Refresh your Montessori knowledge
These advanced courses are an opportunity to refresh and revive your Montessori training and to connect with fellow Montessorians. The AMI Refreshers are on a different topic each time but always focus on key elements of the Montessori approach. We hope you can join us for this useful and inspiring course and take the opportunity to meet with old and new Montessori friends.
AMI Refresher courses are open to those who hold a Montessori Diploma.
Our AMI Refresher courses are currently closed to registrations. Keep me up-to-date on future AMI Refresher 3-6 courses or AMI Refresher 6-12 courses. We will be in touch when new dates are announced.
2024 AMI Refreshers
AMI Refresher 3-6
Psycho-sensorial Education and the Development of the Intelligence
Friday 15th and Saturday 16th November 2024
“Psycho-sensorial education is the basis for educating the intelligence – not only, because it gives material to the intellect, but also because it establishes order in the construction of the intellect”.
Maria Montessori – 1913 Rome Lectures
All learning starts with a stimulus to the senses which sets in motion the pathway that enables the brain to form, store and retrieve memories. Drawing on the neuroscientific principles that underpin learning, this AMI Refresher will revisit the many ways in which we give sensorial experience in the Children’s House.
This course is led by our Head of Training Louise Livingston. She will:
- Give an overview of how the brain learns
- Highlight the role of sensorial experience in learning
- Explore the link between motor skills and sensorial experience
- Emphasise the aspects of the children’s activity, which neuroscientific knowledge tells us are key to learning
- Cover both theoretical and practical aspects of the sensorial area
Information will be given through presentations, discussion and practice with the materials.
Dates and Times: Friday 15th and Saturday 16th November 9am-5pm (Registration 8:45am) with lunch provided
Venue: Maria Montessori Institute, 41 Riding House Street, London W1W 7BE
Early bird fee: £108 (until 30th September 2024)
Standard fee: £125 (from 1st October 2024)
This course is open to all Montessori 3-6 diploma holders. AMI Diploma graduates will receive an AMI Refresher certificate and other students will receive an AMI Certificate of Attendance. To be awarded either certificate you must attend all sessions.
AMI Refresher 6-12
“The Hand is the Instrument of the Intelligence”
Friday 15th and Saturday 16th November 2024
“The hand is the instrument of intelligence. The child needs to manipulate objects and to gain experience by touching and handling.”
Maria Montessori, The 1946 London Lectures
As Montessori says – the hand is the tool of the mind. Children need opportunities to use their hands to craft something that expresses what they are thinking and feeling. However, only too often we feel limited because we don’t have the skills ourselves to give them some ideas and inspiration.
Join us for this year’s AMI 6 to 12 Refresher, where we will explore the importance of handwork for the second plane child – participants will have the opportunity to develop new skills through hands-on exploration.
Information will be given through presentations, discussion and practical activities.
Dates and Times: Friday 15th and Saturday 16th November 9am-5pm (Registration 8:45am) with lunch provided
Venue: Maria Montessori School – Hampstead, 26 Lyndhurst Gardens, London NW3 5NW
Early bird fee: £108 (until 13th October 2024)
Standard fee: £125 (from 14th October 2024)
This course is open to all Montessori 6-12 diploma holders. AMI Diploma graduates will receive an AMI Refresher certificate and other students will receive an AMI Certificate of Attendance. To be awarded either certificate you must attend all sessions.