Ensuring the Essentials: Empowering Every Child to Flourish in the Montessori 6-12 Environment
From Interpretive Reading to Reader’s Theatre to Performances
Join us for an engaging two-day event designed to explore the power of drama, dance, and music in the Montessori 6-12 environment. Discover how key lessons in the dramatic arts can be seamlessly integrated with Biology, Geography, and History to enrich children’s learning experiences. Children develop confidence, creativity, and a profound understanding of their studies through writing, staging, and performing plays deeply connected to their academic work.
The workshop deep dives into:
- Movement and drama games
- Reader’s Theatre
- Dramatisation of curriculum charts and stories
This immersive weekend will also highlight the essential role of the adult in fostering a vibrant learning community where dramatic expression becomes a tool for deeper engagement and celebration.
Event Details:
- Guest: Carla Foster, AMI Montessori Trainer 6-12 years
- Schedule: 22 and 23 March 2025, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
- Price: 490 BGN
- Format: Course in English with Bulgarian translations
- Location: Sofia, 6 Bolgrad Str
What to Expect:
- Making Dramatic Performances – Learn how to guide children in creating and staging performances that reflect their academic explorations.
- Choral Reading in Various Forms – Explore techniques for group reading that enhance fluency, expression, and comprehension.
- Drama Games – Engage in fun and interactive activities that develop confidence, collaboration, and creativity.
- Interpretative Reading – Discover how to bring literature to life through voice, movement, and dramatic interpretation.
- Introducing Literary Elements – Deepen students’ understanding of storytelling, character development, and thematic connections.
Who Should Attend?
- Primary teachers,
- Montessori educators,
- School leaders
- Anyone passionate about integrating the arts into the Montessori 6-12 classroom.
Join us for this enriching experience, and you will learn practical strategies for empowering every child to flourish through the dramatic arts!
Get inspired and receive guidance for working with students from an exceptional lecturer with extensive experience and deep knowledge.
Guest Lecture
Carla Foster
Carla Foster has been the AMI Director of Diploma Course at Montessori Training Center of New England (MTCNE) for the past few years and also works at the University College, Høgskolen i Vestfold og Buskerud, in Norway.
Carla holds a bachelor’s degree in Social Anthropology and Scandinavian Studies and a combined Master’s degree in Old Icelandic Literature and Norwegian Literature from UC Berkeley. She has AMI 3-6 and 6-12 diplomas from MMI in London and the Montessori Institute of Milwaukee. She has worked with children at levels 3-6, 6-9, and 9-12, working in both private and public Montessori schools. She has been an elementary trainer since 2011 and had the privilege of doing some of that training under Jean Miller at the Navadisha Montessori Institute in Chennai, India, and the rest under Ann Dunne in London, England.
Carla is originally from California but has lived in Norway since 1995, where she had a 6-9 class for 12 years and consults for schools in Norway. She has also taught ballet, modern dance, African dance, and Irish dance for many years and has given workshops on writing and bringing drama, music, and dance into the elementary classroom.
Carla currently leads the 6-12 AMI Diploma Course in Norway and the Montessori Institute Prague.
Format
Live sessions in the Montessori environment
in the form of LECTURES with discussions and work in small groups. Active participation in games and discussions.
Resources
for putting in practice in everyday work in the classroom.
Connecting
and sharing ideas and experiences with teachers with diverse backgrounds.
Certificate of Completion of Qualification Program is awarded to participants who have successfully completed the program.
The certificate is issued by Montessori Society Bulgaria.
Montessori Society Bulgaria possesses a certified quality management system in accordance with international standards ISO 9001:2015.
Certificate
- Participants who complete the program will receive a Certificate of Completion.
- Qualification credits: 1 credit
- Montessori Society Bulgaria has a certified quality management system in accordance with international standards ISO 9001:2015.
Individual members and subscribed organisations of Montessori Society Bulgaria receive a 5% discount on the fee for participating in the course. Find out more about MSB Membership and Subscriptionopportunities.
For registration and contact:
If you want to register for the upcoming course or have any other questions, please get in touch with us!
e-mail: office@imontessori.bg
Phone: +359 878 832 823
The course is run by Montessori Society Bulgaria.