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3.1. 2025

Building Bridges Through Language: Insights from a Montessori Bilingual Journey

Lucy Welsted, head of an international Montessori school in Cordoba, Spain, shared her inspiring journey of creating a thriving bilingual program in a recent Talk with Mirka. From its initial challenges to becoming a model of multilingual education, Lucy’s experience offers valuable insights for educators and administrators alike. Why Bilingual Education? Bilingual education is more than teaching children...

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30.12. 2024

Why must we reflect on our Montessori practice continually?

Hello, hello! Today’s blog post and the origin video which goes with it is a little different. Normally, we’d connect live in my TALK WITH MIRKA FB/IG LIVE SHOW, but this time, I’m sharing something pre-recorded. Why? Because I’m actually taking a little time for myself—a quick retreat to a spa for two and a half days. I’m going...

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27.12. 2024

Be Your Future Self: A Talk with Mirka

As the end of the calendar year approaches, it’s a time to slow down and reflect. Last week, I shared three exercises to help you look back on the past year—your achievements and the areas you’d still like to work on. If you need a reminder, you can revisit those exercises on the Montessori Institute Prague Facebook Page....

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10.12. 2024

Challenges and Inspirations in Montessori Entrepreneurship with Katalin Lovassy

Starting a Montessori business brings immense joy but also significant challenges. Katalin Lovassy, founder of Green Heart Montessori, shares how she balances family life, entrepreneurship, and her passion for spreading Montessori philosophy. One of the main challenges she highlights is finding balance between family time and building her projects. “Days are short, nights are long,” she...

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18.7. 2024

Why Is Montessori so Underfunded?

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...

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22.4. 2024

Mirka & Team in Norway: What did We Learn?

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...

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15.3. 2024

Building Bridges: How to Find a Job or a Teacher

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...

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8.3. 2024

ENG/CZE🎙️Podcast: Kristyna Turkova and why is she so important for Montessori in Czechia? // Kristýna Turková a proč je tak důležitá pro české montessori?

ENG: Today’s episode will be in Czech with a trainer in training, Kristyna Turkova. You can watch the episode with English subtitles in the video below!———— CZE: Dnešní epizodu máme v češtině, a to díky tomu, že je s Kristýnou Turkovou, která je na cestě k tomu, aby se stala první českou AMI trenérkou! Kvalita montessori v Čechách je různá, a to je...

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