children naturally develop through imitation and repetition.

Our first collection of Montessori-inspired furniture is designed to meet these needs while addressing the challenges of modern childhood. While traditional education systems still rely on gender-specific toys and non-sustainable plastic, while rapid digitalization introduces new complexities, our furniture offers a sustainable, engaging alternative that supports children's growth in harmony with their natural rhythm.

MOVEMENT FOR COGNITIVE GROWTH

Anima’s Smart Furniture: Grounded in Child Development Research

Anima’s innovative furniture brings together the groundbreaking insights of child development pioneers like Piaget, Merleau-Ponty, Esther Thelen, Mulhof, and Pikler, who all emphasized that movement is the foundation for cognitive and emotional growth.

Children build themselves through movement. Development progresses:

🔹 From action to thought
🔹 From the concrete to the abstract
🔹 From physical activity to mental representation
🔹 From the bodily to the cognitive

This perspective shifts the focus from "psychomotor" to "motor-psychic" development—where movement drives cognitive growth. Development happens in real-time as children engage with their world, observing and adapting in ways that shape their embodied and situated cognition.