We enjoy life with children
Preschool

I fell in love with Montessori back in university, during which I assisted in a preschool for four years. Even after ten years of teaching in Montessori schools at home in the USA and in Thailand, I still love how it develops independence, creativity and a life-long love of learning.

I enjoy finding ways to support teachers and discovering ways to develop the nursery school. When children grow up in a kind environment with boundaries and spend a lot of time outside, they are receptive, kind and able to respect others. I love being with my children, discovering new landscapes.

I enjoy the happy faces of children when their tummies are full or when they taste something new. I love baking goodies with them, putting them to sleep with fairy tales and thinking up exercises during afternoon clubs.
Elementary school

I taught little children as well as adults in the past and Grades 1 - 3 at Willowtrees are the best! They go headfirst into everything, wonderfully curious and honest. I enjoy being there as their independence, awareness of themselves and their gifts blossom.

Montessori is my passion. Every day I observe small and big miracles and I am happiest when I am their co-creator and guide. The children are so great, each one shines with its color, its talent, and I absolutely believe in the potential of each of them.

I studied maths and Montessori helped me discover how beautiful, colourful and playful it can be. I also enjoy the German language and adventures in nature thanks to my two sons.
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I move around in the classroom every day, all day. Children can communicate with me not only during lessons, but at any time, in the classroom, at lunch, outside. I am proud of each of their progress, from the moment they lose their shame to the moment when we can talk about the weekend we had.

I love being the invisible eyes and hands in the background, giving things a framework, order and beauty. I am overjoyed with every encounter with parents or neighbours and with the development of our school garden.

What is the most important question at 12:00? Moniiii, what will be for lunch today? :-) I will feed the children, entertain them in the group and hand them over to their parents in the afternoon. I fulfill such basic but important needs day after day and still enjoy it!

My driving force is the constant search for the courage to grow and to overcome obstacles, the courage to reach for your dreams. And I try to pass that on not only in Czech Language and Social Sciences, but through sports and mental fitness as well.

My passion has always been nature, and I love spending time in the wilderness. I try to pass on how we can live in harmony with it and everything is interconnected. I also see it in chemistry, food, strengthening our bodies and in Thai boxing.

While traveling around the world, I anchored in the Czech Republic. In a wonderfully nurturing environment for our teenagers, I accompany students through activities such as gardening or workshop work where they can turn off their endlessly buzzing brains for a while.

Where I go, there I play. Whether at concerts or at Willowtrees. Younger children love music, older ones too, but they prefer to listen to it rather than produce it :-). Everything can be worked with, in musical activities I try to involve everyone in such a way that they feel satisfied.

Life is not a drama. Or is i? My passion is theater, which I study, I love books, music and everything around art. I am interested in the process of development of a child's soul. I like to accompany children on their journey of self-awareness, gently and actually completely unobtrusively.
Founders

During my middle life crisis, I got a school instead of a motorcycle. All my life I've been working in the virtual IT world, but this is reality that is of profound importance.

I am pleased to see us all grow. And I am moved by and truly enjoy being with adolescents, some of whom I have known since preschool. And I am amazed at how far they have come and how they shine more and more with their inner flame.
Come join us!
Do you enjoy working with children? Are you interested in Montessori methods of teaching? We offer all this at Willowtrees, and even much more!