13th European Nienhuis Montessori Retreat 2025 - program

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14 - 16 NOVEMBER 2025

Emotional Development throughout the Planes?

13th European Nienhuis Montessori Retreat

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Emotional Development throughout the Planes?

In the intricate tapestry of a child’s brain development, every thread matters. From the environments they inhabit to the relationships they foster; each element contributes to the symphony of growth. Maria Montessori discovered this through her many years of observation. Her philosophy, intricately woven with the importance of positive social and emotional development, emerges as a guiding light in unlocking the brain’s potential for academic prowess. Recent research delves into the profound impact of social interactions, emotional experiences, and cognitive challenges on the blossoming brain. The Human Genome Project’s revelation in 1990, revealing fewer genes than expected, hinted at the profound influence of social learning on our intellectual capacity. While genetics sets the stage, it is the nurturing, personalized support from the environment that truly shapes a child’s journey. Emotional well-being, social connections, and safety emerge as cornerstones, with positive experiences fostering growth, while chronic stress and isolation pose significant hurdles. Montessori’s method, with its emphasis on safety, collaboration, respect, and independent choice, harmonizes seamlessly with this holistic perspective. “The child should love everything that he learns, for his mental and emotional growths are linked. Whatever is presented to him must be made beautiful and clear, striking his imagination. Once this love has been kindled, all problems confronting the educationalist will disappear.” Maria Montessori - To Educate the Human Potential, p. 25

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On all orders placed before, during or in the week after the Retreat we offer all participants a discount of 20% and free shipping on all shipments within the EU.

20% discount and free shipping

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Program

The program November 14 - 16

Friday - November 14

17:00 Welcome

Chris

17:30 Sports can move you

Patrick

19:30 Dinner & Drinks

21:30 End

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Saturday - November 15

08:30 Entrance

Birth and Rebirth, Two Important Moments of Emotional Development (part 1)

Patricia & Jenny

09:00

10:30 Break

Birth and Rebirth, Two Important Moments of Emotional Development (part 2)

Patricia & Jenny

11:00

12:30 Lunch

15:00 Workshops

18:00 Dinner & Drinks

21:30 End

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Program

Sunday - November 16

08:30 Entrance

Exploring the why’s and how’s of emotions with 6-12 year olds

09:00

Carla

10:30 Break

Madlena & Marilyne

11:00 Re-finding the Path

12:30 End

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Jenny Marie Höglund Jenny Marie holds AMI diplomas for the ages 3-6 and 6-12. She has mainly worked with the 6-12 and 12-18 (adolescents). She also holds a M.Ed. and she is an established AMI Elementary trainer. Jenny Marie was one of the founders of the Montessori School “Lära för Livet” in Varberg, Sweden in 1995, teaching children from 1 till 16 years of age. She founded and runs the first and so far the only Swedish Montessori Farm School. Jenny Marie has taught elementary and adolescent students for over twenty-three years. She has been serving as head of school since 2006. She has also lectured at the International Centre for Montessori Studies Foundation-Bergamo (CISM), in Italy since 2006.

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Speakers

Patricia Wallner has been working in Montessori since 1970. She took her AMI 3-6 diploma in Washington D.C. and the 0-3 diploma in Houston, Texas with Dr. Silvana Montanaro. For 17 years she worked in a bilingual Infant Community in Amsterdam, The Netherlands where she lives. In 1995 she began the Training of Trainers program supported by the AMI and during her training ear ned a Master’s degree in Education. She has trained students and lectured in Europe, Asia and the U.S.A. Her goal is to promote Montessori, especially for the 0-3 age group in Europe. Patricia Wallner

Lecture Adaptation to life during 0-3 years of age and adaptation to adulthood during 12-15 years of age are challenging moments in life. They are periods of adjustment when children need protection, understanding and help from important adults and the environment. We will look at and compare some ideas and strategies to support emotional development during these two phases of transformation.

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Madlena Ulrich Madlena Ulrich spent her childhood in Germany and attended a Montessori Elementary school there. She moved to Norway as an adolescent and later obtained a Bachelor’s degree as a preschool teacher and later obtained her preschool teacher degree in pedagogy at the university College of Vestfold, Norway. She took her original AMI 3-6 training at Mount St. Mary’s Montessori College in Dublin, Ireland. Since 1995 she has worked in the classroom and has been involved in the development of Montessori in Norway by giving lectures and serving as Vice President on the board for the national association NMF. In 2008 she started on her Training of Trainers, spending two years with Molly O’Shaughnessy in Minnesota and a Summer course with Ulla Wikefeldt in Sweden. She is currently part of the AMI faculty in China and trains and lectures in Norway as well as in many other countries.

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Speakers

Lecture “The Process of Normalization” is a challenging concept in Montessori pedagogy. Did Dr. Montessori just talk about a well-behaved child? Why did she say that “normalization is the most important result of our work”? We will explore the concept of normalization and its relationship to self-regulation, resilience, and emotional stability in the child from 3-6.

