Arkiv

Höstkonferens 10-11 oktober 2025

för förskola och skola med det viktiga och aktuella temat:

”Det viktiga samarbetet mellan hemmet och montessoriförskolan/skolan.”

Plats:                          Växjö Montessoriskola Södra Esplanaden 19 i Växjö

Föreläsare:               Charlott Lundgren (3 – 6 år)

                                    Christina Wahlgren Ek (3 – 6 år och 6 – 12 år)

Vi välkomnar er till höstens konferens. I år träffas vi i Växjö och temat för konferensen är ”Det viktiga samarbetet mellan hemmet och montessoriförskolan/skolan.” Det blir både föreläsningar och workshop där vi kan dela med oss av våra erfarenheter.

Ni anmäler er genom att maila amimontessorisweden@gmail.com Uppge namn, arbetsplats samt mailadress.

Som medlem i AMI Montessori Alumni Sweden deltar du på konferensen till ett rabatterat pris. Du får också rabatt på övriga föreläsningar och konferenser som föreningen anordnar. Vill du bli medlem i föreningen?  Betala in medlemsavgiften/ årsavgiften, 300 kr, på pg 451 20 70–6 eller betala med Swish till nummer 123 160 18 89.

Förutom föreläsningar och workshop kommer det att finnas möjlighet att besöka Växjö Intresseförening för Montessori´s (VIM´s) montessoriförskolor samt göra en rundvandring på Växjö montessoriskola i samband med lördag lunch. På fredag kväll träffas vi för att äta middag tillsammans med våra föreläsare. Läs mer om detta i programmet för helgen.

Föreläsningarna är på svenska.

Konferensavgifter
Medlem: Early Bird (till och med 8 september) 850kr, därefter 1250kr
Icke medlem: Early Bird (till och med 8 september) 1300kr, därefter 1600kr
Möjlighet att kunna delta under föreläsningarna via zoom kommer att finnas till en kostnad av 400kr.

SISTA ANMÄLNINGSDAG ÄR 1 OKTOBER.

Program
Fredag den 10 oktober
15.00 – 17.30 Möjlighet att besöka Växjö Intresseförening för Montessori´s (VIM) förskolor.
Klockan 18.30 Middag på restaurang för de som önskar tillsammans med våra föreläsare. Restaurang och
adress meddelas senare.

Lördag den 11 oktober
8.15 – 8.45 Registrering
8.45 Välkommen
9.00 – 10.30 Föreläsning, Charlott Lundgren
10.30 – 11.00 Paus med kaffe
11.00 – 12.30 Föreläsning, Christina Wahlgren Ek
12.30 – 13.30 Lunch med rundvandring på skolan
13.30 – 13.45 Gruppindelning inför workshop
13.45 – 15.15 Workshop
15.15 – 16.00 Återsamling där vi får möjlighet att dela med oss
av all klokskap

Välkommen med er anmälan.
Har ni frågor, kontakta oss på amimontessorisweden@gmail.com

Vi ses i Växjö!

Styrelsen, AMI Montessori Alumni Sweden

Vårkonferensen den 29 mars, 2025 skedde på Vasastans Montessoriskola, för förskola och skola med två viktiga och aktuella teman:

”Handwriting in light of the latest research – Theory and practical examples of everyday life in the classroom”
and
”Independence”

Plats: Vasastans Montessoriskola, Hälsingegatan 23, Stockholm
Har du inte möjlighet att delta på plats finns möjlighet att vara med via Zoom. (Dock sker sändningen med enkel utrustning.)

