Montessori for Lebanon

Curious about the AMI Diploma? Come meet the people who already joined the AMI Diploma program in October 2025. Ask them what it was really like, what surprised them, and what they wish they knew before they started. No pressure — just an informal conversation.

Save the date: Friday 20 February at 8.30 PM (Beirut time).
Save the link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88445364840

Join us for the upcoming free online talk with Dr Bernadette Phillips and Stephen Phillips, as they explain why the Montessori approach has proven to be so effective in the healing of trauma-effected children and adolescents.

The speakers will be presented by Dr Pia Tohme, chairperson of the Department of Psychology and Education at the Lebanese American University.

Simultaneous translation to Modern Standard Arabic will be provided. Attendance is free but registration is mandatory through this link: https://forms.gle/8jCANPoz8vfoZxvd6

انضموا إلينا مساء الخميس ٢٢ يناير / كانون الثاني لحديث مع الدكتورة برناديت فيليبس وستيفن فيليبس، حيث سيشرحان لماذا أثبت نهج منتسوري فعاليته الكبيرة في علاج الأطفال والمراهقين المصابين بالصدمات النفسية.

ستقدم المحاضرين الدكتورة بيا طعمة، رئيسة قسم علم النفس والتربية في الجامعة اللبنانية الأمريكية.

المحاضرة في اللغة الانكليزية مع ترجمة فورية إلى اللغة العربية الفصحى. الحضور مجاني، ولكن التسجيل إلزامي عبر هذا الرابط (وفي البايو): https://forms.gle/8jCANPoz8vfoZxvd6

Have you missed the training deadline and wished there was another opportunity to get accessible AMI teacher training? A new year brings new opportunities ✨

Montessori for Lebanon is happy to announce the launch of a second round of the AMI 3-6 Diploma starting in April 2026.

All details are available through this link (also in bio): https://forms.gle/WmaNUbuTYSLySTZu9

*Last chance to catch up!*
Share the happy news 🎈

Photo Credit: Maria Montessori with a student at the Children's House in Barcelona circa 1916.
https://archives.montessori-ami.org/do/9319b0f9-e93b-4c04-ac0a-451d41bdeb76

هل تعتنون بالرضّع والأطفال الصغار؟ سواء كنتم أحد الوالدين، أو جدًا/جدة، أو متخصصًا في الطفولة المبكرة، فإن هذه الدورة القصيرة عبر الإنترنت مخصصة لكم! اكتشفوا روعة نمو الطفل المبكر وتطور الاطفال المدهش من الولادة وحتى سن الثالثة. ✨

ستقود الدورة جوليا هلسون، مدربة
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للفئة العمرية ٠-٣ سنوات. بدأت جوليا دراستها للحصول على دبلوم
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للفئة العمرية ٣-٦ سنوات في لندن عام ١٩٨٥. وفي السنوات التالية، أسّست وأدارت فصولًا تعليمية في المملكة المتحدة وأستراليا. ثم حصلت على دبلوم
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للفئة ٦-١٢ في بيرغامو، إيطاليا، وكذلك دبلوم الفئة ٠-٣ في أستراليا. تحمل جوليا أيضًا درجة البكالوريوس في التعليم، ودرجة الماجستير في الممارسات التعليمية.

في عام ٢٠١٤، أصبحت جوليا مديرة تدريب
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للفئة ٠-٣، وقد قدمت دورات دبلوم (Diploma) في أستراليا، المملكة المتحدة وجنوب إفريقيا والهند وفيتنام واليابان. كما قدمت دورات توجيهية (Orientation) في أستراليا والمملكة المتحدة وجنوب إفريقيا والهند وفيتنام والبرتغال ونيوزيلندا وغامبيا ونيجيريا والآن في لبنان 🇱🇧

جوليا عضو في مجلس إدارة
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، ومُمتحِنة دولية لدى
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ومرشدة منتسوري للفئة ٠-٦ سنوات. هي شغوفة بتقديم الدعم لجميع العائلات لزيادة وعيهم باحتياجات أصغر أفراد المجتمع.

تبدأ الدورة يوم السبت الاول من تشرين الثاني / نوفمبر. اللغة هي الإنكليزية مع ترجمة فورية للغة العربي الفصحى. لمزيد من المعلومات والتسجيل، يُرجى زيارة الرابط التالي: https://forms.gle/zjyu7BWJzDV7kuza8

Do you care for newborns and toddlers? Whether you're a parent, grandparent, or early childhood professional, this short online course is for you! Discover the wonders of early development and be amazed by how much little ones learn and grow from birth to age three. ✨

This course will be directed by AMI 0-3 trainer Julia Hilson. Julia commenced studies toward her 3–6 AMI Diploma in London in 1985. In the years following, she established and ran classes in the UK and Australia. She completed her 6–12 Diploma in Bergamo Italy, and her 0-3 AMI Diploma in Australia. Julia also holds a Bachelor in Education and a Masters in Educational Practice. In 2014, she became a 0–3 AMI Director of Training; she has given Diploma courses in Australia, UK, South Africa, India, Vietnam and Japan. She has also delivered Orientation Courses in Australia, the UK, South Africa, India, Vietnam, Portugal, New Zealand, The Gambia, Nigeria, and now in Lebanon 🇱🇧

She is an AMI Board Member, an International Examiner for AMI and a 0–6 Montessori Mentor. She is passionate about offering support to all families to grow in their awareness of the needs of our youngest citizens.

The course starts on 1 November. It will be in English with a simultaneous translation to Standard Arabic. Check out the exact dates and times in the post. More information and registration through this link: https://forms.gle/kbNtWdZtdBdUoMKa7

Children enjoy working with big numbers and complex problems but despite Maria Montessori's 20th century revelations, 21st century adults and children still face obstacles when teaching and learning mathematics. Low numeracy is costing us.

From Finger Play to Mental Arithmetic: Numeracy in the Children's House.
Saturday, 18th October 2025. Register: https://bit.ly/4m2fikR

Join us for this one-day workshop to explore the various ways in which support for children's numeracy development is woven through the Montessori 3-6 classroom.
From counting games to complex arithmetical operations, numeracy emerges as an expression of the naturally occurring mathematical mind and as a tool for independence, critical-thinking and creativity.

This workshop is for adults working with children in a Montessori environment.

What if education could be more than academics? What if the classroom itself was a training ground for peace, for dignity, for children’s rights?

In this upcoming powerful workshop, Erica Moretti — Assistant Professor, author, and researcher on pacifism, refugees, and displacement — will trace Maria Montessori’s lifelong commitment to peace. From her early reflections on harmony in the classroom to her passionate letters to peace conferences in the 1930s.

Parents and educators will leave with a renewed understanding of Montessori as not just an educational method, but a revolutionary call to build a more harmonious world, beginning with the child.

This is more than history. It’s a reminder that in every classroom, and in every home, we hold the seeds of peace in our hands. 🌍💫

“The Best Weapon for Peace is the Child.” – Maria Montessori

Join us on September 17th at 8:30pm EEST (Beirut). Registration is free but mandatory through this link: https://forms.gle/bKv1Ugjjq3J77y4N8