Happy Women’s Day!
Reflecting on our roles this Women’s Day: Mentor Observer Nourisher Thinker Encourager Sympathiser Searcher…
World Environment Day – 05 June 2018
If you can’t reuse it, refuse it! 13 tons of plastic leak into the…
12 May – World Migratory Bird Day
World Migratory Bird Day World Migratory Bird Day is held annually on the second weekend…
Maria Montessori – 31 August 1870 – 06 May 1952
Today marks the 66th anniversary of Maria Montessori's death in Noordwijk in the Netherlands.…
Freedom and Workers Days from a Montessori Perspective
Freedom Day and Workers Day...two public holidays so close together they afford South Africans the…
Earth Day 2018 – Be a Cosmic Agent
22 April 2018 is Earth Day - a time to remind ourselves of the…
Autism Awareness – 2 April 2018
Today, 2 April 2018, marks the eleventh annual World Autism Awareness Day. The entire month…
Human Rights – A Contemplation…
If there is one time in life when all men have the same ideas, when…
Teaching in the Montessori Primary School
The legal requirement The fact of the matter is that to teach in formal schooling…
111 years of the ‘Montessori Method’…
On 06 January 2018, we celebrate 111 years since the opening of the first 'Casa Dei…
Montessori and Father Christmas – What did she say?
As Christmas approaches (fast), the annual debate over what Montessori said about Christmas and Father…
Umuntu, Ngumuntu, Ngabantu…
Umuntu, ngumuntu, ngabantu... Three words that resonate so beautifully with the spirit of Montessori. …
Managing Discipline in the Lower Primary Montessori Classroom
In The Secret of Childhood, Montessori gives an account of a child placed on what…