Community Conversation
with Lesley Ann Patrick
Montessori Woodland Environment
From 2002 to 2010 an area of Scottish forest was used by our Children’s House and Elementary Class as an outdoor environment integrating core Montessori principles.
We saw amazing things unfold in the children’s development. Now those children are young adults and still reflect on the wonder of their Montessori experiences.
This is an idea which can be implemented almost anywhere!
Lesley Ann Patrick
Lesley has been a Montessori guide since 1988, during which time she has worked with children from 3-16 years of age in schools affiliated to the Association Montessori Internationale in the UK, Sweden, India and France.
Since 2010 Lesley have been focused on working with students between the ages of 12-18, firstly in Scotland, and then in Sweden where she was the Adolescent Co-ordinator. Lesley also works as an advisor at the AMI/NAMTA Montessori Orientation to Adolescent Studies in Sweden . She currently supports communities, both students and adults, in the creation of Montessori Centres for Study and Work.
Lesley is involved in co-ordinating Montessori outreach initiatives in Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, India. It is these initiatives which bring her regularly to the Assemblies of AMI Educateurs sans Frontieres.