As Greentree Montessori celebrates its 30th year of service to the community, we are honoured to have invited Ms Elsa Chahin as a guest speaker at our celebrations. Ms Elsa Chahin is an in-demand speaker, author, teacher and infant-toddler consultant with more than 20 years’ experience around the globe. As one of only two certified and accredited Pikler® Trainers in North America, Ms. Chahin is President of an internationally renowned non-profit corporation, Pikler/Loczy USA, through which she carries on the mission of Dr. Emmi Pikler, that of raising healthy, happy children. In this video, Ms Chahin speaks to us about the Pikler approach and how it beautifully answers the theme of our celebrations, which is “to fulfil every child’s only childhood”. We would like to extend our gratitude to Ms Elsa Chahin for her treasured friendship and support towards Greentree Montessori through the years. We are also grateful to her for giving us her time and a rare glimpse into her wonderful work with children.

As Greentree Montessori celebrates its 30th year of service to the community, we are honoured to have invited Ms Ruth Anne Hammond as a guest speaker at our celebrations. Ms Ruth Anne Hammond is a specialist in infant/toddler development and is best known as a RIE Associate/ Mentor with Resources for Infant Educarers, is a long-time member of the RIE Board of Directors and was its president from 2005 to 2011. She studied under and worked directly with the program’s founder, Magda Gerber until Gerber’s retirement. She currently studies Affective Neuroscience with Dr. Allan N. Schore of the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. She is the author of two editions of Respecting Babies: A Guide to Educaring for Parents and Professionals (Zero to Three 2009, 2019) and numerous articles and chapters. In this video, Ms Ruth Anne Hammond speaks to us about RIE’s Educaring approach and how it wonderfully answers the theme of our celebrations, which is “to fulfil every child’s only childhood”. We would like to extend our gratitude to Ms Ruth Anne Hammond for her treasured friendship and support towards Greentree Montessori through the years. We are also grateful to her for giving us her time and a rare glimpse into her wonderful work with children.

As Greentree Montessori celebrates its 30th year of service to the community, we are honoured to have invited Mr Kimitoshi Matsuura as a guest speaker at our celebrations. Mr Kimitoshi Matsuura is an in-demand speaker, author, researcher, teachers’ trainer, and educator well-loved for his work in Montessori Education internationally. He is the Chief Trainer at Japan Montessori Research Institution and the headmaster at Matsuura Gakuen Montessori School. In this video, Mr Kimitoshi Matsuura speaks to us about the importance of establishing trusting attachments and relationships with children and how it answers the theme of our celebrations, which is “to fulfil every child’s only childhood”. We would like to extend our gratitude to Mr Kimitoshi Matsuura for his treasured friendship and support towards Greentree Montessori through the years. We are also grateful to him for giving us his time and a rare glimpse into his wonderful work with children.

As Greentree Montessori celebrates its 30th year of service to the community, we are honoured to have invited Ms Ruth Wong as a guest speaker at our celebrations. Ms Ruth Wong is an established Early Childhood Professional and teachers’ trainer who has since positioned her efforts into working with elderly with Alzheimer’s. As the programme lead at Singapore’s Alzheimer’s Disease Association, her work has profoundly benefitted various stakeholders in Singapore. In this video, Ms Ruth Wong speaks to us about the importance of having a quality preschool experience and how it answers the theme of our celebrations, which is “to fulfil every child’s only childhood”. We would like to extend our gratitude to Ms Ruth Wong for her treasured friendship and support towards Greentree Montessori through the years. We are also grateful to her for giving us his time and a rare glimpse into her experience working with children and the elderly.

As Greentree Montessori celebrates its 30th year of service to the community, we are honoured to have invited Mr Lee Yeong Wen and Ms Rachel Lim as guest speakers at our celebrations. Mr Lee Yeong Wen began his dance training in ballet, followed by contemporary dance. Since graduating from Arizona State University in with an Outstanding Graduate Student Creative Work Award and a Distinguished Teacher Award, he has continued his practice and sharing of dance/movement in diverse environments. As a key facilitator at various dance & movement workshops internationally, Mr Lee has earned an impressive following from his works with and within international communities. In Singapore, he is an adjunct faculty member at NAFA teaching improvisation and contact improvisation. Ms Rachel Lim Hue Li started working with Mr Lee in 2017. A performer herself, Ms Lim started her career doing Mascot live shows for children. An accomplished self-taught photographer, Ms Lim specializes in theatre performance photography and has recently had her photographs published by local media in Singapore. Since working together, Mr Lee Yeong Wen and Ms Rachel Lim has co-facilitate well-loved workshops which include workshops at O’Joy Care Center (part of the Health Oriented Ageing programme), Greentree Montessori (weekly Creative Movement Sessions), Memories Cafe (a monthly programme organised by Alzheimer’s Disease Association for people with dementia) and Dance For Joy (a pilot programme organised by Esplanade for people with Autism). In this video, Mr Lee Yeong Wen and Ms Rachel Lim speaks to us about the beauty of using dance as a language to communicate and work with children and how it answers the theme of our celebrations, which is “to fulfil every child’s only childhood”. We would like to extend our gratitude to Mr Lee Yeong Wen and Ms Rachel Lim for their treasured friendship and support towards Greentree Montessori through the years. We are also grateful to them for giving us their time and a rare glimpse into their wonderful work with children and the community.