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Bilingual Child Workshop

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 Saturday, August 18, 2018

9:00am – 12:00pm
$45 – Early Registration

*$50 Beginning August 1st

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Exposing children to a different language during the first six years of life gives them the keys to open doors to new experiences, cultures, and the expansion of their horizons. In this three hour workshop, we will explore how the development of language and the acquisition of a second language happen during the first six years of life.

Together we will discover tools that will help administrators, parents and teachers to prepare themselves and the environment to support the bilingual child in a Montessori Way.

Some of the topics that we will cover in the workshop are:
  • Ages and stages of first and second language development in the first six years of life
  • How to communicate with children in a bilingual environment 
  • How to support bilingualism at home and at school

Meet Gabriela

Gabriela Velázquez Sánchez holds an AMI diploma at the Assistant to Infancy level, as well as a Degree in Early Child Education.

Her Montessori journey started when she was a child. Gabriela has more than 20 years of experience working in Montessori schools in Mexico City, Cancun, and Denver. She is also an AMI Auxilary Trainer of the Assistant to Infancy level.

Gabriela is also qualified as an AMI National Examiner at the Assistant to Infancy level and is working as a Course Assistant in the First AMI Assistant to Infancy in Taipei, Taiwan to conclude this fall.

Special Montessori Event for Parents!

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Parenting With Vision

Saturday, February 17

9:00am – 12:00pm

Arizona Grand Resort

8000 Arizona Grand Pkwy

Phoenix, Arizona 85044

It has been more than a DECADE since Association Montessori Internationale has brought their national conference to Phoenix. Take advantage of this rare opportunity to experience an AMI Montessori parents’ workshop right here in the Valley! Kristi McAlister, Montessori parent, teacher, and Head of School at Centennial Montessori School in California, will lead parents in developing a scaffold to create their own unique parenting vision – enabling parents to respond, rather than react.

Registration Information

Workshop: $75

Workshop + Lunch: $125

Workshop + Lunch + Friday Keynote with Alice Waters: $175

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Kristi McAlister is the founder and Head of School at Centennial Montessori School, an AMI environment serving children from birth to 12 years old. She holds the AMI Primary diploma from the Maria Montessori Institute of London and a Masters in Urban Education from Kings College, University of London. Kristi began her career as a researcher at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development and has taught children at the Children’s House, Elementary, Middle and High School level in both traditional and Montessori settings. She has published articles in Montessori journals in the US, Australia, India, and the UK, many of which are particularly focused on Montessori parenting. Most importantly, Kristi is the mother of five Montessori children ranging in age from 2 years old to 15 years old. This year, she happens to have one in every plane of development under 18! She was a Montessori child, and though she loves all aspects of her Montessori work from Head of School to work with AMI’s Educatuers sans Frontiéres, she is particularly passionate about supporting families in their own great work of supporting the child.