2) Newsletters

Category archive 2) Newsletters
7.8. 2023

“The Expensive” AMI Montessori

“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...

14.6. 2023

How Can I Gain the Trust of Parents for a Montessori School which Is Not Built Yet?

“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...

16.5. 2023

✉️Newsletter: Pink Earrings, Montessori Diploma Courses and Brave Students

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...

4.5. 2023

✉️Newsletter: What are our main takeaways from Annual General Meeting of AMI?

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...

11.4. 2023

✉️Newsletter: Today we celebrate life and hope!

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....

17.3. 2023

✉️Newsletter: Planning for the future, grant writing sprints and AMI Administrators Course!

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...

3.3. 2023

✉️Newsletter: It is OK to talk about money in Montessori.

Dear Montessori colleagues and friends around the world, hello! Today, I want to talk to you about money and Montessori. It has been a theme for me since the start of the war in Ukraine. As the sole owner of Montessori Institute Prague, when we are not doing well financially, I worry a lot. I worry about MIP not being...

17.2. 2023

✉️Newsletter: What do you think about my “52 books this year” challenge?

Message to the community from Mirka: Dear Montessori colleagues and friends around the world, hello! Has it ever happened to you that you wanted to do something for a long time, but you never got around to doing it? And then one day you made a decision, and suddenly things started happening like little miracles, confirming to you that your decision...

2.2. 2023

✉️Newsletter: 5 Tips From Mirka: Allow Yourself to Start Dreaming About Your Montessori Dream

Dear Montessori colleagues and friends around the world, hello! No matter the cold weather, helping you Make Your Montessori Dream Projects Come True continues to be The Theme of my work these days. And the honest truth is that it is also the theme of my nights because I am so excited I can hardly sleep. And when I sleep,...

17.1. 2023

✉️Newsletter: Courage, Bilingual Montessori & Difference between Orientation and Assistant Courses

Dear Montessori colleagues and friends around the world, hello! Today I am writing to you from my most favorite spa. I decided to leave my family and the Institute for one full week!, to rest and restore my energy. I have had health issues due to all kinds of stress and I am committed to taking good care of myself in 2023, so...