I can’t believe that I have not posted on this blog for so long… Busy times what with the Apparatus training in Calabar and the so many different trainings Ibam presently involved with. I do apologise … I will make up for my long silence. So about TOSSE… The Total School Support Seminar/Exhibition(TOSSE) will be … More TOSSE is Loading

Wondering about how to effectively reach into the mind of children?Are you on the verge of starting a new Montessori/early childhood school?Do you want to build a world class Montessori School where the Montessori ethos thrives and leads the pupils unto a strong sense of joyful learning?If this is what you are really looking for … More Montessori Training for School Owners

I have been in the childcare sector for over 30 years now and a Montessori advocate and expert for the last 7 years. Recently, I pondered and reflected on my journey into Montessori teaching and learning. I have always been thrilled with the awesomeness of the Montessori Apparatus in the early years of a child. … More Reflections on the Montessori Materials

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

Last night as I was getting ready to shut down for the night and turn off my phone… (well I don’t actually turn it off, but I put it in another room to charge, where I can’t reach it until the next day.) Any way back to what I really wanted to tell you… a … More Concerned for our Children

So there is this petition we are getting everyone to sign at the moment: It’s all about stopping the use of violence to get children to obey the rules in school. Of course Discipline is crucial in the education of our children, but we must be careful not to raise hypocrites as one of my … More How to deal with a misbehaving child

The Issues at Stake; We need to make sure we go to the polls on Saturday. I usually do not like mixing politics with what is at stake right now in the education sector, but it is obvious that if we do not act now there maybe no sector to even talk about. So Go … More There are so many issues to deal with