6-12 DME: Language Workshop - Spelling in Context
Event description
Developing Montessori Educators (DME) 6-12 Workshop
The Montessori teacher is fortunate to be working within a pedagogy that provides a stable, coherent and consistent set of practices, materials and methods. Montessori pedagogy provides a map and signposts along with a shared language that has a strong explanatory power. Nevertheless aspects of classroom work such as spelling, grammar, and even reading and writing can, at times, become sources of anxiety for Montessori teachers and for children. Peter invites the Montessori 6-12 teacher to look with fresh eyes at our language work with children and to renew the connection between this work and the communal and cultural contexts that support it.
About Peter Erskine:
Peter Erskine is an AMI trained teacher/guide who has taught in a range of Montessori 3-6 and 6-12 environments for over twenty years. He has worked as a consultant and a mentor for the Montessori Australia Foundation, the Australian Children’s Foundation and the Montessori Association of Thailand. He is presently participating in the AMI Elementary Training of Trainers program.