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International Montessori Society - Montessori Natural Teaching
In this article, Ulrike discusses her interview with Lee Havis, IMS founder and director. Here, she explains the background of IMS and Montessori teaching, and its fundamental purpose to support true natural development in children. PDF of article
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Montessori to the
Victims of War
Marie Gonzales, a Montessori teacher in Indonesia,
reports some very successful experiences using
the IMS technology with children. After attending the
IMS workshop in Jakarta (2010), she returned to an
Indonesian village to teach children in a world relief
program targeted for refugee families from war in Afghanistan,
Iran, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Sudan. She
reports that “…working with children who are victims
of war, I found out for myself what Montessori is all
about. For me, I think the greatest challenge that any
teacher could face is creating something which is not
there at all. From the grassroots level, this is what
I had to do because, at first, there was no prepared
environment, no materials. I had to create it all just
from what was in the natural surroundings.” ...read more
 Award ceramony at the Discney Kidz Playschool in Chennai, India. On wall in background is list of IMS technology “protocols.”
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Discney Kidz in Chennai, India
Ishita Bhagat, education leader in south India, recently announced plans to expand outreach and awareness for the ‘new education’ in her region.An initial step in this plan has been to establish Discney Kidz School in Chennai, which in March, 2013, became recognized as a Montessori school by IMS...read more
 Child combining broad stairs with pink tower sensorial apparatus at Cocoon
International Academy in Cairo, Egypt
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Cocoon International
Academy in Cairo, Egypt
Cocoon International Academy was
established in the year 2010 in Cairo,
Egypt by Rabab Gaffar Farrag and a
small group of other committed educators.
Their purpose was to change and
improve the life of children through the
Montessori approach. From the beginning,
however, this undertaking encountered
several key obstacles to its
successful operation...read more
 Child doing individual research work at Le Petit Papillon Montessori School (Miami Beach, Florida)
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Le Petit Papillon Montessori School in Florida
In 2000, Damarys Zarling founded
the Le Petit Papillon Montessori School
in Miami Beach, Florida with a vision
to help children experience true natural
learning and independence as described
by Dr. Maria Montessori. Since
its founding, the school has grown to
provide children from age 18 months to
10 years old with this type of ideal learning
environment....read more
Noreen’s Montessori in
Karachi, Pakistan
Noreen’s Montessori Villa was established in 2006 as a non-profit educational center to promote the dynamic teachings of Dr. Maria Montessori. Noreen Nusrat, the principal founder, views the school as an extension of home, providing a natural learning environment in a family style setting of children aged 2 to 6 ½ years of age.....read more
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