4-Day Online Workshop
A Survival Guide:
How to Start a 0-3 Montessori Class
Getting ready for the start of the school year? Don't improvise your first weeks.
- Live on Zoom + recording
- Zoe Paul, AMI Trainer for 0-3
- August 3, 4, 5 & 6, 20266:00-8:00 p.m. CEST
- Price: €127
Clarity before the first day
Confident daily structure
Tools you can use immediately
Workshop Takeaways:
- A clear, realistic plan for starting the year without overwhelm
- Confidence in handling transitions, routines, and family communication
- Use simple reflection tools to guide your observations and respond more intentionally
- Learn how to follow the child through lesson planning
Key Workshop Topics:
- Preparing the physical and emotional environment
- Welcoming young children with sensitivity and structure
- Building trust and clarity with parents and caregivers
- Establishing daily rhythms that support independence
- Observation & record keeping guidance
About the workshop
Starting a school year with the youngest children can be overwhelming.
Across four sessions, we will walk through what truly matters during those first weeks and what doesn’t. You’ll gain practical tools for preparation, guidance for navigating relationships with children and families,.
- Live on Zoom + recording
- August 3, 4, 5 & 6, 20266:00–8:00 p.m. (CEST)
- Recordingavailable for 1 month
- Zoe PaulAMI Trainer for 0-3
- Price: €127
DAY 1 - preparation before the school year
Prepare yourself and your environment so you can enter the classroom calm, clear, and ready.
How do we get ready physically and mentally for the start of the year? We’ll explore what to set up now, what can wait, and how to enter the classroom with realistic expectations and inner calm.
Topics include:
- Must-have elements vs. over-preparing
- Emotional readiness of the adult
- First-day and first-week checklists
DAY 2 - welcoming the child
Create a calm and responsive first experience that helps each child feel safe, oriented, and ready to engage.
The first encounter between child and classroom sets the tone for everything that follows. This session focuses on creating a gentle, responsive transition for each child.
Topics include:
- Understanding the child’s experience of transition
- Separation anxiety and emotional safety
- Slow starts, staggered entries, and rhythms that work
DAY 3 - communicating with families
Build trust with parents from the very beginning through clear, respectful, and confident communication.
Building trust with parents is as essential as supporting the child. This session offers tools and language for confident, clear, and compassionate communication in the first days and beyond.
Topics include:
- What and how to communicate before and after arrival
- Managing parental questions and anxiety
- Creating a sense of shared purpose between home and school
DAY 4 - routines, observation, and flexibility
Establish strong routines while staying responsive to each child through thoughtful observation and adjustment.
As the classroom settles into rhythm, how do we observe, adapt, and establish habits that support independence and well-being? This session focuses on what it looks like to "normalize" in the earliest stage of life.
Topics include:
- Toileting, sleeping, feeding: flexible systems that workWhat to observe and
- how to use that information
- Adapting plans and routines as children settle in
Start the year with confidence, not uncertainty.
The first weeks in a 0–3 environment shape everything that follows.
Without a clear structure, it is easy to feel overwhelmed and reactive.
This workshop helps you enter the classroom prepared, calm, and ready to support both children and parents from the very beginning.
Registration
Is this workshop for you?
This workshop is especially useful if you:
- Are preparing to open or join a 0–3 Montessori environment
- Feel unsure about how to start the school year
- Want to create calm, consistent routines from the beginning
- Struggle with transitions or settling children
- Are navigating communication with parents
What educators say after the workshop:
MEET THE SPEAKER
Zoe Paul
AMI Trainer for 0–3 with extensive experience supporting educators in establishing Infant Community environments, Founder and Director of Studio Montessori School in San Francisco, USA, international speaker and lecturer. Zoe supports teachers, schools and other Montessori organizations, and governments in recruiting, preparing, and sustaining educators for children under three. She speakes English and French, with conversational Arabic. Her work is grounded in a multicultural, interdisciplinary approach to developing teachers and strengthening communities.
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