FOUR-DAY ONLINE WORKSHOP
A Survival Guide:
How to Start a 3-6 Montessori Class
with Karen Pearce
Ease the settling in period -
start the school year with a ready-made schedule!
Structured Six-Week Developmental Program:
Effective Teaching Strategies and Techniques:
Clear Implementation Guide:
Reassurance and Confidence:
WORKSHOP SCHEDULE
PART 1
How to Get Prepared for the Upcoming School Year
The workshop will start with a reflection upon the goals of the team at the start of the school year. What are our responsibilities and roles and why are they important? What are the long term goals for the children and where do we see the children being by half term? It’s a reflective process that requires the guide to ask some questions of themselves and of their team.
PART 2
The Timetable of the First Six Weeks
During this session participants will obtain a detailed breakdown of the schedule scaffolded with the role of the adult that needs to be implemented over the first six weeks at the start of the school year. Finally, conditions that need to be in place to enable the children to gain a sense of knowing what their freedoms are and how they can act with knowledge and responsibility within the Children’s House community will be discussed.
PART 3
The Art of Taking a Group
How do we introduce the collective stage, as Montessori referred to it? What is going to call the child to engage and develop both themselves and that of social cohesion? How do we support the strengthening of the two psychological legs? This session will provide many teaching strategies to support the guide at the start of the year. As a practical tool to use in the classroom the workshop participants will receive a list of fun response games.
PART 4
Walking on the Line
Is it possible to move our society to the place of internal peace? During this session an experiment will be offered - walking on the line every day. Simple techniques will be provided that support both social collaboration and that of the self.
Lucy's Story
from the workshop
MEET THE SPEAKER
Karen Pearce
Karen Pearce is a Director of Pedagogy at The Montessori Place in Brighton, UK, where she mentors the first plane guides. She has 35 years of Children's House experience and she lectures and runs workshops across Europe. For 17 years she supported Montessori graduates in leading a post-diploma course on the science of observing children, organised by Maria Montessori Institute, London. Karen now offers an online Montessori mentorship program to support guides in putting theory into practice. Alongside all of this, last year Karen put her slippers back on and returned to lead a Children’s House for just over a year's maternity cover!
WORKSHOP RECORDINGS
This program is created and designed for Montessori trained 3-6 guides who wish to deepen their knowledge and develop their Montessori Children’s House practice.
- RECORDINGS OF THE WORKSHOPThis workshop took place on August 1 - 4, 2024
- HANDOUTS BY KAREN PEARCEDownload hadnouts and additional materials shared during the workshop
- IN ENGLISH, CZECHAccess recordings in both languages
- WATCH FOR 3 MONTHSIn the Members Section
- PROOF OF COMPLETION OF THE WORKSHOPIssued by Montessori Institute Prague upon request
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