Marilyne Maugin After finishing her ‘Diplôme d’Etudes Approfondies’ in medieval literature at the university of Lyon Lumières, Marilyne moved to London, where she finished her doctorate, and was giving college at the university on French civilization and medieval literature. When she returned to France in 2001, she finished her AMI 3-6 diploma. For 10 years she worked as a Montessori teacher in several schools in and around Paris. In 2015 she finished her AMI 6-12 diploma course, and in 2017 Marilyne started the AMI Training of Trainers program (3 – 6). She is now working at the Institut Supérieure Maria Montessori in Paris, where she training new teachers, consulting Montessori kindergartens and is still doing research together with the ISMM-trainers.

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Patrick worked at the AFC Ajax Youth Academy from 2012-2016 as a data analyst and is an UEFA licensed youth coach with more than 12 years of coaching experience with children in the ages from 3 till 16. Patrick is a creative and optimistic individual that is passionate about education and entrepreneurship, able to connect and reach out to different generations. He loves the process from creation to improvement and refinement. With products as well as with people. Furthermore, he strongly believes that human connection is the core of everything we do and why we are here on earth. In 2018 he founded Montessori Sports and moved to Beijing, China, from where he set up various Montessori Sports programmes in theAsia-Pacific region. He is specialized in creating environments with room for constant changes and improvements, based on the individual needs of children. Patrick holds a honors bachelor degree (Bsc) in Sports, Management and Business at the Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences. He has almost completed the AMI 3-6 Diploma Course.

Patrick Oudejans

Lecture In this interactive session we will explore how sports can be a powerful catalyst for emotional development across all four planes of development. Participants will discover how movement and sport nurture resilience, empathy, confidence, and emotional regulation. With practical examples and Montessori-aligned insights, the workshop highlights how sports can meet the emotional needs of children in a developmentally appropriate and deeply human way.

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Speakers

Carla Foster is originally from California, but has lived the last 14 years in Norway. She graduated from UC Berkeley, California with bachelor’s degrees in Social Anthropology and Scandinavian Studies and a masters in Old Icelandic Literature and Norwegian Literature. She has her AMI 3 - 6 diploma from the MMTO in London in 1984 and her AMI 6-12 diploma from Milwaukee in 1990 and has been working with elementary children since 1990. She had her own class in Norway for 12 years before joining the AMI Training of Trainers program. Since then she has assisted on the AMI 6-12 summer course in London with Ann Dunne and the AMI 6-12 course in Chennai with Jean Miller. She is now training and lecturing in Norway and several other countries. Any spare time is spent doing various forms of dance. Carla Foster

Lecture Being gifted with the ability to reason and imagine, the 6-12 year old is primed to explore their inner worlds and their relationships in the same way that they explore the world outside themselves. They need vocabulary, the big picture, and skills and opportunities to exercise their emotional intelligence.

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Practical information on the Nienhuis Montessori Retreat

Language The main language which will be used during this weekend will be English. We would like you to organize your own translator if you need any. Costs The costs for this Montessori Retreat will be €90 per person. Except for breakfast all meals and drinks are included (2 x dinner & 1 x lunch). The maximum number of participants is 150. We have set a limit on the number of persons per school to 8. We hope you understand that we would like to let as many schools possible benefit from this beautiful weekend. If you wish to come with more persons, please send an email to m.demink@heutink.com. We will contact you if we have free places left. Special Offer Special Offer during this weekend Nienhuis Montessori offers you a 20% discount on all orders and free shipping on all shipments within the EU. Please feel free to benefit from this generous offer! Please send in your orders in advance by email to m.demink@heutink.com, so that we can already make the necessary preparations. Address In 2022 we moved houses to our new headquarters in Nijverdal. Our new address is Heutink, Anders Celsiusstraat 15, 7442 PB Nijverdal, The Netherlands . Nijverdal is located in the eastern part of the Netherlands near the German border. There are different ways to reach us:

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Information

By (rental) car As we are all used to GSP navigation devices nowadays, just enter our new address and we are sure that you will find our new headquarters. It is located about one hour north of our previous headquarters in Zelhem. By plane/train from Amsterdam You can easily plan your journey from Amsterdam to Nijverdal by using www.9292.nl. This is the national public transport website which is used in the Netherlands. Make sure that you arrange your own transport from your accommodation to Heutink / Nienhuis and back. Accommodation In order to find a place to stay you can use the familiar websites to find hotels like www.booking.com or www.trivago.com. Another possibility is to stay at an affordable rate at a bed & breakfast nearby our company. You can use www.bedandbreakfast.nl to find a b&b nearby our company. Registration You can register by using the following link: nienhuisretreat2025.paperform.co/ After your registration we will contact you for more detailed information about the participants so that we will be able to prepare your badge for the event.

The last date to register for this Montessori Retreat is 31 October 2025.

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