On Saturday 4th December there was an important Zoom meeting where all stakeholders in our Education sector gathered to find answers to the problems that has led to the tragic loss of Sylvester Oromoni Jnr. One thing is clear, the care of the child needs to be foremost for all concerned. Unfortunately this is not … More Nigeria can and must change
Age- appropriate activity in the Early Years is a crucial point that always tends to rear its head over and over again. A lady asked a question on one of the groups I belong to: My three years old is learning 2 x table, and her homework is writing 1-150, please I need your contributions … More Age-appropriate activity in the Early Years
Happy World Science Day. We must always make sure our children see the inter-relationships in life and the science in it. Science is important. Science can be described as the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the natural and physical world through observation and experiment. For a child to understand a lot of … More Science is Important
Some people read Dr Maria Montessori Decalogue’s and say, ‘This is too easy!’ But is it really? Each rule says a lot about the heart of what Montessori education is and what it isn’t. A lot of us concentrate on the materials, as administrators providing the didactic materials is a priority, as teachers presenting the … More Dr Maria Montessori’s Decalogue 1
As a Nigerian living abroad forgive me, but my heart is heavy, both for our nation and for the Nigerian child! Children’s day 2021 is but a few hours past, and I wonder what difference the marking of this day has made for the Nigerian child! I pray that as parents it was a memorable … More Reflections
Last week was a big week for our sector as CPE (The Concerned Parents and Educators – a Facebook group of over 220,000 members) held an import dialogue. We spent a good chunk of Thursday 4th March, talking about Preparing Teachers For Education Reform. So many great points were made, from the introduction, keynote address, … More How to prepare teachers for Education Reform
I just listened to a great sermon on Transgenerational Leadership… It spoke to me on so many levels… Remember the story of Job..the sufferings, the questions and answers? Elihu the youngest spoke last… Why? Because the oldest are supposed the know better be wiser. Are they really? Job 32:9 Great men are not always wise, … More Train Up your child the right way
We all agree that the Education sector, as so many other sectors in Nigeria, requires an overhauling, a transformation and a reformatting. It’s a pity but those are the sad facts. The problem is not that we do not know what to do or what needs to change but the majority of us are leaving … More Finding your voice in the education sector
I was going to write about Safeguarding but something really profound came up this morning I just had to share. I don’t know about you, but just about everything in the educational system in Nigeria and a lot of the other parts of the world for that matter, is broken and needs a complete overhaul. … More An Education System That Delivers
When the Montessori Curriculum is mentioned, what comes to mind? The Subjects taught in the Montessori Setting? So what subjects do we teach in the Montessori setting? Practical Life Sensorial Education Language Development Mathematics Cultural Subjects Did you know that that these are the subjects peculiar to the 3 -6 age group? What the Primary/Elementary … More Understanding The Montessori curriculum
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