Montessori Sports Fundamentals Training
Movement is not a break from learning, it is learning. We help educators integrate physical activity seamlessly into the Montessori work cycle.
Announcing our free webinar on "A Modern Montessori Approach to Sports" with our founder Amukta Mahapatra and Jip Bartels of Montessori Sports.
Jip Bartels from Montessori Sports gives 5 reasons why our Fundamentals Course is a unique and versatile program for educators, coaches, and parents.
Registrations are open for our 40-hour, AMI-certified Montessori Sports Fundamentals Course, a blended program led by Jip Bartels.
A look at a prepared environment for Montessori Sports, designed to support coordination, concentration, and independence.
A testimonial from a sports physiotherapist on how the course provides an in-depth understanding of how to make children self-reliant and responsible through methodical exercise.
Another example of a prepared environment for Montessori Sports, showing how easily it can be integrated into a school setting.
"Movement is an essential factor in intellectual growth." This video showcases prepared environments set up by students of our first Montessori Sports course.
Our founder, Amukta Mahapatra, explains why sports should be an essential part of the work cycle, not a separate subject, and how our course trains existing educators to facilitate this.
A testimonial from an Academic Correspondent who completed the course, highlighting how it widened her knowledge of implementing sports in a prepared environment.
Montessori Sports builds control of the mind, body, and object, fostering focus, balance, and purposeful interaction with materials.
About Montessori Sports: A Modern Approach
This program is not about outsourcing physical education to external coaches or adding more classes to the timetable. We train your existing classroom guides to set up sports-based activities that children can engage with independently, using the same principles of the prepared environment you already rely on for literacy and math.
Our collaboration with Montessori Sports, Netherlands, brings a structured approach to physical literacy that fits directly into the Montessori pedagogy. While many associate the method primarily with classroom materials, Dr. Maria Montessori placed immense value on the physical unfolding of the child. This course bridges the gap between traditional PE and child-centered development.
Why This Approach Works
- Seamless Integration: You do not need to hire specialized sports staff. We provide your current teaching team with the observation skills and planning tools to facilitate movement as a natural extension of the work cycle.
- Prepared Environment: Just as you arrange shelves for practical life or geography, we teach you how to create a prepared environment for sports. This ensures children can access materials, practice skills, and self-correct their movements without constant adult intervention.
- Holistic Development: The curriculum shifts the focus from competitive performance to the development of coordination, balance, and purposeful interaction. It helps address common challenges like short attention spans and restlessness by giving the body the movement it requires to focus.
Course Structure
This is a blended, AMI-accredited program designed for busy educators and school leaders. It includes self-paced theory modules, live interactive sessions with Dutch faculty, and mandatory onsite practical training in Bangalore. You will walk away with a deep understanding of how to plan, observe, and assess gross motor development across the different planes of child development, from age 0 to 18.
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