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...
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)...
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...
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...
I’ve been working in Montessori for 15 years. I’ve started by organizing “Mommy and Me” Montessori classes. I founded and developed a fully authentic AMI Montessori school for children 15 months to 15 years old. I have started and grown a successful AMI training center in Prague. I’ve been observing the global Montessori movement for all these years, facing many...
This is a story of how I let go of my son and why I would do it again even if I could go back in time… In my memories, I see my beautiful baby boy when he was born. And then – just in a blink of an eye – I am looking at an 18-year-old young adult whom he’s become; we’ve...
“Why is AMI education so expensive?” I get asked that a lot. Here are a few of my thoughts on this topic. When I first heard about AMI – The Association Montessori Internationale – I was so excited! I finally found the answer to all my questions about what authentic Montessori is and I decided that I want to bring AMI...
“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...
