About three decades ago, in Ireland, I worked as a Montessori educator for children 5-12 years. The government did not provide any support, financial or otherwise, but Montessori schools for that age group were so rare that they did not interfere too much either. We had to follow the state curriculum, but they trusted us and did not get involved in the details.…

The Montessori method is a wonderful system of education and I love to be a part of it, most of the time at least. I think we all do. The children gain, the adults gain, the parents gain – we are all so pleased with our method that we are sometimes accused of being elitist or of being a closed group that allows no others in. When I trained as a Montessori educator over forty years ago, all my colleagues were those who chose Montessori…

In the beginning of my career, (forty something years ago!) I thought Montessori was a ÒniceÓ way of looking after children Ð that is until I started to read about it! Well, we all make assumptions about some things some of the time! Even I do! I quickly learned that this ÒMontessori thingÓ was a whole way of looking at life, not merely a method…

In the beginning of my career, (forty something years ago!) I thought Montessori was a ÒniceÓ way of looking after children Ð that is until I started to read about it! Well, we all make assumptions about some things some of the time! Even I do! I quickly learned that this ÒMontessori thingÓ was a whole way of looking at life, not merely a method of education.…