I hope you all had a wonderful summer break. I had a lovely mix of travel, staycation, a secret project, and a handful of visitors. I got to visit the beautiful Iceland with my parents and kids…. And the location for working on the secret project here in the Netherlands was so cosy I nearly didn’t leave the cabin the whole time… That said, I am always happy to be back to class after the long summer break – whilst holidays are a nice break from the routine, my body feels more … [Read more...] about Corners of our Montessori classroom on the first day back to school
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Tour of a Montessori toddler classroom in Amsterdam
In my last newsletter I showed people a picture of our Montessori toddler classroom after we’d just started back to school after the summer break: I’d made a few changes and I asked if people would like to have a look around. And it was a unanimous “yes please!". So I did a little Facebook Live for you to give you a little tour of a Montessori toddler classroom. The main changes to the classroom were for a couple of reasons: To free up some more floor space for children to roll out a … [Read more...] about Tour of a Montessori toddler classroom in Amsterdam
A live tour of Montessori toddler classroom in Amsterdam – The Montessori Notebook
This Wednesday, I had so much fun doing a little tour of my Montessori toddler classroom on Facebook live. I was able to answer people’s questions live and show you around at the same time. I had such a lovely response and it’s been viewed already 10,000 times! So fun. So, want to have a look around? This is perfect if you want to: see how we set up our snack area for the toddlers to make their own snackadmire our climbing wall, cosy cube and music + movement activitiesget a glimpse … [Read more...] about A live tour of Montessori toddler classroom in Amsterdam – The Montessori Notebook
A Montessori classroom in Lisbon to inspire you
I was so lucky to visit Atelier Montessori, a Montessori classroom in Lisbon, 2 weeks ago. It’s only 7 months old and is a fantastic introduction to Montessori in a country where this approach is not so well known or understood. Set up for parents to learn on one side of a glass wall and the children on the other, this offering combines the importance of parent education (which you know I love!) with a beautiful learning environment for the children. To explain more, I asked Maria Antónia … [Read more...] about A Montessori classroom in Lisbon to inspire you