Program:
08:30-08:50 Registrering
08:50-09:00   Välkomna!
09:00-10:15     Föreläsning med Tiina Suominen
10:15-10:35       paus
10:35-12.00      fortsättning Tiina Suominen
12:00-13:00      Lunch och rundvandring
13:00-14:15      Föreläsning med Outi Leiste
14:15-14:35        paus
14:35-15:50       fortsättning Outi Leiste
15:50-16:00      Avslut

Föreläsare:
– Outi Leiste: AMI Trainer for 6-12, Montessori Teacher 3-6 and 6-12 föreläser om ”Handwriting in light off the latest research – Theory and practical examples of everyday life in the classroom”
– Tiina Suominen: AMI Trainer for 0-3, Montessori Teacher 0-3 and 3-6 föreläser om ”Independence”

Språk: Engelska

Anmälan: Sker till amimontessorisweden@gmail.com
Anmälan är bindande, men kan överlåtas till annan.

Pris: Early bird 950 kr för medlemmar och 1500 kr för icke medlemmar till den 9 mars
1400 kr för medlemmar och 1800 kr för icke medlemmar efter den 9 mars
Zoom-deltagande 700 kr för medlemmar och 900 kr för icke medlemmar

Vill du bli medlem hittar du mer information här: https://amimontessori.se/kontakta-oss/
I samband med konferensen sker vårt årsmöte.

Beskrivning av föreläsarna:
Tiina Suominen trained in Denver with Judi Orion and Maria Teresa Vidales for her Assistant to Infancy AMI diploma and in Washington D.C. with Hildegart Soltzbacher for her 3-6 AMI diploma. Tiina is an AMI Montessori Teacher Trainer for the ages of 0-3 and has been working with children of the ages 0-6 for more than 20 years. Tiina runs her own Montessori school, Mammolina, in Helsinki, Finland.

Outi Leiste is an AMI Montessori Elementary Teacher Trainer for the ages of 6–12. She holds a Masters degree in Education from the University of Helsinki, an AMI 6–12 Diploma from Bergamo, Italy, and an AMI 3-6 Diploma from Helsinki, Finland.
Outi has worked as an assistant at AMI Montessori 6-12 Diploma courses in San Diego and Dublin and has given Montessori 6-12 Orientation courses for both the French (Institut Supérieur Maria Montessori) and Estonian (Eesti Montessori Instituut) Montessori Institutes.
Outi has more than 25 years of experience in both 6–9 and 9–12 Montessori environments. Since 2009 she has been a member of the board of the Finnish Montessori Society.

Välkommen med er anmälan.
Har ni frågor, kontakta oss på amimontessorisweden@gmail.com

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The 8th Nordic Montessori Conference was held
in Uppsala, Sweden

A celebration of life
Hand – Mind – Body and the Montessori principles
that guide us to well-being

August 30^th to September 1^st – 2024
The 8^th Nordic on-site Conference was held in Uppsala, and we enjoyed meeting you all in person!

Here are three interviews in Swedish with guest lecturers who attended the conference:

Det lilla barnets hjärna – intervju med Ulrika Ådén

Till handskriftens försvar – samtal med Carla Foster

Montessori Sports – rörelse i Montessoriklassrummet med Jip Bartel

Background Conference Information:

4200 SEK (Early Bird until May 1st)

4700 SEK (from May 2nd)

The conference fee includes a school visit (Please book early due to limited space), the Opening Ceremony on Friday 30/8, lunch Saturday and Sunday, all Conference lectures on Saturday and Sunday and the Celebration Gala dinner at Uppsala Castle on Saturday 31/8.
Please read the following terms for cancellation.

CANCELLATION AND REFUNDS POLICY
Registraion is binding but if you wish to cancel your attendance at the 8th Nordic Montessori Conference in Uppsala Sweden you are welcome to transfer your registration to another person’s name and corresponding e-mail address. Registration fees are non-refundable.

PAYMENT OF CONFERENCE FEES
Please begin by filling in the registration form and send by clicking on the word ”skicka”. After registration, please make your payment as follows. We regret not being able to accept credit cards and ask for your patience and understanding. If payment includes multiple participants, please email us at: amimontessorisweden@gmail.com with information on the payer and all participants names and their corresponding email addresses.

