Montessori Assistant Course 6-12
Double degree: 6-9 and 9-12 year olds

• Knowing the theoretical basis of Montessori education and some practical aspects.
• Finding out about the inner functioning of the environment.
• Learning the functioning of the prepared environment for 6 to 12-year-olds.
• Knowing some strategies for implementing the Montessori Method.
• Assuming the importance of stable and determined emotional relationships between the
  adult and the child.
• Understanding how constant external and internal observation is at the basis of Montessori Education.

Basics of Montessori Pedagogy

This training offers a solid theoretical basis to support the practice of a pedagogy focused on the development of children.

Students will have access to all the training readings in our online campus.

• Historical context: Dr. Maria Montessori’s work and her method’s temporal and geographical evolution.
• Philosophy I: the developmental stages, needs and characteristics of children aged 6 to 12.
• Philosophy II: the responsible conquest of independence and freedom.
• The role of the assistant: their responsabilities and the cooperation between the guide and the assistant.
• Observation: purpose, recording and observation exercises.
• Prepared environment: physical and psychological characteristics of the Prepared Environment (for 6 to 12-year-olds) and autonomous departures.
• Work areas: general introduction to Language, Mathematics, Geometry and Cosmic (History and Geography) education.
• Elaboration of Materials.

At International Montessori Institute (IMI) we have a clear goal: to offer a classic and rigorous Montessori training based on Dr Montessori’s original sources, adapted to the current educational needs.

Our team is made of more than fifty professionals who have been carefully selected for their extensive training and international career, with the aim of transmitting to our students all the wealth of the Montessori Method.

• Primary school teachers
• Foreign Language Teachers
• Physical education Teachers
• Specialist Educators in Special Educational Needs
• Music teachers
• Psychologists, Speech Therapists, Pediatricians, Therapists and Neurologists
• Homeschoolers families
• Educators in holiday colony centres
• Mothers and fathers, grandparents, families or any professionals interested in this stage of development
• Other educational environments

Students who successfully complete the training will obtain a double certificate:

• Montessori Assistant IMI ages 6-9 “Workshop I”, and
• Montessori Assistant IMI ages 9-12 “Workshop II”

Both issued by the International Montessori Institute, with international recognition and validity.

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* International non-EU students will receive their certificate in digital format. They can receive the certificate in physical format by courier, bearing the shipping costs.