Dr Montessori’s 150th birthday celebration – Montessori Everywhere
Happy 150th birthday Dr Montessori!
Yesterday we celebrated Dr Montessori’s birthday a day early with over 6,500 Montessori parents, educators, schools and training organisations in the most AMAZING 12-hour global online event, Montessori Everywhere and raised $20,000 for the Black Montessori Education Fund.
I’ve been working for the last month with some friends to make this happen and it was such a day of community connected by Zoom rooms, Youtube Live’s and Facebook Live’s and a closing ceremony getting to sit with so many humans I admire.
I highly recommend watching the recordings (free to all) – you will learn, laugh and be touched.
0900 Opening ceremony
1000 Panel discussion #1: The Environment
1100 Connection cafes – this was when we hang out in breakout rooms in Zoom and connected with people from all around the world
1200 The Montessori Musical
1300 Panel discussion #2: The Adult
1400 Connection cafes
1500 Make and take – an hour of activities
1600 Panel discussion #3: The Community
1700 Connection cafes
1800 Montessori Around the World
1900 Panel discussion #4: The Child
2000 Connection cafes
2100 Closing ceremony – even if you don’t watch it, reading the comments alone filled my heart
To continue the celebrations and because Dr Montessori’s birthday is actually today, I’m doing a giveaway over on Facebook and Instagram where you can win a copy of The Montessori Toddler in English, Dutch, Norwegian, Czech, Italian, Indonesian or Korean – just a few of the languages the book has been translated to.
To enter, pop over to Instagram here or Facebook here
Simone Davies has more than 20 years’ experience as an AMI Montessori educator. Simone is the author of “The Montessori Toddler” and co-author of “The Montessori Baby” and “The Montessori Child” books, comprehensive guides to raising children in a Montessori way. She currently runs parent-child Montessori classes in Amsterdam at her school Jacaranda Tree Montessori. She also has a popular blog, instagram and podcast “The Montessori Notebook” and is mother to two young adults.