Payment within Sweden may be made to: pg 4512070-6 or to: SWISH 123 160 1889

Payment outside of Sweden may be made to:
IBAN SE6095000099604245120706
BIC/SWIFT NDEASESS

Payment by invoice may be made by stating your invoice information on the registration form after which you will receive an invoice to the given email address.

Please remember to state your name and e-mail address clearly.

ACCOMMODATION
These hotels in Uppsala offer special prices to all 8^th Nordic Montessori Conference participants. Please use these links to make your reservation directly with the hotel.
All payments, changes and cancellations regarding accommodation must be addressed directly with your hotel.

Clarion Hotell Gillet
Please make your reservation on this link

BOOK HERE!

Radison Blue Hotell Uppsala
Please make your reservation on this link.
The last day to book is 4/7
BOOK HERE!

Elite Hotel Academia
Please make your reservation on this link.
The last day to book is 1/8.
BOOK HERE!

Best Western Hotel Svava
Please call (46) 018-13 00 30 or e-mail: info@hotelsvava.se
and state your 8^th Nordic Montessori Conference Code: 340018. 
The last day to book is 18/7.

TRAVEL TO SWEDEN
By rail: Uppsala Central Station (5 min. walk to Uppsala Kongress & Konferens)
By air: Stockholm Arlanda Airport. Connecting buss to Uppsala Central station (30 min). There are also connecting trains (17 min) or taxis (30 min).

PROGRAM
Please note that minor changes may be made.

Friday, August 30th, 2024 15:00-17:00 (3-5pm) School visits are now closed for new applicants. If you have registered before August 7th, you will receive an E-mail with your visiting details. 16:00-18:00 (4-6pm) Registration at Norrlands Nation, Västra Ågatan 14. Please note that your name badge serves as your entrance ticket to all events during the conference weekend.

19:00 (7pm)
Opening Ceremony with AMI President Alain Tschudin at Uppsala University Norrlands Nation on Västra Ågatan 14.

Saturday, August 31^st, 2024
Lectures on Saturday and Sunday will be held at Uppsala Konsert och Kongress on Vaksala Torg 1. Registration is located on the ground floor and lectures will be held in the large conference hall on level 3.
Safety regulations prohibit suitcases and bags larger than A4 in the conference halls. Please leave your luggage at your hotel on Saturday. Luggage may be checked on Sunday. There is a staffed room for your coats on both days.

08:00-08:40 Registration for non-registered participants 08:50-09:00 Welcome 09:00-10:15 Dr. Ulrika Ådén, neonatal physician and research scientist
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Judi Orion, AMI Trainer
12:00-13:00 Lunch will be served on the ground floor
13:00-14:15 Madlena Ulrich, AMI Trainer
14:15-14:45 Break
14:45-16:00 Carla Foster, AMI Trainer
16:00-16:20 Jip Bartels, Trainer Montessori Sports
16:20-16:30 Closing remarks

19:00 (7pm) Celebration Dinner in honour of Dr. Montessori’s Birthday at Uppsala Castle. Welcome from AMI Montessori teacher Carin Bergsten. The castle is a 20 minute walk (partly uphill) from Uppsala Kongress & Konferens. Taxis may drive up to the entrance. No dress code.

Sunday, September 1st, 2024
08:30-08:50 Registration for non-registered participants at Uppsala Konsert och Kongress.
08:55-09:00 Welcome
09:00-10:15 Elina Rautasalu, AMI Trainer and Steven Hughes, PhD, APBdN, Pediatric Neuropsychologist
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45-12:00 Continued lecture
12:00-13:00 Lunch will be served on the ground floor
13:00 -14:30 Your choice of break-out room with either Judi Orion (0-3), Madlena Ulrich (3-6), Carla Foster (6-12) or Jip Bartels from AMI Montessori Sports. Please specify your choice of break-out room when you register.

