Montessori Sports Fundamentals

Course Duration and Timings

Kick Off: July 01, 2024; Online Session
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (IST)

Recap: August 16, 2024; Online Session
Time: 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM (IST)

Viva Voce: October 7-8-9, 2024; Onsite Session
Time: 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM (IST)

Onsite Venue:
Montessori Training and Research Trust
05-424/1, S.R.Naik Nagar, Jeedimetla,
Telangana. India-500055.

Course Fees

Individual Registration: Rs. 25,000/- per person
Groups of 5: Rs. 20,000/- per person
*If a participant withdraws at any time, fees will not be refunded for any reason.

Please pay the fee prior to filling in the application form. Fee payment details and a screen shot of the payment made will be required in the application form.

The Course fees can be paid Online by Bank Transfer or by Demand Draft.
Indian Nationals may pay the fees by means of a Demand Draft in favour of The Montessori Training and Research Trust payable in Hyderabad. If paying online, please find the Bank details below.

Indian Nationals

Account Name: The Montessori Training and Research Trust
Bank: Union Bank of India
Branch: Gagan Mahal Road
Account number: 013910011020411
IFSC CODE: UBIN0801399
MICR CODE: 500026108
Swift code: UBININBBOSH

Course Description

This self-paced course will help you to acquire the basic knowledge on how to integrate sports into Montessori environments across all planes of development.
The course contains:
• 57 videos
• 5 questionnaires
• 3 observation assignments
• 6 self-practice assignments
• 2 Online Q and A’s
• 1 group Viva Voce (Onsite)
• 1 final assignment

Duration

You have 3 months to finish this self-study course. During these 3 months, there will be 2 online Q&A’s. After the course has finished, a group Viva Voce will take place onsite.

Work Load

The total workload of this course is 40 hours. The course is pre-recorded, so you can do this course at your own pace and in your own time within 3 months.

Course Topics

1.Introduction
I. Welcome to the course
II. A message from Lynne Lawrence (CEO of AMI)
III. Outline and objectives
IV. About Ruben Jongkind
V. About Patrick Oudejans
VI. About Heidi Philippart

2. Montessori and Sports
I. Who was Maria Montessori?
II. The Montessori educational philosophy
III. Montessori versus traditional education
IV. The history of sports
V. About movement and sports
VI. Analysis of sports in Montessori

3. The importance of sports in contemporary society
I. Sports as a point of interest
II. Benefits of sports
III. Why do sports in Montessori?

4. Systems of sports education
I. Traditional sports education
II. Montessori sports education

5. Movement development
I. The approach to movement
    • First plane (0-6)
    • Second plane (6-12)
    • Third plane (12-18)
    • Fourth plane (18-24)

II. The four planes and sports
III. The Montessori Sports Curriculum

6. Preparing the sports environment
I. Principles of the prepared sports environment
II. Prepared sports materials

7. The Role of the adult in the sports environment
I. The prepared adult
II. Observation
III. Historical facts of observation
IV. Observation in sports
V. Lesson planning

8. Examples of different learning environments in sports

9. Conclusion and evaluation

Learning Outcomes

After you’ve completed this course you:
• Understand the connection between sports and Montessori education across all planes of development.
• Understand how sports will contribute to overall child development across allplanes of development.
• Have acquired basic sports skills to present to the children.
• Are able to prepare Montessori sports environments.
• Are able to guide Montessori sports sessions.
• Are able to conduct observations on children during the sports sessions.

Assignments

You will receive the following assignments to complete each chapter:

• Questionnaires
• Practice own sports skills (send in videos)
• Observations (not every chapter)

You can upload all the assignments on the online course platform. A Montessori Sports team member will evaluate your assignments.

The final assignment is a presentation of a sport activity to a group of children or an individual child. Besides this, you have to write a paper in which you explain how the Montessori theory applies to that activity.

Certificate Requirements

In order to obtain the Montessori Sports Fundamentals certificate all assignments will be checked and approved* by the Montessori Sports team. After the final assignments are approved, the participant will receive the certificate by email.

*If the assignments are not approved, the participant needs to complete an alternative assignment that we will send by email.