Montessori: news
Short retellings in our own words; the details are at the source.
Worldwide
- US Montessori organisations to publish their first joint curriculum
The Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), its US branch, the American Montessori Society (AMS) and their joint Montessori Public Policy Initiative (MPPI) are preparing the first US National Montessori Curriculum. It is the first time the leading Montessori organisations have written one curriculum together; it will set out the principles and practice of a fully implemented Montessori programme. The first part, covering birth to age six, is due in late 2026 and will be free to read on the MPPI website. Source: Montessori Public Policy Initiative (MPPI)
In Russia
- Russia's national Montessori conference to meet at MPGU on 6–7 November
The Montessori Fund, AMI's affiliated society in Russia, and the Maria Montessori Pedagogy Centre of Moscow Pedagogical State University (MPGU) are holding the 14th All-Russian Montessori conference, on how a Montessori school can work within Russian education, how to run it and which standards to follow. It takes place on 6–7 November in Moscow, at MPGU on Vernadsky Avenue, in person and online. Both days cost RUB 5,000 if paid by 20 October, online participation half that, with discounts for several participants from one school or family. The Fund takes applications at ami.montessori.russia@yandex.ru. Source: Montessori Fund (Фонд Монтессори) - St Petersburg Montessori Readings set for 26–28 November
The International Institute of Montessori Pedagogy and the Interregional Montessori Association are preparing their annual conference, the St Petersburg Montessori Readings, for 26–28 November. The main topic is what and how a Montessori school teaches children aged 6–12; teachers of other age levels are invited too, to discuss the transitions between them. Planned fees range from RUB 5,000 for one day to RUB 12,000 for all three. Whether the conference goes ahead this year depends on demand, so the organisers ask those interested to answer a short survey linked in their post. Source: International Institute of Montessori Pedagogy (МИМП)
In Krasnoyarsk Krai
- Parents at Krasnoyarsk's Pink Tower kindergarten discuss sensitive periods
The Pink Tower (Rozovaya Bashnya) Montessori kindergarten on Sudostroitelnaya Street held a meeting of its Parents' Club right in a classroom, among the materials. Parents talked about sensitive periods, when order, movement, speech and other skills come especially easily to a child, and about the worry that comes from comparing children with their peers. The kindergarten plans to continue the club, with future meetings on understanding a child's needs and on saying goodbye to a parent in the morning. Source: Rozovaya Bashnya Montessori kindergartens («Розовая башня»)
In Saint Petersburg
- Parents' seminar at the Mon Ami Montessori centre in St Petersburg
On 25 October at 11:00 the Mon Ami Montessori centre holds the second seminar of its School of Loving Parents, a community the centre's teachers started together with their pupils' parents. With the centre's psychologist, parents will talk about how childhood and surroundings shape personality and where the attitudes adults pass on to their children come from. The seminar takes place at the centre's school on Bonch-Bruyevich Street, 1V; sign-up is through a form on the Mon Ami website. Source: Mon Ami Montessori centre («Мон Ами»)