YOUR GUIDE / JOOURNALS
Explore, collaborate, participate and share. Find your way around your Montessori community, one step at a time.
Joournals connects Montessori schools, kindergartens, educators and organisations through published work, shared experiences and opportunities to take part.
Explore student work, experiences and resources from Montessori communities across countries.
Get to know Montessori Aid, A Million for Nature and Tomorrow Laboratory.
Find events, conferences and opportunities for your school or organisation.
Discover organisations and understand how school councils connect nationally and internationally.
FIND YOUR NEXT STEP
Example Me overview. Available apps depend on your organisation and role.
STEP 01
Browse public stories and project information first. Log in when you want to enter your personal Joournals space.
• Use an adult account and complete the email verification and account setup requested.
• Me is your starting point for your profile and the platform.
• Your organisation connection and approved role determine access to restricted areas.
• If you need help signing in or setting up your account, follow the options on the login page.
STEP 02
Open a post that catches your eye. Read the story, discover who shared it and follow the ideas further.
• Browse work, collaboration, experiences and resources.
• Use the filters available in Explore to narrow the collection.
• On desktop, hover over a post card for more information; select it to read the full post.
A selection of published community posts.
Collaborate layout with one active project and two project selectors.
STEP 03
Three shared initiatives, one place to explore them. Select a smaller project card to make it the main focus.
• Montessori Aid brings students together to help children in need; its project page shows the total and lets you choose a display currency.
• A Million for Nature works towards a shared litter-collection goal.
• Tomorrow Laboratory explores ideas, prototypes and inventions.
• Follow Full project to the complete information and available actions.
STEP 04
Visit Participate for events, conferences and shared experiences. Open each opportunity to see what it involves.
• Discover Montessori International Student Conference 2027 and its theme, A radiant future.
• Read the registration and activity-proposal information.
• Check the status shown on each page: conference registration, proposals and the conference video are still being prepared.
Examples of conference and community experiences.
Published examples in Work.
STEP 05
Work brings together student work, ideas and published experiences. Resources has its own category, including the featured Children’s rights tool. Choose your country or Global in the sidebar, then use Share to prepare a contribution and select its destination.
• Open a card to read the full contribution and explore the material provided.
• Follow the publishing guidelines before preparing work to share.
• Creating and publishing new posts, activities, surveys and resources is planned; the composer is not open for submissions yet.
STEP 06
Me brings your work, apps and personal calendar together. Open Calendar from its bento on Me. The sidebar shows your profile, organisation and a country/Global switch with Work, Resources, Collaborate and Participate.
• Open Settings for your profile, preferences and organisation connection.
• Administration appears as an app when your role provides access.
• Calendar separates your own schedule from opportunities you can join. Some new services remain design previews while they are connected.
Me brings your apps together, with a personal calendar and activity alongside.
Use Directory to discover organisations and their public profiles. Your organisation’s internal room appears under its name. Administration and your private student council workspace are shortcuts inside Me.
Joournals is the platform; MONISC is the council network. Explore national and international information. Private video, meeting and resource areas are for invited representatives with approved roles; availability depends on the council setup.
Nature and Tomorrow Laboratory have dedicated contribution areas. Their submission flows are currently marked Coming soon. Read the project information and prepare your contribution while those flows are being checked.
Read the community and publishing guidelines before sharing student work, images or resources. Check permissions and use the contact page if you need help with participation or your organisation.
KNOW WHAT TO EXPECT
Published stories, project information and the available account areas can be explored now. Personal calendars, new content publishing, some project submissions and conference services are still being prepared. Follow the availability shown on each page; a free account does not automatically grant council membership.
Start with the stories. Find a project. Meet your community.
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