GUEST SPEAKERS

Jip Bartels
Trainer for Montessori Sports

Jip Bartels is a Montessori Sports Trainer and former professional player for the AFC Ajax youth academy and Dutch national youth teams. Jip brings over 20 years of experience as an athlete and youth coach and also holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Amsterdam. After developing and pioneering Montessori Sports Programmes in Australia, Jip has continued the global mission of Montessori Sports from his home in Amsterdam alongside colleagues Ruben Jongkind and Patrick Oudejans. Jip also holds AMI 6-12 Montessori Orientation as well as AMI Administration Certificates. Jip is a social and disciplined man who believes that sports is a key to develop the human potential. Montessori Sports is the strategic partner of the Association Montessori Internationale. The aim is to bring a student-centered approach to sports environments and to integrate sports into the core of child development.

Carla Foster
AMI Director of Training 6-12

Carla Foster is one of the current AMI Directors of Elementary Training at Montessori Training Center Northeast (MTCNE), USA and the Montessori Institute of Prague. She also works permanently at the University College of Vestfold in Norway. Carla holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in Social Anthropology, Old Icelandic Literature and Norwegian Literature from UC Berkeley. She has AMI 3-6 and 6-12 diplomas from the Maria Montessori Training Organization, in London, and the Montessori Institute of Milwaukee, USA. She has worked with children at the levels of 3-6 and 6-12, has lived and taught in Norway since 1995, and has been an elementary AMI Trainer since 2011. She enjoys speaking about Cosmic Education, storytelling, drama, music, geometry and the transitioning child from Primary to Elementary. Carla was a keynote speaker at the 2017 AMI International Congress in Prague. Carla has lectured and worked on courses in the US, Europe and India.

Steven Hughes
Pediatric neuropsychologist

Dr. Steven Hughes is a pediatric neuropsychologist and psychotherapist with over twenty-five years of professional experience. He specializes in assessment of attention, learning, and behavioral disorders in children, adolescents, and adults, and offers Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for persons suffering from problems with mood, anxiety, and behavioral disorders. Dr. Hughes has spoken to groups all over the world on subjects such as brain development, diagnosis and treatment of learning and attention problems, and environmental conditions (at home, school and work) that support the optimal growth of higher-order cognitive functions and the developmental benefits of Montessori pedagogy. Dr. Hughes spent ten years as a faculty member of the Division of Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Minnesota Medical Center, and was the founding chair of the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) Global Research Committee, and has served as president of the American Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology. His research interests are in the areas of environmental enrichment, creativity, self-regulation, and executive functioning, and the role that early childhood education can play in promoting the growth of these essential capabilities. Dr. Hughes is based in Prague, Czech Republic. 

Judith Orion
AMI Director of Pedagogy

Judith Orion, M.A. is the Director of Pedagogy for AMI and the AMI Director of Training for 0-3 and 3-6. Judith holds the AMI Early Childhood (3-6) diploma and received her Assistants to Infancy (0-3) diploma at the first AMI training for that level, given in Rome. Judi has conducted Primary and Infancy Montessori classes and is a trainer, examiner, and consultant at both levels. She conducts teacher training internationally and is a national and international seminar presenter at Montessori conferences. Judith is an adjunct faculty member of Loyola University in Maryland. She was also Director of Training for the first 0-6 AMI Diploma course. Judith has held numerous positions at AMI serving as a board member and on both the Training Group and Scientific Pedagogy Group. Judith is Head of AMI’s Training Division and has overseen the enormous expansion of the AMI Training of Trainers program. Judith was also a plenary speaker at the 29^th International Montessori Congress in 2023.

Elina Rautasalo
AMI Montessori Trainer 3-6

Elina Rautasalo is an AMI 3-6 Teacher Trainer with over 30 years of experience in the field of education, working with both children and adults in her native Finland and abroad. Her Montessori journey began in London in the early 1990s at the Maria Montessori Institute, where she gained her AMI 3-6 Diploma. Subsequently, Elina was a member of the MMI’s training team for over 20 years. Elina has served as the chair of Montessori Society AMI (UK) and as a council member of Montessori Education UK. She is an AMI examiner and lectures internationally. She has given seminars and workshops in various countries in Europe, as well as in Asia, North and South America. Elina has directed AMI’s 3-6 courses in the UK, Thailand, Vietnam, the Czech Republic, Switzerland and Estonia. At present, Elina is Director of Training at the International Montessori Institute in the Netherlands and Instituto de Educação Maria Montessori in Portugal. In addition to her work as a teacher trainer, Elina supports Montessori schools through mentoring and consultation.

