Supplemental Games & Activities for Decoding Practice

Early reading specialist and Montessori Master Teacher Randall Klein will demonstrate supplemental games and activities that give beginning and struggling readers a concrete understanding of the alphabetic principle and launch them into strong alphabet knowledge, confident decoding and proficient word identification.

Cultivating a Connected Partnership with Parents and Caregivers

We will explore using servant leadership concepts to cultivate a connected partnership with parents and caregivers; including navigating conferences, parent education and communication to best serve families in our care.

The Art/Science of Movement: Understanding Individual Body Language through Movement

Join us as we explore strategies to help students recognize and interpret the language of their bodies from an early age. We will also reflect on our own body care as educators, focusing on how to respond effectively to our physical and mental needs amidst the demands of the academic year.

Designing an Adolescent Program for & with Your Teens

Why choose a Montessori adolescent program? Promoting your unique adolescent program to families is an opportunity to redesign & reinvent alongside your teens. We will workshop how Montessori supports this process.

Mindful Moments: Practices for Centering, Connection, and Calm

An interactive workshop exploring gentle mindfulness techniques and meditations for both children and teachers, fostering self-regulation, presence, and meaningful connection to self, others, and the world.

Unlocking Literacy Through Creative Expression

Join us for an immersive workshop experience that delves into the rich tapestry of language and literacy development through the lens of creativity. In this session, we'll explore the interconnected worlds of poetry, story writing, and the arts, discovering how each medium serves as a powerful tool for expression and language development.

Science of Reading and Montessori Literacy

Understanding what the Science of Reading is and how it incorporates to the Montessori Language curriculum.

Español en el Aula

Importancia del aprendizaje de español en clase en niños de 0-6 años. Este taller es dictado en Español
* This workshop is in Spanish

The Art and Science of Montessori Therapy

The Montessori Therapy teacher adapts the Montessori philosophy in a therapy setting. You can learn more about how a Montessori therapy teacher works with a person that has a diagnosis with limited time, specific goals, works with parents, gives individual support, and creates adapted material to work on those specific goals.

Culinary Arts in the Montessori Environment

Explore a hands-on presentation of strategies for teaching cooking in early childhood through upper elementary.

Fostering Grace and Courtesy Through Observation

Explore the vital role of observation in cultivating an environment where grace and courtesy thrive. Delve into the principles of grace and courtesy to understand how these values support social development. Leave equipped with tools and confidence to foster an atmosphere of kindness, respect, and cooperation.

The Power of Storytelling for Montessori Adolescents

Storytelling is a powerful learning tool and an increasingly important life skill. Montessori educator Dana Anderson will show how stories can energize and bring deeper meaning to your academic lessons.

Peace Education for Infants and Toddlers

What does peace mean? To you? To your students? In the world around you? How can you find peace, while educating others about peace? Join me as we discuss and practice ideas and activities to promote peace education!

Adapt!

To survive, life must adapt. Adaptation is among the most critical life science concepts for students to grasp. Learn fascinating examples of adaptation that your lower elementary students will love!

Surviving to Thriving

Balancing the excitement of teaching with the pressure to succeed can be overwhelming. But, with a few key strategies, you can truly thrive as a first year teacher.

Round Table on Teacher Led Schools

Pinyon Montessori, the first Wildflower School in Utah, has created a space that is accessible and equitable to all socioeconomic backgrounds. Join us to discuss teacher led, community imbedded and intentional small schools.

Deepening Our Personal and Team Communication Skills

Come join us as we share strategies we can add to our communication tool belt. We will learn together how we can better understand our own communication style, our peers’, and how to use and understand both effectively in our programs.

Importance of Pencil to Paper and Learning to Read

How is writing and reading connected. Have you wondered why students struggle with reading and the bare the same students that struggle with writing? Why is using writing instruments in the hand important?

The Enlightened Guide: The Art and Science of Spiritual Development and Building Resilient Communities of Practice

This session will explore a cycle for spiritual development which transforms individuals and schools. Participants are invited to engage in reflection, resilience building, and an examination of equity in their school contexts.

Contributing to a Culture of Accountability and Authenticity in Your School

Adult relationships influence and inform the tone and culture of your school. Learn how to identify drama in your schools and how to transform that drama into a culture of personal responsibility, empowerment and authenticity.

Peace Education for Early Childhood

What does peace mean? To you? To your students? In the world around you? How can you find peace, while educating others about peace? Join me as we discuss and practice ideas and activities to promote peace education!

Tips & Tricks for Work with the Moveable Alphabet

Montessori early reading specialist Randall Klein will demonstrate intervention games and activities involving work with the Moveable Alphabet that give beginning and struggling readers a concrete understanding of the alphabetic principle and launch them into strong alphabet knowledge, confident decoding and proficient word identification.

This session is geared toward instruction for beginning and struggling Pre-K & K-2 readers with the goal of preventing the risk of reading failure and of providing effective intervention activities. These games and activities for work with the Moveable Alphabet align with the principles of the Science of Reading.

Community-Based Learning in Your School and Beyond (Collaborative Service Learning in Action)

In this workshop, we will explore various approaches to Service Learning in an experiential way. Discover new ways to implement Community-based Learning at your school, and in collaboration with other schools, that will foster valorization and self-efficacy through acts of generosity.

Socratic Seminar in the Secondary Classroom

"It is more important to enable students to think for themselves than to fill their heads with 'right' answers." This workshop discusses the virtues of open ended conversation and practices skills needed to lead such discussions.