The Montessori Orientation and Practice course by Mrs Vidya Shankar of Cascade FLS is done for batches of 15 to 20 people over a year and includes the following. For details please write to cascadefls@gmail.com.

• Human needs and tendencies Planes of development
  Situational analysis of children in India - Rights, Legislations and safeguards
  Introduction to Montessori
• Starting from Year zero, path to self construction, infant and toddler videos
  Early childhood practices in Ancient times
  Silence Exercise
  Aid To Life
• Childhood to adolescence - chapters 1 to 4
  Relationship - what is it, what to expect, how to build.
• Education for a new world
  What parents need to know about Child behaviour
• Absorbent Mind - Chap 1 to 4
  Montessori videos
• Understanding the Human Being
  The normalised child and Normalised parent
  Angeline Lillard
• Absorbent Mind Chapters 5 to 10
  Second plane child
• Diwaswapn (daydreaming)
  History of schooling
  Child in Nature
• Visit to Auroville Kindergarten
• Childhood to Adolescence - 5 to 10
  Doorways to Lifelong learning
  Summary of Course content learning by participants