For grown-ups
Practical, friendly evening and weekend sessions on bringing Montessori into everyday home life. No teaching background needed, just an interest in how children learn.
Saturday, 5 September 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Who your six to twelve year old now is, and what cosmic education is.
Saturday, 12 September 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Why we teach through great stories, and the five that open all of learning.
Saturday, 19 September 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The First Great Lesson: the story of how everything began.
Saturday, 26 September 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The Second Great Lesson: the long unfolding of living things.
Saturday, 3 October 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The Third Great Lesson: the three gifts, and what people are for.
Saturday, 10 October 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The Fourth Great Lesson, and how reading and writing really grow.
Saturday, 17 October 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The Fifth Great Lesson: mathematics as a human adventure.
Saturday, 31 October 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The storyteller’s craft, and a home set up to follow it.
Saturday, 5 December 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Astronomy up close: our star, the planets, and the seasons.
Saturday, 12 December 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Volcanoes, mountains and the moving plates that built our valley.
Saturday, 19 December 2026 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The water cycle, wind and rain as the workers of the world.
Saturday, 9 January 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Deep time made graspable, from the first sea creatures to us.
Saturday, 16 January 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The great groups of life, and the joy of sorting.
Saturday, 30 January 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
How plants live and grow, met in the garden.
Saturday, 13 February 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
How animals live and are grouped, met in the paddock.
Saturday, 20 February 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Observing, drawing, naming and caring for living things.
Saturday, 6 March 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The fundamental needs shared by every people, in every age.
Saturday, 13 March 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Deep time and the great eras, laid out to walk through.
Saturday, 20 March 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Great human stories: settlements, writing, trade and ideas.
Saturday, 3 April 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Family history and your child’s own life as a timeline.
Saturday, 10 April 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Supporting literacy at home through richness, not pressure.
Saturday, 17 April 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Montessori maths in the hand: beads, rods and understanding.
Saturday, 1 May 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Parts of a whole, and the shapes and patterns all around us.
Saturday, 8 May 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Research, projects, and going out to museums, experts and places.
Saturday, 12 June 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Your changed role, from teacher at the front to guide.
Saturday, 19 June 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
The core skill: watching well, and letting it guide you.
Saturday, 26 June 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
A home where a child can be independent, on any budget.
Saturday, 3 July 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Real freedom within limits, and a year without a timetable.
Saturday, 10 July 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Fairness, big feelings, grace and courtesy, and belonging.
Saturday, 17 July 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Making, listening and learning to truly see.
Saturday, 24 July 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Finding out by doing, and the real work the older child craves.
Saturday, 31 July 2027 · The woolshed, 153 Whangaehu Valley Road · $60.00
Celebrating the year, and a first look at adolescence.