Module 1 - Returning to the Source: Vision, Integrity, and Authenticity in Montessori Practice
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Ten sessions of foundations. The work that makes everything else possible.
The art of following the child begins with the art of seeing; learning to recognise the needs, interests, and potential that are already unfolding before us.
Module 1 is an invitation to deepen your understanding of what it means to be a Montessori guide in practice.
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Together we explore the foundations that underpin everything else: observation, normalisation, concentration, choice, and the role of the adult.
Through this journey, you will develop greater trust in the child, in the process of development, and in your own capacity to recognise and respond to what is unfolding before you.
It is a path of growth, insight, and discovery that allows the child to reveal the way.
Module 1 is where everything begins. The work that follows in Modules 2 to 6 is built directly on what we establish here.
Enrol HereWHAT YOU WILL WALK AWAY WITH
By the End of Module 1 You Will Be Able to:
TEN SESSIONS COVERINGÂ
A Complete Arc, Session by Session.
The Seven P's
Karen's framework for understanding the qualities, relationships, and responsibilities that define the Montessori guide's role, and what makes Montessori fundamentally different as an educational approach.
Normalisation
The most important and most misunderstood idea in Montessori theory.
Observation as a science
How to watch without disturbing, and why the adult's presence is so often the greatest obstacle to concentration.
Work curves
The guide's primary tool for tracking and following the individual child.
The four stages of development
A framework that changes how you read every child in your community.
The role of the guide
Inner qualities, team roles, self-preparation, and the live work curve in practice.
The role of the guide -part two
Continue to explore and deepen the significant part this plays on our interactions and responses with the children.
The art of the presentation
How to deliver a gift specifically wrapped for a specific child.
Attention and concentration
How it develops, what threatens it, and how the guide protects it.
The development of choice and decision-making
How to recognise the different forms of choice within the community and support the child's gradual movement towards conscious decision-making and self-direction.
WHAT’S INCLUDED
This Module Comes With the Following
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Recorded Videos
10 pre-recorded sessions with a total of approximately 10 hours of Karen coaching a small group of guides.
Key Learning Points
Consolidate the key ideas for every session; useful in team conversations and mentor meetings.
Guide Resources
Copies of slides and depending upon the content, templates, case studies and examples.
Weekly Community Mentoring with Karen
Join our optional live Zoom sessions every Tuesday, 5:00–6:00pm, or Wednesday, 4:30–5:30pm UK time.
Bring your questions, observations and reflections from the programme, and explore how Montessori principles can be applied within your everyday practice. Listen to the experiences of guides around the world, share in open dialogue and deepen your understanding together. This module gives you access to the coaching calls for two months.
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This is your opportunity to feel part of a global community and to have Karen alongside you as an ongoing mentor—following and supporting your development, just as we follow the development of the child.Â
FROM THE COMMUNITY
What Guides Are Saying.
This programme was a pending part of my training and work with the children, something I missed when I started working in a classroom, and something that would have made my experience more meaningful and less stressful.
Karen’s deep knowledge truly helps us to turn theory into practice. It is a gift for the guides and overall the Montessori vision that is brought to children around the world.
Overall INVALUABLE. I appreciated every drop of the Montessori nectar that Karen shared : every word is so precious and transformative. It helps us grow and helps us be much better guides and a better person.
ABOUT KAREN
Karen Pearce
Co-Founder & Director of Pedagogy, The Montessori Place
Karen Pearce is a Co-Founder and Director of Pedagogy at The Montessori Place in Brighton, UK, where she mentors the Children's House guides.
Karen trained at the Maria Montessori Institute (MMI) in London in 1989. She went on to lead one of their model children's houses for 18 years before becoming Head of School, lecturer, and Course Leader in the post diploma course in Observation. Throughout her years with the MMI she was extremely privileged to be mentored for 23 years by world renowned trainer Mrs Hilla Patell.
She has 38 years of Children's House experience and she lectures and runs workshops across Europe and Asia. Karen also offers a weekly online mentorship programme, Montessori Unwrapped, to support guides in putting theory into practice.
FAQs
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ÂŁ300
One time payment
- Lifetime access to progamme content
- 10 hours of pre-recorded video sessions
- Downloadable resources
- Join 16 group coaching calls over two months
- Immediate access
PART OF SOMETHING LARGER
Module 1 is the first of six.
Taken together, Open Monteversity is 60 hours of coaching with Karen Pearce. A complete professional development journey for Montessori guides and assistants working in the 3–6 environment.
Each module is available individually at ÂŁ300. The full six-module programme is available as a single enrolment. Many guides begin with Module 1 and later choose to continue their journey through the remaining modules. If you already know that deepening your practice is a long-term commitment, it is worth exploring the complete Open Monteversity programme.
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