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Europe 2025

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EUROPE 2025
This blog post shares: art, Montessori, art, Montessori, then . . . Art & Montessori

Art in Romania
Recovering from Covid a few years ago I did not have the energy to stand at an easel and paint, my favorite healing practice. So I tried acrylic painting because I could sit down and paint whatever came to my mind. Acrylic paint dries very quickly so changes are easy, and a satisfying painting can be created much more quickly than with oil paint. But after years of making art of many kinds this was my first acrylic experiment, and I made a lot of errors. However, during the end of the time in Romania I was invited by my hosts Catalina and Catalin Ivan and their three daughters, Alexandra, Teodora, and Victoria (my unofficial Romanian goddaughters since we met seven years ago) to visit the studio of the most famous artist in Romania, Felix Aftene. I had seen an exhibit of his work at the Palace of Culture in Iași three years ago, and this year at the new airport. Continue reading →

2025, Montessori in Romania and The Republic of Moldova

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Montessori in Romania and The Republic of Moldova
This is my fourth time working with a wonderful school—infant communities, primary and secondary classes, and an adolescent program—in Iași, Romania. Six months ago, a new building, bringing all levels of students together, was begun. Many people said it couldn’t be done. It was.

The night before the grand opening of the new building, the administration, staff, parents, and construction crew worked till after midnight to be ready. Continue reading →

Sharing international Montessori work with children back in the USA

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Some years ago, when returning from work in Morocco, it was wonderful to be able to share some of what I had learned with children in a Montessori school here at home. I hope you enjoy it and perhaps share it with your own children and students.

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Above is a picture of my daughter Ursula during the Morocco presentation shared with her two children and other students at Childpeace Montessori School in Portland, Oregon. I had been working at a Montessori school in Casablanca, and then traveling through Morocco with my hostess and her family. My grandson’s Montessori teacher in Oregon teacher asked if I would share some of this experience with the children as I would be stopping in Portland, Oregon on the way back to California. So I prepared a “Moroccan” experience based on the study of the physical needs of humans. Continue reading →