May 2023
Montessori Education Workshop
Saturday 27th May 2023 @ 9.30am-1.00pm
12-13 Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin A96HX78
Material Making Session
Dublin
Montessori Education Network
Tuesday 16th May 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Sensorial Education and Nature
- Sensitive periods
- Prepared environment
- Sensorial materials in nature
- Refinement of the senses
- The benefits to the child’s development and well-being
- The role of the teacher
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
North West
Montessori Education Network
Monday 15th May 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Oral Language in the Montessori Prepared Environment
- Absorbent mind
- Creating a language rich environment
- Listening and speaking skills
- Auditory memory
- Vocabulary
- Activities to support oral language
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
South West
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 10th May 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Circle Time in the Montessori Classroom
- Rationale for circle time
- Promoting self esteem and positive behaviour
- Supporting emotional literacy
- Essential prerequisites for setting up circle time
- Circle time and the Montessori philosophy
- Sample lessons
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Montessori Education Refresher Course
Saturday 6th & 13th May 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
12-13 Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin A96HX78
Montessori Geography Curriculum
- Absorbent mind
- Sensitive periods
- Sensorial education
- Cosmic education
- Understanding and appreciation of the world
- Empathy and appreciation of one’s own culture and others
- Manipulative materials and visual aids including; The solar system, sandpaper globe and continent globe, jigsaw map of the world, continent folders, the three elements, land and water forms, jigsaw map of the child’s continent, countries, capitals and flags.
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
April 2023
Montessori Education Workshop
Tuesday 25th April 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Partnerships with Parents in the
Montessori Prepared Environment
- Transitioning to primary school
- Using the Montessori Record Keeping Journal
- Creating a Montessori newsletter
- Informal and formal communication with parents
- Conducting Montessori Parent Teacher meetings
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
South East
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 26th April 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Montessori History Curriculum
- Concept of time
- Understanding time and chronology
- Counting – days, weeks, months, years
- Family tree
- Understanding sequence of events
- Timeline of a child’s day
- Dates in the child’s life – birthdays
- Past and present
- Exploration of activities in the Montessori curriculum to support the development of the concept of time
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open forum
March 2023
Montessori Education Workshop
Saturday 25th March 2023 @ 9.30am – 1.00pm
12-13 Cumberland Street, Dun Laoghaire, Dublin A96HX78
Material Making Session
- Science curriculum in Montessori education
- Classification
- Timeline
- Language development
- Scientific attitude
- The role of the teacher
- Evaluative quality of materials
- Assessment
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open forum
Please bring laminators, scissors and your own portable cups.
One material pack will be provided complimentary at the event.
South East
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 29th March 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Montessori Outdoor Environment
- Montessori outdoor curriculum
- Outdoor environment as an extension of the Montessori classroom
- Holistic development of the child
- Education of nature
- Planning of school garden
- Planting through the seasons
- Schedule of planting
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Montessori Education Refresher Course
Tuesday 21st and 28th March 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Montessori Mathematics Curriculum
- Montessori philosophy
- Importance of numeracy in the early years
- Preparing the environment
- Numerical awareness
- Mathematical learning materials and activities
- Using mathematical language
- Mark making
- Planning the children’s learning
- Reviewing the children’s progress
- Support for parents
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
North West
Montessori Education Network
Monday 20th March 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Transitioning to Primary School
- Building partnerships with parents
- Parent’s involvement in the transition process
- Sharing information and knowledge of the child’s learning and development
- Documentation of the child’s work in the Montessori classroom
- Identifying strengths and areas which need support
- Assessing and scaffolding the child’s school readiness
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
South West
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 15th March 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Transitions in the Montessori Classroom
- Creating a visual timetable of the child’s day
- Sensitive period for order
- Routines and consistency
- Cycles of activities
- Assisting children who have extreme difficulties coping with unpredictability to feel secure
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
South East
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 1st March 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Transitions in the Montessori Classroom
- Creating a visual timetable of the child’s day
- Sensitive period for order
- Routines and consistency
- Cycles of activities
- Assisting children who have extreme difficulties coping with unpredictability to feel secure
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