Madlena Ulrich
AMI Director of Training 3-6

Madlena Ulrich is the Program Director for the AMI 3-6 Teacher Training at the University of South-Eastern Norway.  She has a degree as Preschool Teacher in Norway and took her AMI 3-6 training in Dublin, Ireland in 1994-95. She worked as the lead teacher in the Children’s House of Tønsberg Montessori, a 0-15 environment situated in Eastern Norway, for more than 15 years and was actively involved in the development of the school. She has been a member of the Norwegian Montessori Association and much of her work is focused on the continued development of Montessori schools in Norway. She did her AMI Training of Trainers with Molly O’Shaughnessy in Minnesota, USA and Ulla Wikefeldt in Sweden. Since 2010 she has been training students in Norway, where she works in close collaboration with Carla Foster (AMI 6-12 trainer), in addition to training in China, Thailand, Russia and Romania. Madlena also frequently lectures at conferences worldwide.

Dr. Ulrika Ådén
Neonatal specialist

Ulrika Ådén has worked at the Joanna Cocozza Professorship in Pediatrics at Linköping University since 2022. Previously, she served as Neonatal Physician and research scientist, as well as Chief Physician for the Department of Neonatology, Obstetrics, and Gynecology at Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Her research has focused on the fetal and newborn brain before and during the early period after birth, particularly on injuries that may have consequences for the child as they grow up, and she has endeavored to identify possibilities to reduce the risks of negative effects. Understanding Ulrika Ådén’s research and its outcomes provides valuable insights into how we, in Montessori schools and preschools, can best care for children and support them in their optimal development. Her research also highlights the foresight of Dr. Maria Montessori in her observations and theory-building over a century ago. In her free time Ulrika enjoys playing chamber music in a string quartet.

CONFERENCE EXHIBITORS
Propé Montessori Material, Nienhuis, Waterpark, aim

PRIVACY POLICY
The general data protection regulation. The EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) governs how the personal data of individuals in the EU may be processed and transferred.

AMI Montessori Alumni Sweden collects and uses personal information about members, course and congress participants and other individuals that come into contact with our organization.

The GDPR gives individuals the right to know what we collect and why, what we do with the information, what we won´t do and what rights you have.

If you participate at the 8^th Nordic Montessori Conference, we will collect your name, email, dietary or other needs and billing information. We need this information to plan and manage the conference.

Who do we share this information with?
We will never sell or share your personal information with third parties to use for their own purposes.

The information you have given to us to participate at the Conference may be shared with the Uppsala Konsert and Kongress, Norrlands Nation and Uppsala Castle for lunch and dinner venues (for example to comply with dietary needs).

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AMI Global har i samarbete med BBC Story Works (ingår i BBC Global News) producerat två korta dokumentärfilmer som vi hoppas ni vill titta på och även dela med er av till era skolor, kollegor, föräldrar etc.
Filmerna gjordes i USA, som en del i ett projekt, för att öka antalet AMI-utbildade lärare i USA.
AMI Trainers Molly O’Shaugnessy och Liza Davis medverkar och filmerna är både inspirerande och informativa.
https://montessori-ami.org/montessori-education
https://montessori-ami.org/montessori-teacher

Du kan också hitta mer information på facebook, Instagram, Twitter och Linkedin och på flera andra platser på internet.
Facebook: @montessoriami
Instagram: @ami_montessori
Twitter: @MontessoriAMI
Linkedin: @Association Montessori Internationale (AMI)
Aid to Life
<http://www.aidtolife.org/>
Educateurs sans Frontières
<http://www.montessori-esf.org/>
The Convention on the Rights of the Child <http://www.esfforchildrensrights.com/>
montessoriadolescent.org <http://www.montessoriadolescent.org/>
Montessori for Dementia and Ageing
<https://montessoridementia.org/>
AMI Digital Free Educational Resources
<http://www.montessoridigital.org/>
Montessori Sports
<http://www.montessori-sports.com/>

AMI Montessori Alumni Sweden
hade Vårkonferens 16 mars 2024
Plats: Albatross Montessoriskola

Läs mer nedan om konferensen på Albatross!

