Podcast & Blog

  • Personal letters to the community
    by Mirka
  • Podcast series
    listen to interviews with inspiring people
  • News from Montessori Institute Prague

Podcast & Blog

  • Personal letters to the community
    by Mirka
  • Podcast series
    listen to interviews with inspiring people
  • News from Montessori Institute Prague
10.12. 2024

Challenges and Inspirations in Montessori Entrepreneurship with Katalin Lovassy

Starting a Montessori business brings immense joy but also significant challenges. Katalin Lovassy, founder of Green Heart Montessori, shares how she balances family life, entrepreneurship, and her passion for spreading Montessori philosophy. One of the main challenges she highlights is finding balance between family time and building her projects. “Days are short, nights are long,” she...

5.12. 2024

Studying AMI Diploma Course – What to Expect?

Embarking on a journey to become a Montessori guide is far more than an educational endeavor—it’s a deeply personal transformation. Madlena Ulrich, AMI 3-6 Trainer, shared during a recent episode of “Talks with Mirka” how the process touches every aspect of who we are, from self-discipline to creativity, and even humor. One of the first and perhaps most surprising steps...

31.10. 2024

Montessori Observation and Record keeping

Watch/read my conversation with Madlena and understand the importance of knowing why we observe and why we keep records of our observations in the Montessori classroom. There are things we absolutely need to know and things that are less critical.

17.10. 2024

Talks with Mirka: October Challenges for Montessori School Leaders

As the middle of October settles in, leaders of Montessori Programs and Schools around the world face unique challenges that shape the remainder of their school year. Watch our latest episode of “Talks with Mirka” below, this time featuring Sue Pritzker, trainer of AMI Administrators Course. School has been in session for about a month. New beginnings...

30.9. 2024

Navigating the Hiring Process in Montessori

Finding and hiring Montessori-trained guides is one of the biggest challenges Montessori school leaders face today. Globally, there seems to be a significant shortage of trained Montessori guides. That is why we chose this topic for the launch of our next AMI Administrators Certificate Course which starts on October 29th in Prague and which you can...

18.7. 2024

Why Is Montessori so Underfunded?

It is not particularly a summer topic, I know. However, a close colleague, a leader of a wonderful school in Vienna, recently asked me this question and it has been on my mind ever since.  It is a troubling trend. So many Montessori schools and other Montessori organizations I know are struggling with money. They have low enrollment, trouble paying their...

23.5. 2024

The “Dirty M…” Word

I must say that all of April and May have been months full of travelling for me. I have just returned from Córdoba, Spain, from work on Bilingual Montessori Erasmus project and now I am packing again for two weeks in Amsterdam where I am joining the experts invited by AMI to work on Global School Accreditation (GSA)...

22.4. 2024

Mirka & Team in Norway: What did We Learn?

Hey friends! I have a question for you: What is your big vision? I mean, if you could make a list of all the things you would like to do before your time on this planet is over, what would be on it? I asked myself the same question the other day as we were working on our visions...

15.3. 2024

Building Bridges: How to Find a Job or a Teacher

Montessori schools struggle to find trained Montessori teachers or candidates to sponsor for studies. On the other hand, Montessori-trained teachers struggle to find good quality Montessori schools willing to employ them, and individuals seeking Montessori education often can’t find schools that offer sponsorship. As the founder of an AMI (Association Montessori Internationale) Montessori teacher training...

8.3. 2024

ENG/CZE🎙️Podcast: Kristyna Turkova and why is she so important for Montessori in Czechia? // Kristýna Turková a proč je tak důležitá pro české montessori?

ENG: Today’s episode will be in Czech with a trainer in training, Kristyna Turkova. You can watch the episode with English subtitles in the video below!———— CZE: Dnešní epizodu máme v češtině, a to díky tomu, že je s Kristýnou Turkovou, která je na cestě k tomu, aby se stala první českou AMI trenérkou! Kvalita montessori v Čechách je různá, a to je...