That question went out to Montessori communities around the world, and questions started coming back from children and adolescents in countries from Germany to Brazil and beyond.

Children and adolescents thousands of kilometres apart can be curious about one another’s work, ask questions, share what they have learned and discover what is happening in completely different Montessori environments.

One group’s project can inspire another group’s question. One student’s experience can spark someone else’s idea. And by sharing what worked, what didn’t and what they learned along the way, young people can help each other explore possibilities they might never have discovered alone.

No one needs to have all the answers before sharing what they are working on. Sometimes a question from someone on the other side of the world can make you look at your own work differently. And sometimes seeing what another group has tried is all it takes to think:

Could we try something like that too?

That is what makes sharing our work so powerful.