Frihet och ansvar

Välkomna till vårens konferens den 16 mars 2024 i Albatross Montessoriskola på Lidingö. Ämnet är ”Frihet och Ansvar”.
Ett viktigt ämne och ibland svårt att arbeta med.
Ger vi barnen frihet? Ger vi barnen ansvar?
Lagom mycket frihet och ansvar – vad är det?

Carin Bergsten är utbildad montessorilärare för 3-6 och arbetar på Uppsala Montessoriförskola, vänder sig till förskolan och talar om frihet och ansvar utifrån Maria Montessori egna ord i hennes böcker men också från andra föreläsningar som Carin har deltagit i. Hon kommer också att prata om sina egna erfarenheter i ämnet och även öppna för diskussion bland oss som deltar så att vi alla kan få bidra med våra särskilda problem och upplevelser och kan diskutera dem tillsammans.

Om åldrarna 6-12 föreläser Monica Shizuka Östergren och Denise Heath Nyberg, båda utbildade montessorilärare för åldrarna 6-12 och med lång erfarenhet. De arbetar på Vasastans Montessoriskola. De presenterar sin del av dagen så här:

“The child cannot learn to be responsible unless he has freedom to exercise it — he cannot be truly free unless he can learn to be responsible.”
-Margaret Stephenson

Välkomna till en föreläsning och workshop kring ett stort tema inom Montessori i grundskolan: Frihet och Ansvar. Vad menas med Frihet och Ansvar? Är frihet och ansvar möjligt för alla barn? Hur förbereder vi en miljö som främjar frihet under ansvar? Vad har vi vuxna för frihet och ansvar?
Dessa frågor kommer vi att utforska tillsammans och vi hoppas att ni kommer med era tänkande hattar, lyssnande öron och öppna sinnen för att kollaborera med kollegor och nya vänner.

Monica och Denise

Kostnad för hela dagen inkl. lunch och fika:

1.200 kr för medlemmar, 
early bird-pris 850 kr t.o.m. den 16 februari

1.600 kr för icke medlemmar, 
early bird-pris 1.300 kr t.o.m. den 16 februari

Kan du inte komma till Albatross kan du istället delta via zoom.
Pris 700 kr för medlemmar och 900 kr för icke medlemmar. 

Anmälan är bindande, men kan överlåtas på annan. 

Du vet väl att alla kan vara medlemmar och få rabatt på våra konferenser. Årsavgiften är 300 kr.
Du stödjer samtidigt en förening som arbetar för att sprida montessoripedagogiken och erbjuda konferenser med hög kvalitet. 

På fredag kväll den 15 mars kl. 19.00 träffas alla som vill på ”Spisa hos Helena” på Scheelegatan 18 i Stockholm och äter en god middag. som kostar 425 kr för en trerätters exkl dryck.
Anmäl även till detta, om du vill delta. 

Anmälan till konferensen och frågor ställs till amimontessorisweden@gmail.com

Varmt välkommen!

Hälsningar
Styrelsen

Program:

08:30-08:50      Registrering
08:50-09:00      Välkomna!
09:00-10:15       Carin Bergsten
10:15-10:35       paus
10:35-12.00       Carin Bergsten
12:00-13:00       Lunch och rundvandring
13:00-14:15       Monica Shizuka Östergren o Denise Heath Nyberg
14:15-14:35       paus
14:35-15:50       Monica Shizuka Östergren o Denise Heath Nyberg
15:50-16:00       Avslut

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