Montessori school hosts 'The Journey' on Saturday

Staff report

YOUNGSTOWN

The Montessori School of the Mahoning Valley will host “The Journey” from 8:50 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at 2008 Lynn Ave.

It is an innovative process, allowing students’ parents to experience what their children experience – from the child’s perspective, school officials said.

Participants will move through the prepared Montessori classroom environments from the primary classroom through the lower and upper elementary classrooms and finally to the adolescent class. Instead of observing the classroom, however, they will approach the classrooms as students.

Just as the children do, the parents will be working at tables and on the floor, while teachers in each classroom will give one-on-one lessons.

Additionally, parents will be free to move about the classroom and select works marked “Explore.” Some works also will contain step-by-step instructions that parents can follow. Works will be available to explore in each class level, enabling participants to discover the relationships between works in the various environments.

Past participants have noted that “The Journey” allowed them to appreciate a deeper understanding of the Montessori method of education, which can only be achieved by doing the work, school officials added.