February 2023
Montessori Education Workshop
Tuesday 28th February 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
The Montessori Curriculum aligned with Aistear
- Linking and using the themes of Aistear in planning and assessing
- Using the Montessori journal as a planning tool
- Documenting the delivery of the curriculum
- Recording the child’s development
- Building a profile of the child
- Presentations
- Observations
- Evaluative quality of Montessori materials
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open forum
South West
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 22nd February 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
Communicating effectively with parents
in the Montessori Classroom
- Communication strategies
- Parent-teacher communication
- Increasing parent understanding
- Incorporating technology
- Presentation of information on a child’s development
- Responding to parent’s concerns
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Mayo
Montessori Education Network
Monday 20th February 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Montessori History Curriculum‘
- Concept of time
- Understanding time and chronology
- Counting time; days, weeks, months, years
- Family tree
- Understanding sequence of events
- Timeline of a child’s day
- Dates in the child’s life – birthdays
- Past and present
- Exploration of activities in the Montessori curriculum to support the development of the concept of time
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
South East
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 1st February 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Early Literacy in the Montessori Prepared Environment‘
The following will be explored and discussed;
- Montessori philosophy – basis for language development
- Absorbent mind and sensitive periods
- Prepared environment, a stimulating rich language environment
- The role of the teacher
- Supporting the development of children
- Communication skills; verbal and non-verbal, knowledge of sound, pattern, rhyme and repetition
- Awareness of symbols, print and pictures; all which play a key role in the development of literacy skills
- Listening and speaking skills
- Early pre reading and writing skills
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
January 2023
Montessori Education Workshop
Tuesday 31st January 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Observations in the Montessori Prepared Environment‘
- Observation as a tool to ‘follow the child’
- Observation as an integral and ongoing part of the Montessori teacher’s role
- To deliver an inclusive and accessible environment for all
- Types of observations
- Cycle of evaluative enquiry
- Sharing of observations for the benefit of the child
- Opportunity for continuous reflective practice
- Tusla Regulation 15 – Record of the child
- Tusla Regulation 19 – Health, welfare and development of the child
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
South West
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 25th January 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Transitions in the Montessori Classroom‘
- Creating a visual timetable of the child’s day
- Sensitive period for order
- Routines and consistency
- Cycles of activities
- Assisting children who have extreme difficulties coping with unpredictability to feel secure
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Dublin
Montessori Education Network
Tuesday 24th January 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Oral Language Development within the
Montessori Prepared Environment’
- Absorbent mind
- Creating a language rich environment
- Listening and speaking skills
- Auditory memory
- Vocabulary
- Activities to support oral language development
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
North West
Montessori Education Network
Monday 23rd January 2023 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Montessori History Curriculum‘
- Concept of time
- Understanding time and chronology
- Counting time; days, weeks, months, years
- Family tree
- Understanding sequence of events
- Timeline of a child’s day
- Dates in a child’s life – birthdays
- Past and present
- Exploration of activities in Montessori curriculum to support the development of the concept of time
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
November 2022
South East
Montessori Education Network
Monday 21st November 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Sensorial Education – How Young Children Learn and Develop‘
- Sensitivity to sensory exploration
- Sensorial education vs. Sensorial impressions
- Activity based observation
- Refinement of the senses
- Classify, compare, contrast and discriminate experiences
- Exploration of the five senses
- Links to literacy and numeracy
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Montessori Education Refresher Course
Tuesday 22nd and 29th November 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Montessori Language Curriculum’
- Absorbent mind and sensitive periods
- Prepared environment and role of the teacher
- Oral language development
- Preparation of writing and reading
- Phonetic reading material
- Non phonetic reading material
- Grammar
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Dublin
Montessori Education Network
Tuesday 15th November 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Creativity in the Montessori Prepared Environment‘
- Freedom of expression
- Respecting children’s ideas
- Problem solving
- Emotional development
- Spontaneous exploration
- Process rather than the outcome
- Preparation of the environment
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Montessori Education Network
Monday 14th November 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Practical Life Exercises to Support Children with Additional Needs‘
- What are the additional needs that some children experience?
