Welcome to Iverna Gardens Montessori
Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life’s longing for itself.
They came through you but not from you
And though they are with you yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts,
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls,
For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.
You may strive to be like them, but seek not to make them like you,
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.
You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
Prophet (1923) ‘On Children’ - Kahlil Gibran
Our philosophy is:
- To produce children who are confident, compassionate, happy, calm, purposeful, free and independent; who are excited about life, have ideas and are able to communicate them
- To awaken children's interest in all subjects and to encourage in them a love of learning
- To give children an understanding of the world and respect for all they find in it