by Arif Vakil | Jan 30, 2020 | School Updates
Children are cramming up to 6 hours of screen time, every day.Their eyesight is weakening and their minds turning to rot. “But what do I give them? How do I keep them occupied?” You ask.Roald Dahl has answered in his epic poem on...
by Arif Vakil | Oct 31, 2019 | General
Baliga is a parent at ILM Montessori. She also volunteers as a Teacher at our school where she teaches Physics and other STEM subjects to our Elementary students. I requested Baliga to write a blog post on her teaching experience at ILM. Her response gave us all a...
by Arif Vakil | Oct 3, 2019 | School Updates
At the Parent’s Orientation, I overheard: “Wow! Are our kids really learning all this?” It’s a simple question. Yet the look of incredulity and gratitude on the face of the parent asking it, had me surging me with Pride and Humility. Pride...
by Arif Vakil | Aug 3, 2019 | School Updates
Angelic Faces, Compassionate Communication What a privilege I have of introducing the little ones at ILM to different frameworks of thinking and being. One of these paradigms has been that of Non-Violent Communication by Marshall Rosenberg. Most people do a...
by Arif Vakil | Aug 26, 2018 | About Montessori, Education
Intense focus. Faces scrunched up in concentration. What are these tiny tots up to? Is it a game? Is it education? Since we’re talking about the world of Montessori, it is indeed both. Watch these little ones make quick work of 4 digit addition – something...
