In about 3 weeks time I will be in Nigeria, Calabar to be exact, and I will be leading a Montessori apparatus training for 10 days. As I started putting my thoughts together and planning for the journey I also started reflecting on the importance of the Montessori Apparatus in the life of our Early … More The importance of Montessori Apparatus in the Early Years Environment

In just about a week Miss Success Adegor became a junior celebrity as a video of her took centre stage and the world reacted. For those of us who missed it, let’s do a short recap. Success was sent home for not paying some fees. So instead of contacting the parents our child was sent … More Children always learn what they live

All over the world children are expected to go to school and learn, to be educated so as to prepare them for their future. This is a good move, or is it really.? We send our children off to school to learn facts and figures that will prepare them for work and life in the … More Are we educating or failing the child?

For an adult to be prepared, fully prepared, to succeed in our socially global settings of today’s world, it is important to have a the ability to control our emotions. This in the fullness of all its capabilities, is referred to as Emotional Intelligence. Sometimes it is considered a soft skill and erroneously considered inferior … More The Importance of Emotional Intelligence