MARIA MONTESSORI TRAINING INSTITUTE IFMM
Geneva, Switzerland
Join a global network of professionals who believe in creating the right environment for children to develop emotionally, socially and academically. With Montessori pedagogy, you encourage children to actively engage in their own development, to discover the joys of learning and to become well-balanced and competent individuals, connected to themselves and to others, confident in society.
In addition to this, you need to know more about it.
“The teacher must teach a lesson, plant the seed and then disappear; observe and wait. "
Maria Montessori, The Call of Education, vol. 11, no. IV, December 1925
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OUR TRAININGS AND WORKSHOPS
Montessori pedagogy finds practical applications in all stages of life.
Discover our various seminars for the public and our professional training courses to become a Montessori teacher, or to improve one's practice, or simply to know more about Montessori method
MONTESSORI FROM BIRTH TO 3 Y.O.
AMI orientation seminar
This seminar is for anyone wishing to understand the first stages of infant development up to 3 years old: early childhood educators, mothers or future mothers (and dads of course!), Grandparents, nannies ...
MONTESSORI FROM 3 TO 6 Y.O.
AMI orientation seminar
AMI Diploma Course
Discover the foundations of Montessori pedagogy, give future teachers the means to apply a different education, respectful of the child and his development.
The diploma awarded gives the possibility of teaching in Montessori AMI structures, for degrees from 3 to 6 years, all over the world.
MONTESSORI FROM 6 TO 12 Y.O.
AMI Orientation seminar
An introduction to Montessori 6-12 theory and practice intended for elementary school staff, extracurricular helpers, sports or music teachers, parents, grandparents ...
MONTESSORI FOR DEMENTIA AND AGEING
AMI Orientation seminar
The Montessori method, well known for promoting children's autonomy, has for several years found a new field of application for the elderly and / or in a situation of dementia: it allows them to maintain or regain real autonomy, through adapted activities that give meaning to everyday actions.
This 3-day workshop led by Anne Kelly helps you understand the usefulness of offering people with loss of autonomy environments adapted to their condition.
Our next trainings and workshops
- lun. 03 maiGenève, Suisse03 mai à 09:00 – 07 mai à 16:30Genève, SuisseFormat : Hybrid* (online + on site) Dates : 3-7 May (online) et 14-18 June 2021 (on site) Time : 09:00am - 04:30pm Langage : Français only Formateur : Didier HERBIN * Face-to-face format if the health situation allows it. Otherwise, the training will take place entirely online
- dim. 04 juil.Genève04 juil. à 17:00 – 21:00Genève, Suisse"Break" involves a dimension of violence and encompasses several meanings: breaking something to pieces, creating a shock, disintegrating, causing a break, interrupting a continuous phenomenon. The term "brake", on the other hand, implies a slowing down, stopping
- Autumn 2021Online from 2pm-5.30pm and 7:30pm-9:30pm
- 3 jours en mars 2021Genève
- lun. 22 févr.Module 2 (onsite, 4 weeks)22 févr. à 09:00 – 13:00Module 2 (onsite, 4 weeks)Format : hybride (online and face-to-face) Dates : 11 January - 5 February 2021 (module 1) / 22 February - 1st April 2021 (module 2) / 10 May- 11 June 2021 (module 3) / 1st November - 2 December 2021 (module 4) Langage : English / French Trainer : Elina RAUTASALO
"The word education should not be understood in the sense of teaching but as aid to the psychological development of the child"