"A new education from birth onward must be built up. Education must be reconstructed and based on the laws of nature and not on the preconceived notions and prejudices of adult society."
Dr. Maria Montessori, from The Formation of Man, p. 97
Official Website of the International Montessori Society Creating the New Education
The two-day weekend IMS Montessori workshop features Lee Havis, IMS executive director, presenting the unique technology of scientific Montessori teaching that brings about the child’s true nature. Using this technology, anyone can effectively conduct this true natural Montessori teaching.
Interview with Lee Havis describing true natural Montessori teaching
Lee Havis – true natural Montessori teaching
The work of IMS The International Montessori Society (IMS) was organized in 1979 as a non-profit educational corporation Educational Services, Inc., with main offices located in Silver Spring, Maryland. Lee Havis, IMS founder and director provides management, guidance and coordination of all its activities, programs, and operation.
IMS aims to provide a network of support and resources for learning and practicing a scientific way of being with children that is committed to laws of nature. This approach is referred to as true natural Montessori teaching, since it brings about the child’s true nature as Dr. Montessori discovered in 1907.
IMS provides regular publications, teacher education, membership, recognition of Montessori schools, workshops and other support for learning and practicing true natural Montessori teaching throughout the world. Since 2003, IMS has been offering a precise, reliable technology that anyone can use to follow this scientific approach in a reliable, consistent manner that was never possible before.
