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1.
Practical
Life:
Tasks of everyday life are provided that offer real opportunities to build
and strengthen skills, promoting independence and self-confidence. These activities include self-care skills
such as how to button, snap clothing or how to tie one’s shoe. Other skills
include care of the environment such as how to wash a table, polish brass or
wash a window. This area includes care of plants including how to arrange
flowers. Preparing and serving food is
also a much loved activity for young children. Exercises of grace & courtesy show
children how to be part of society with such activities including how to
greet a visitor or how to politely get someone’s attention. 2. Sensorial: Children are bombarded by sensory
stimulation from birth. These impressions are generally very random and
unorganized. The Sensorial Material helps the child organize sensorial
impressions and thus gain a more organized understanding of the impressions
of the world around him. The materials used in this area are designed to
isolate one quality, such as size, for example, so that the child’s understanding of that quality is clarified. For example, the Pink Tower is made up of
ten pink cubes varying only in size in a very precise way. The three year old
learns to build the tower with the largest cube on the bottom up to the
smallest cube on top. Therefore, the
child learns how to compare and place the cubes in sequence of size. Other
exercises in the Sensorial area include matching exercises. These again
isolate a particular quality such as pitch with the Bells, and the exercise
the child performs is one of finding the matching sets of Bells by listening
to the pitch as he rings each bell. These exercises allow the child success
in organizing the many sense impressions he or she has already previously
experienced. There are materials that correspond to all five senses in this
area. 3. Language: A rich vocabulary lays a strong foundation
for reading and writing. Therefore, spoken language and vocabulary enrichment
are developed through many opportunities including language lessons such as
the names of materials in classroom, storytelling, discussions, poetry and
singing. A phonetic approach to
reading and development of cursive handwriting skills are hallmarks of the
Montessori educational approach. 4. Mathematics: Children are introduced to numerical,
algebraic and geometric concepts within the Sensorial Material. By age four they are then ready to work
with numbers 1 to 10, by way of an introduction to the decimal system. Through manipulation of three-dimensional
materials and in small group lessons, the young five year old learns to add,
subtract, multiply and divide.
Eventually, children work alone, with paper and pencil, memorizing
tables and moving towards an abstract understanding of the processes first
understood concretely. 5.
Geography,
Biology, Botany, Zoology, Art, Music & Movement are
integrated into the everyday curriculum.
With beautiful wooden puzzle maps of all the continents the child
begins to learn of physical geography.
Studies and celebrations of cultures and peoples around the world, often presented by parents and outside visitors,
are ongoing throughout the school year.
Creative and nature based art studies enhance children’s native thirst
to express themselves. Music and
movement are explored through exposure to great musicians, creative movement,
storytelling, acting and self-expression. Opportunity for outdoor play,
gardening and nature observation are everyday experiences. The first step in Golden Bead
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Last Updated 1/31/17 |