When I go to join, I'm asked to Sign In or Register. What does this mean?

When joining or renewing membership using this website, you'll be asked to Sign In or Register. This allows you to securely pay the membership fee and create your user account. Prior to July 2025, payment was made on our main AMI website without creating an account, so if you're joining for the first time, or renewing since this date you won't already have an account so you'll need to select the Register option to create a new account. 

When you Register and pay for your membership, your account will have your membership details on file, including your membership number, expiry date and copy of your order and receipt. Your membership will automatically provide you with a credit allocation which will be used in the future for downloading Montessori digital materials on the relaunched AMI Digital website (anticipated late 2026).

Existing AMI memberships (not purchased using this website) did not provide login access to any websites. This new membership website is currently only in Phase 1, where new or renewing users use it to pay for their membership. At this stage it does not do any other function so there is no login for existing members. Later, all members will be able to access it for information on their membership, including a credit system to download Montessori materials (from the relaunched AMI Digital website). This is anticipated in late 2026.