- Developing an inclusive approach and preparing the Montessori Prepared Environment
- Montessori Practical Life activities
- Sensory experiences
- Art activities
- Outdoor Practical Life activities
- Creating a rich learning environment
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Montessori Education Workshop
Tuesday 8th November 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Active Music Making in the Montessori Prepared Environment‘
- Importance of music for young children
- Music as a means of communication
- Listening and concentration skills
- Practical and interactive ideas for the classroom
- Critical thinking and reflection
- Use of percussion instruments
- Games and musical stories
October 2022
Montessori Education Workshop
Thursday 20th October 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘The Use of Formulaic Language in the introduction of Gaeilge within Montessori Early Years‘
- A brief introduction 2nd language acquisition theory
- Gaeilge as another means of communication
- Peppering Gaeilge throughout the day
- Songs and rhymes
- Bringing repetition of common phrases into the daily routine
- Fostering natural interest with individual and small group lessons
- Open Forum
- Overview of resources provided complimentary to all attendees present at the event
Mayo
Montessori Education Network
Monday 3rd October 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Child Development in the Montessori Classroom‘
- Constructing children’s individuality
- Absorbent mind
- Sensitive periods
- Holistic development
- Independence and freedom
- Child centred Montessori Prepared Environment
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Kildare
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 12th 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Policies Procedures and Record
in the Montessori Classroom’
- Compliance information for Early Years Inspectorate
- Review and update of the relevant policies
- The development of policies and procedures
- Reflecting on current policies and procedures
- Factors in the Montessori classroom which influences policies and procedures
- Documentation and implementation
- Sharing of policies and procedures with parents and families
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
North West
Montessori Education Network
Monday 17th October 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Parent Teacher Meetings & Approaching Parents about Concerns‘
- Parents as the child’s primary educator
- Sharing information and knowledge of the child’s development and learning
- Documenting children’s progress and development
- Building a profile of the child
- Informal and formal communication with parents
- Parent Teacher Meeting Records
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
September 2022
North West
Montessori Education Network
Monday 19th September 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Introducing Cultural Topics
into the Montessori Classroom‘
- Reflecting individual cultural backgrounds, religion or traditions in the Montessori Prepared Environment
- Montessori curriculum materials and activities to support awareness of other cultures
- Celebration of traditional festivals
- Supporting the development of the child’s home language
- Providing children with opportunities to explore their curiosity of the world
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open Forum
Montessori Education Refresher Course
Tuesday 20th and 27th September 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Montessori Mathematics Curriculum’
- Montessori philosophy
- Importance of numeracy in the early years
- Preparing the environment
- Numerical awareness
- Montessori learning materials
- Sensorial basis
- Development of numeracy
- Mathematics learning materials and activities
- Using mathematical language
- Mark making
- Planning the children’s learning
- Reviewing the children’s progress
- Supports for parents
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open forum
Dublin
Montessori Education Workshop
Tuesday 13th September 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Creating Partnerships with Parents in the
Montessori Prepared Environment’
- Montessori philosophy and methodology
- Building relationships within the Montessori Prepared Environment
- The Montessori Record Keeping Journal and Academic Diary
- Creating a Montessori newsletter
- Informal and formal communication with parents
- Conducting Montessori parent-teacher meetings
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open forum
Dublin
Montessori Education Network
Tuesday 6th September 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Using the Montessori Record Keeping Journal
and Academic Diary 2022-23‘
- Observations
- Weekly work plans
- Mastery records
- Topic presentation plans
- Individual pupil profiles
- Parent Teacher meetings
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open forum
Limerick
Montessori Education Network
Monday 12th September 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Integrating Play and Playful Experiences
within the Montessori Curriculum‘
- What is play?
- Different types of play
- Play as the child’s work
- Child directed play
- Providing multi-sensory experiences for children
- Guided play and supporting playful activities across the Montessori curriculum
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open forum
Carlow/ Kilkenny
Montessori Education Network
Wednesday 14th September 2022 @ 7.00-9.00pm
Online
‘Preparation of the Montessori Prepared Environment‘
- Importance of the Montessori Prepared Environment
- Outdoor environment as an extension of the Montessori curriculum
- Accessibility and independent use
- Preparation and design of the outdoor space
- Education of nature
- Holistic development
- Planting through the seasons
- Links to Aistear Síolta Practice Guide
- Open forum
