We planned the last project meeting to the highlight of Montessori educational world – the International Montessori congress.  The Congress was a unique chance to introduce our project and the work we have done within the two years and to meet with the likewise interested people. It takes place once in four years on different […]

Maria Montessori sees in children a great hope for the whole world, thanks to two aspects. She recognizes that regardless of people’s  differences of opinion or cultural or social backgrounds, they all share children and childhood as a value that needs to be taken care of. “The child is the only point on which there […]

Maria Montessori described four planes of the child’s development (0-6, 6-12, 12-18, 18-24). Thus, she divided the child’s life into four different planes and the question is: How can the understanding of the first plane of development help us understand the third plane of development, or what are the similar features of a newborn and […]

Renata Špalková, Táňa Kadlecová and Helena Matoušková – participated in the course with the support of the Montessori Institute of Prague within the framework of the project Montessori Adolescent Programme Inspiration (MAPI), supported by the Erasmus + program. This program is funded by the European Union. October came and with it – a return to […]

Since we adults who grew up in a classic school system haven’t been blessed with Montessori education, I greatly appreciated an interesting activity at the course “Orientation to Adolescent Studies”, where we, at least for a trial, experienced the whole childhood in a Montessori environment in the form of a “Silent Journey”. If you have […]

Adolescence is considered by Ms Montessori to be the period from 12 to 18 years of age. This age is not determined randomly, but is based on observation of physiological changes that occur in the human body and psychological changes associated with  maturing of the brain. Young adolescents between their twelfth and thirteenth year experience […]

Thanks to the project MAPI (Montessori Adolescent Programme Inspiration) that runs within the Erasmus+ program, funded by the European Union and Montessori School Andílek, I got the opportunity to study on a five-week course NAMTA (North American Montessori Teachers Association) in Sweden, “Orientation to Adolescent Studies” – that is, how to follow the Montessori path […]

  Around four in the morning I look at the clock, wrap my head more carefully in a blanket to enjoy a bit more darkness. Shortly after 6 o’clock the alarm clock rings, so I can go for a run before breakfast. Breakfast is on the table on time – I am grateful to those […]

And so the last week is here and time is running out quickly and tension is in the air. Everybody’s looking forward to going home. A lot more people are sitting at school in the evenings, finishing what needs to be finished. It’s easy to see how people are helping one another, trying to be […]

6.30 – meeting in the kitchen to prepare breakfast 7.00 – feeding the animals 7.30 – breakfast 8.30 – meeting at school – lectures, seminars 10.00  – coffee 10.15 – lectures, seminars 12.00 – lunch 13.00 – lectures, seminars 14:45 – coffee 15.00 – lectures, seminars 16.30 – mini-seminars 17.00 – independent work 17.00 – […]