Symbols of the Centennial
The Montessori Centennial has brought forth at least four calendars, three pins and a coloring book.
Looking for items to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of the first Casa dei Bambini? You’ve got some good choices.
Perrytech
The Montessori Calendar 2007: Centenary Commemorative Issue 1907-2007
Montessori Centenary Brooch
John Perry of Perrytech, has for several years produced calendars for customers of his company, Perrytech of Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada.
The calendar folds to 8 1/2 by 11. It includes information about Perrytech line of materials and historical catalog pages from a Philip & Tacey Ltd. catalog. The date pages include major holidays and many conferences scheduled for the U.S.
The brooch is patterned after a brooch presented to Perry’s mother when she received a Montessori diploma in 1923 from a course led in England by Maria Montessori.
The sterling silver version sells for $87.50 and a pewter version for $17.95.
INFO: Perrytech Montessori, (905) 773-3965, (800) 363-3013, www.perrytechmontessori.com
Chandra Fernando
Peace Calendar
The Montessori Centennial Peace Calendar was designed and published by Chandra Fernando using art work and quotations from her A Child's Book of Peace. It is a full-color, smaller format. The calendar is in a smaller format and covers 18 months through mid-2008.
Fernando did a press run of only 800 and only about half remained as of late November.
The price is $12.50 per calendar ($10 for 25 or more) with $2.50 for shipping and handling.
Fernando said she is dedicating most proceeds from the Peace Calendar to Pamunugama Home, a Sri Lankan orphanage headed by volunteers and overseen by the National Council for Child and Youth Welfare. It is home to about 40 orphans and abused girls ages 4 to 18.
She also hopes to contribute to emergency relief projects for the children of Darfur.
Orders can be placed through Azoka.
INFO: www.azokacompany.com
More Montessori Materials
Montessori Historical Centennial Calendar 2007
Daniel Jutras, who is affiliated with the Canadian Montessori Teacher Education Institute, offers extensive historical information on the date pages of his calendar. In includes 150 pictures portraying events in the Life of Maria Montessori with a detachable poster timeline dated from 1866 to 2007.
Prices are $10 with shipping of $2 to Canada, $4 to the US and $4 elsewhere.
INFO: More Montessori Materials, PO Box 35546, 2528 Bayview Av., Toronto, Ont, Canada, M2L 2Y4, www.montessori-institute-ca.
IAME/Montessori Education Week
Label Pins
Rosann Larrow, who spearheads Montessori Education Week for the International Association for Montessori Education, has arranged for Montessori Centennial Commemorative Pins and key pins. The first run sold out quickly at the IAME conference in November, but new supplies are expected to be available.
Prices are $8 for the commemorative pin and $7 for the key pint with quantity discounts.
INFO: Rosann Larrow. MEW chair, 2381 Plymouth Ln., Cuyahoga Falls, OH 44221, (330) 929-5581, rlar...@gmail.com.
AMI
Montessori Centenary Calendar: Spirit of Montessori Bumper Sticker
AMI’s Montessori Centenary Committee designed a calendar and bumper sticker for the centennial.
The calendar, distributed from England, is priced at 6 pounds—about $8 U.S. The bumper stickers, which read “The child in front goes to a Montessori School; Education for Life.”
They are priced at 20 pounds for a pack of 100.
INFO: www.montessoricentenary. org. or The Bournemouth Montessori Center, 81 Lansdowne Rd., Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 1RP England, +44 (0) 1202 780010.
Montessori Worldwide
Montessori Memories Coloring Book
Janice Mayhew has opened a new company with a Montessori Memories coloring book, due out in January.
Mayhew has operated Lakeview Montessori School in St. Clair Beach, Ontario, Canada for nearly 30 years, as well as The Learning Store by Lakeview Montessori School.
Her new company, Montessori Worldwide, will sell learning materials and offer workshops and consulting services.
For the coloring books, Mayhew said, she “drew pictures of Maria Montessori as a girl, and in various other stages and places of her life, as well as pictures of Montessori materials and children in Montessori schools, for children to color in and read.
“ My purpose is to provide something concrete for children in Montessori schools to receive as part of the Montessori 100th anniversary celebrations. My hope is that the coloring book will provide a way for schools to help their students personally understand the great contributions that Maria Montessori made to their lives.”
The books, in classroom sets of 25, will sell for $2 each. Mayhew said she will send e-mails out to Montessori schools with more information on the books in January.
Cost will be underwritten by advertising. She said the deadline for placing advertising is Dec. 20.
INFO: jmay...@cogeco.ca or (519) 979-9636. The website, MontessoriWW.com, is expected to be open to take orders in December.
|
