HSA MU TAW(HMT) - MAE SOT MONTESSORI PILOT CLASSROOM CELEBRATIONS!

Paul Hancock and Montessori (HMT) students cutting the ribbon.

Late last month, we celebrated the ribbon cutting ceremony and Montessori Open House at Hsa Mu Htaw(HMT) Burmese Migrant Learning Center.  This ceremony was to mark the completion of our pilot Montessori project in Mae sot and also reflected on the achievements of Hsa Mu Taw(HMT) Montessori students and teachers. http://youtu.be/LDcQz-LNwy8

 

Daw Htet Htet Aung – the Hsa Mu Taw principal, commended on the huge progress on social, emotional and academics portrayed by the children over the past 1 year. The most inspiring part was to watch the children develop their self discipline and becoming more independent and peaceful. Many parents expressed satisfaction for their children progress and shared how they loved school.

This event attracted many guests from various institutions around Mae Sot and the students’ parents who expressed their positive opinions about the Montessori Method and its impact to children and community.

 

Guests from Mae sot


This event paved the way for our next 5 classrooms which we intend to converse early next year which include Baan Mae Tao Pae, Baan Ta Aad and Parami learning center.
Baan Parami learning centre conversion is underway and soon we will post the updates and events as they unfold. 

Refresher Workshop



Number rods & cards presentation.

Early this month we conducted a three day Montessori refresher workshop which was attended by 16 teachers from our Montessori projects schools in Chiang Rai and others schools within our network. – Bayan (Mae hong son) and Rongkwang ( Phrae)  Schools. It was such a refreshing time as most of materials presentations were reviewed and at the same time the participant learned to write them down in the lesson plan format, and hopefully soon they will be able to  gather them all together into their own Montessori  Albums



Nature collection.



During this training, the participants also learned to set up the Nature Table in classroom. From our nature walk, we collected objects to display on the nature table: coconut, leaf, beehive, rocks, barks and twigs and also a tiny creature – a caterpillar - that we accidentally brought into the room.

The fun part of the training was the food preparations presentations where the participants practiced to set up the food preparation activities and in the end enjoyed sharing the snacks they had made.

Orange squeezing lesson plan discussion.