Acknowledgements
As a Montessori professional, I hold myself to what sometimes seem to be offensively high standards. As such, I have
had all of Maitri's products reviewed by experienced Montessori educators and/or subject matter experts. I would like to
thank the following reviewers/mentors for their time, patience, wisdom, and honest feedback:
- Pamela Allen, Ed Program Specialist, Office of Non-Public Education, US Dept. of Education
- Susan Banon, Administrator, Bilingual Montessori School of Paris
- Jane Campbell, President, Montessori Services
- Megan Didavi, AMI Montessori Tutor
- Annette Haines, EdD, Director of Training, AMI Montessori Training Center of St. Louis
- Susan Hershey, Primary Teacher, Pioneer Valley Montessori School
- Kathryn Lord, PhD candidate, Mammology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Anne Catherine McConnell, Asst. Professor, Montreal Montessori Training Centre
- Dominique Mouthon, Former Director, Montessori School of Quincy
- Molly Reynolds, Head of School, Pioneer Valley Montessori School
- Priscilla Spears, PhD, Founder, Big Picture Science
- Susan Stephenson (and her grandson Tai), AMI Teacher/Consultant (birth to age 12), Founder, Michael Olaf Montessori
- Tarin Weiss, PhD, Professor of Education, Westfield State College
At Maitri, we make everything locally and are committed to reusing and recycling everything! Through the efforts of our
innovative staff, we have been able to salvage hundreds of boxes from local schools to use for shipping and so many
pounds of scrap newsprint from the local newspaper to use for packaging. None of this would be possible without the
wonderful assistance of Emma Rearick (Production Assistant). I would also like to thank the many who have lent their
hands in the past to keep things going as we have grown including: Sandy Skrocki (an amazing mom and entrepreneur),
Joanne Lucia (an entrepreneurial art teacher and artist), Sherri Wagner (who cares and cooks for the elderly), Susan
Snape (an art teacher and master of the meditative beauty of laminating), Hannah Tracy (a student of history at Penn
State), Sue Froehlich (an engineer, small farmer, and mother who volunteers perpetually to teach science at her
daughters' school) and Carolyn Keating (an amazing librarian who appreciates the art of the details).
The majority of the photographs in Maitri materials were taken by me. However, I need to thank so many of my friends and
family members for helping me locate all the perfect objects (from nets to pools) to photograph. Also, thanks to those who
sent in a photo like my friend Rolf Hanlon who contributed a photo of his pet iguana and my old college roommate Davette
Harris who sent the beautiful photo of her and her son which appears in the Mammals set.
I would also like to thank my teacher, Sybil Devereux for her incredible patience and courage in transforming me into a
bona fide AMI Montessori Directress. And of course, my daughter Devin (Maitri's self-appointed OEE--Odds and Ends
Executive) for looking at every new draft with enthusiasm, positive suggestions, and perpetual encouragement and my
son Dante who is a rather rigorous and unforgiving product tester!
Julia Volkman
Founder
had all of Maitri's products reviewed by experienced Montessori educators and/or subject matter experts. I would like to
thank the following reviewers/mentors for their time, patience, wisdom, and honest feedback:
- Pamela Allen, Ed Program Specialist, Office of Non-Public Education, US Dept. of Education
- Susan Banon, Administrator, Bilingual Montessori School of Paris
- Jane Campbell, President, Montessori Services
- Megan Didavi, AMI Montessori Tutor
- Annette Haines, EdD, Director of Training, AMI Montessori Training Center of St. Louis
- Susan Hershey, Primary Teacher, Pioneer Valley Montessori School
- Kathryn Lord, PhD candidate, Mammology, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Anne Catherine McConnell, Asst. Professor, Montreal Montessori Training Centre
- Dominique Mouthon, Former Director, Montessori School of Quincy
- Molly Reynolds, Head of School, Pioneer Valley Montessori School
- Priscilla Spears, PhD, Founder, Big Picture Science
- Susan Stephenson (and her grandson Tai), AMI Teacher/Consultant (birth to age 12), Founder, Michael Olaf Montessori
- Tarin Weiss, PhD, Professor of Education, Westfield State College
At Maitri, we make everything locally and are committed to reusing and recycling everything! Through the efforts of our
innovative staff, we have been able to salvage hundreds of boxes from local schools to use for shipping and so many
pounds of scrap newsprint from the local newspaper to use for packaging. None of this would be possible without the
wonderful assistance of Emma Rearick (Production Assistant). I would also like to thank the many who have lent their
hands in the past to keep things going as we have grown including: Sandy Skrocki (an amazing mom and entrepreneur),
Joanne Lucia (an entrepreneurial art teacher and artist), Sherri Wagner (who cares and cooks for the elderly), Susan
Snape (an art teacher and master of the meditative beauty of laminating), Hannah Tracy (a student of history at Penn
State), Sue Froehlich (an engineer, small farmer, and mother who volunteers perpetually to teach science at her
daughters' school) and Carolyn Keating (an amazing librarian who appreciates the art of the details).
The majority of the photographs in Maitri materials were taken by me. However, I need to thank so many of my friends and
family members for helping me locate all the perfect objects (from nets to pools) to photograph. Also, thanks to those who
sent in a photo like my friend Rolf Hanlon who contributed a photo of his pet iguana and my old college roommate Davette
Harris who sent the beautiful photo of her and her son which appears in the Mammals set.
I would also like to thank my teacher, Sybil Devereux for her incredible patience and courage in transforming me into a
bona fide AMI Montessori Directress. And of course, my daughter Devin (Maitri's self-appointed OEE--Odds and Ends
Executive) for looking at every new draft with enthusiasm, positive suggestions, and perpetual encouragement and my
son Dante who is a rather rigorous and unforgiving product tester!
Julia Volkman
Founder
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