Barbara Isaacs Montessori Global Ambassador It is with great pleasure that I congratulate Head Start Montessori Children’s House on their 35th anniversary. It is always a joy to see a Montessori school blossom. And it is not different with Head Start – having begun their journey as a nursery school for 3-6 year olds it […]
Geetha Nithyananda Director-Board of Studies, Indian Montessori Centre Everybody thinks that the Montessori method and philosophy is for children’s education, but a big element of it is the education of parents on how to participate in this journey. The role of the parents in the education of their child is critical, not in the traditional […]
Shamala Rao Director Indian Montessori Training Centre “Scientific observation has established that education is not what the teacher gives; education is a natural process spontaneously carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words but by experiences in the environment. The task of the teacher becomes that of preparing a […]
Sudha Prasad Director Indian Montessori Training Centre, Malleswaram Dear Samina, Congratulations to Head Start for completing 35 years successfully, and best wishes for all your future endeavours.
Smruti Gopal Director and Founder of Formative age (A Montessori Teacher Training Institute) Dear Samina, I still remember the day I walked into Head Start almost 14 years ago. I was mesmerised by the love and respect that exuberated from the sacred space. Aunty Samina standing at the door greeting each child, making them feel […]
Wendy Compson Educational Consultant and mentor for Montessori schools I have such happy memories of my visits to Head Start. From the minute we walked into any of the classes, we had such a feeling of inner calm and felt the real Montessori philosophy emanating from every activity that was being completed by the children […]
Dharini Srinivasan Founder Principal Dishaa Montessori House of Children Head Start is the place where I was able to change my thinking and notions about the Child. From a fairly naive perspective of the untrained adult who believes that it is we who mould the Child, I was able to understand how wrong that was. […]