Being attentive in natural environments - preferably forest, meadow and water - is a central part of cosmic education. Forest days are an integral part of the school day at IMS. On World Earth Day, the classes Turmalin and Aquamarin carried out a rubbish collection campaign in the surrounding forest of the school and on the shore of Wannsee.
Sometimes I help, sometimes I am helped - sometimes I show something, sometimes I am shown something. Inter-grade learning and an exchange of children across different age groups is part of the Montessori pedagogy that is cultivated at IMS.
We learn about Earth's raw materials - Why Year 4-6 children are excited about e-waste
I read aloud! You too?Today is the nationwide reading day. At IMS, it is organised by the children - parents and teachers can also take part - the main thing is to read aloud!
Have we already got used to the fact that the children at IMS do very well in the Year 3 comparative tests every year? No. We are very pleased!
A short history of Modern Art. Our 4-6 art classes these days enjoy learning about important movements in art history, while also trying to connect their projects to the many different topics in the curriculum.
Carnival at IMS. Our thoughts currently revolve mainly around peacemaking themes. For our students, the joy of slipping into other roles is also part of it.
Maria Montessori was an extremely modern educator in her time and always promoted pioneering methods. Already some 70 years ago she wrote: "I believe... that the introduction of technical aids will generally be a necessity in the schools of the future".
Leonardo da Vinci, Baron Karl von Drais, Margarete Steiff, Bill Gates - on 27 September 2021, children and parents at IMS had the opportunity to meet some very famous people and learn about their lives and work.
“Let us give the children a vision of the universe.” Maria Montessori “Give the world to the small child.” Maria Montessori One of the basic principles of Montessori education is cosmic education. Cosmic education strives to offer understanding of how the whole universe and everything in it is interlinked, from the smallest atom to
