When I saw “DavidKahn” in the Zoom waiting room, I said to my colleagues: “No way David is coming! This must be one of his colleagues from the NAMTA office.” Well, he did! It was him! How wonderful it was to see him again. I was close to tears when I saw David on my screen. We have not...
“The Hot Seat” turned out to be an amazing success! We collected 20 amazing ideas!!! Do you have questions about implementing Montessori and you have no one to ask for advice? Do you have a dream and you need a little support to start thinking about how to make it come true? Or do you just feel alone...
Highlights: Dear colleagues and friends around the world, hello! As you can see, I added a new “feature” to my letter to you: the highlights! I am thinking about how to share from my heart to yours all the time.There are so many newsletters and emails out there, it is a complete electronic fog. I want my letter...
Dear Montessori colleagues and friends around the world, In my last letter, I promised you that I will share my impressions from the AMI AGM (Annual Global Meeting) event that took place two weekends ago. If you read my previous letter to the community or saw our crazy posts on FB, you saw that our whole team travelled there. Seventeen of...
Emina Šakovic is a psychologist and the Founder of Montessori Educational Center Jedinstvena Generacija. She lives and works in Sarajevo in Bosnia. Nina Rotello is the Founder of Montessori Origins. She lives and works in the United States. She is originally from Bosnia. Emina and Nina share a mission. They believe that all children of the world have...
Carla Foster has been the AMI Director of Diploma Course at the University College, Høgskolen i Vestfold og Buskerud, in Norway. Kyla Morenz is an AMI Elementary Trainer from Toronto, Canada. They both currently train in Montessori Institute Prague and you can see them at an AMI 6-12 Diploma Course (starting in April, 2024) or AMI...
Dear Montessori colleagues around the world, hello! Did you see our new yellow and blue wizard image? Plamena and I think it is hilarious, the two of us with grant writing wizard hats 😂.. And I sincerely hope you laughed when you saw it. We are feeling like having a bit of fun in our Montessori Institute Prague life....
In 1968 Lilian Bryan was commissioned by Mario Montessori, son of Maria Montessori, to establish the Montessori Institute Atlanta, an AMI teacher training center. There Lilian directed AMI Primary(3-6) teacher training courses for 43 years. The training center under her leadership became internationally acclaimed and very successful. Lilian Bryan’s many years of Montessori work have...
There is an elephant in the room but nobody wants to talk about it. Do you know the feeling? There are two types of cultures in our Montessori organizations: fearful and fearless. Which one is yours? Research shows that fear is one of the most pervasive feelings at work. And I have seen that our Montessori organizations...
Dear friends and colleagues around the world, hello from Prague! I will share something really funny about me. I am a big picture thinker. I am also a dreamer. I am a large-scale visionary. My mind often wanders in the future, planning, plotting and creating. When July is on the horizon, like it is today on March 17, I ask my husband...
