Tiina Souminen

Tiina Suominen comes from Finland. She is a WMI alum, she completed Primary training with Hildegart Soltzbacher in Washington, DC, and she also trained in Denver with Judi Orion and Maria Teresa “Chacha” Vidales on the Assistant to Infancy level. Tiina is an AMI trainer on the Assistant to Infancy level and has lectured on courses in North America, Asia, and in Europe. She has been working with children ages 0-6 for more than 20 years. Tiina runs her own Montessori School, called Mammolina, in Helsinki, Finland. Tiina is currently Director of Training for the ongoing 0-3 diploma course with WMI.

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DELIBERATELY AND CONSCIOUSLY, HE BEGINS a period of real constructiveness."

The Absorbent Mind, Maria Montessori

Receive an AMI certificate upon successful completion of course requirements.

This course is also eligible to partner with the Maryland State Department of Education Supplement (MSDE 90 hour course) for participants working in Maryland schools.

P R I M A R Y

O n l i n e O r i e n t a t i o n C o u r s e

F a l l 2 0 2 3 w i t h N a o k o O g a w a

$900 per person

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P R I M A R Y

O n l i n e O r i e n t a t i o n C o u r s e

W i n t e r 2 0 2 4 w i t h J e n n i f e r S h i e l d s

$900 per person

AT THIS AGE (BETWEEN ONE AND A HALF AND TWO AND A HALF YEARS) CHILDREN HAVE A NEED TO DEVELOP INDEPENDENCE.

1946 London Lectures, Maria Montessori

"EDUCATION BETWEEN THE AGES OF SIX TO TWELVE IS NOT A DIRECT CONTINUATION OF THAT WHICH HAS GONE BEFORE, THOUGH IT IS BUILT UPON THAT BASIS.

PSYCHOLOGICALLY there is a