Montessori Sports Track | Movement with Purpose
Stephanie Pullman, Santiago Nacinovich, & Patrick Oudejans
Montessori Sports Track | Movement with Purpose
What if movement wasn’t separate from learning, but an essential expression of it?
The Montessori Sports Track at the AMI USA Experience offers a 1.5-day immersive journey into the role of purposeful movement within Montessori education. Designed for PE teachers, guides, and school leaders, this track brings together inspiration, hands-on experience, and practical implementation to explore how sports can fully align with Montessori principles.
Participants will engage in a dynamic featured conversation on mindset, performance, and human development, challenging traditional ideas about competition, confidence, and growth. Through experiential workshops, they will actively participate in Montessori-based sports such as soccer and tennis, discovering how carefully prepared environments can foster decision-making, independence, coordination, and collaboration.
Grounded in real school practice, the track also highlights how movement and sport can be meaningfully integrated into the daily work cycle, from Children’s House through Elementary. Participants will leave not only inspired, but equipped with concrete ideas they can apply in their own environments.
Throughout the experience, there is space for dialogue, reflection, and connection with a growing community of educators who believe that movement is essential—not optional—in a child-centered education.
Come move, experience, and reimagine sports in a Montessori context.
Stephanie Pullman, M.Ed.
Stephanie Pullman brings over 30 years of Montessori experience, having served in nearly every role within a school community, including Head of School at Xplor Montessori. AMI-trained at the 6–12 level, she is the founder of Montessori Tennis programs in Southern California, where she integrates independence, concentration, and purposeful movement into sport. Her work demonstrates how individual sports can align deeply with Montessori principles while fostering confidence and joy.
Santiago Nacinovich
Santiago Nacinovich is an Auxiliary Trainer for Montessori Sports and Technical Director at Westbury Soccer Club, the oldest soccer club in Houston. He also coaches at Post Oak Montessori School, where he applies Montessori principles to team sports. His work focuses on creating environments that develop decision-making, collaboration, and responsibility through the game.
Patrick Oudejans
Patrick Oudejans is co-founder of Montessori Sports, where he focuses on integrating meaningful movement into Montessori education worldwide. Through educator training, program development, and partnerships with schools, he works on creating scalable systems that embed sport and movement into the core of the learning environment. His work bridges Montessori philosophy with practical implementation across diverse school contexts.