MOMtessori Guide

The week of ‘Where are you?’ texts comes to an end. Have you been on a work trip and get back home just to have withdrawals. We’ve had a full week of learning, collaboration, inspiration, reunions and more friendships. I love my Montessori squad! Thank you for this week. We are forever grateful! Until next year!

The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, “The children are now working as if I did not exist” (Montessori, 1967a).

A journey that started as a sub… Tomorrow I am starting my 10th year at . This place is my second home and a true gift! Over the past 10 years as a guide, I have taught over 200 students, written numerous emails and newsletters, and have received outpouring love from my favorite humans, their parents and families, my coworkers and most of all my wonderful boss, mentor and friend . We’ve shared laughter, joy, tears, ups and downs AND a pandemic 😉.
Let’s start another important year with my sweet children. If we’ve crossed paths in any way Montessori, I humbly request you to please share how we met, leave a comment or just an emoji and help me start this joyful year with a bang❗️

And it’s a wrap! I’m so grateful for these five weeks of summer. Instructing adult learners from the private and public sector has been a joy. It was a rewarding summer that has filled me with a different kind of energy.

I cannot wait to see these aspiring montessorians begin their journeys! Montessori transforms you, the best is yet to come my beautiful adult learners!!

This week children received the Third Great Lesson- Coming of Humans. In this lesson the importance of appearance of man on Earth is explored. The lesson highlights the special place of human beings, their special gifts and also makes the children aware of the universal needs of humans and some of the strategies they have used in the past to meet them.

➡️Swipe to see our follow up work. The books I use that help in telling the story or may be used as an extension of the lesson are:
1. Mammals who Morph,’ by Jennifer Morgan. This book is perfect as it picks up with the extinction of dinosaurs and tells how tiny mammals survived and morphed into lots of new Earthlings... and mammals with powerful imagination... MAN!!!
2. Early People- highlights who were the first people and where did they live? How they survived etc.
3. Hominids- A book back at our ancestors,’ by Helen Roney Sattler is a very old publication. This copy that I own, was printed in 1988. I was lucky to find it in a Library hardcover copy, from a library that was closing down. If you can get your hands on it, this book is sure to keep. It talks about and fascinating discoveries about early creatures. This comprehensive introduction to early provides an intriguing, important look back at every person’s past.