The beauty of Practical Life Exercise 曰常生活练习之美与实践。by Woan Tyng
Psychologists have argued that childhood is a natural phase of growing up. Indeed, Maria Montessori believed that children are innately preparing to be adults. She further stated that parents and teachers needed to provide a strong foundation of skills and work habits...
Y2017 Year end training 自我增值 by Jess Liew
每到学校年终假期，就是绿野与绿茵的导师们做自我增值的培训时刻。 今年，资深导师们轮流呈现经过经验累积、应该知识、针对不同学生需要而设计五大区域课綱，透过精心准备的PPT，分享蒙特梭利教育理念。 让大家一起温故知新。 每年，我们都会有至少两次的温习和讨论。往年，得到不同背景导师们的教导，有来自印度的导师、本地的资深导师、台湾导师或来自网上的资料等……甚至赴台湾、印度与中国考察及上课。让我们不断温故知新。 蒙氏教育理念虽然一样，五大区域包括日常生活体验、感官教材、数学，可是在操作教具的方式却有所不同。...
Y2017 School Holiday Program: Little Chefs by Hui Munn
Like many parents, one of the biggest headaches I have when kids are on school holiday is how to keep them busy constructively. And like many parents (like you), my head hurts when my daughter beg me 300 times a day to let her watch TV/play iPad, and only parents...
Perseverance: Our Jungle Trekking Story
Some said perseverance is natural born and some said it is an acquired skill. My take on this topic is, perseverance is an acquired skill, it is a skill that can be learned and mastered to overcome self limiting factors to achieve a goal. It can and should...
Story Telling… What do you know about sea turtles?
Sharing the story of sea turtles with my lovely children.
2017 3rd Montessori Forum, SEGI University, Malaysia
In the recent 3rd Montessori Forum held in SEGI University, Malaysia, Lee Shi Hua was invited to share her Montessori experience in Tadika Sri Puncak and Green Meadows Montessori. We also had the opportunity to know Matt Bronsil (USA), Jan Gaffney (New...
When God closes a door, somewhere He opens a window………艺术、童趣…. 另一囗窗!
I recently attended an talk on "Understanding Art Therapy" given by Dr. Liu Wei-Ping, she is a subject matter expert in Special Education. In this sharing session, we were taught the basics of interpreting children's intelligence level through drawing, the shared...
孩子的学习进程一定要考试来印证吗？不考试也一样可以把东西学得很好吗?
大部分人都有考试恐惧症候群，如何不考试也可以让孩子确实学得到？ 如何奠下基础工？ 在练习曰常生活中掌握洒扫应对进退的分寸？ 小小朋友在怎样的情况下是具有学习动力的？从中享受学习、且会在学习的过程中更深入的去研究，与其多说，领着去体验才有价值。 歸纳出小朋友自己的学习方法，是自己动手做之后，一再练习，调整、……慢慢地掌握技巧、熟练！这与一而再，再而三地地口头，课堂上耳提面命的脚还不如让他们自己下手做。 ...
Why is Practical Life such an important element in Montessori education?
What do children learn from cooking? Why is Practical Life such an important element in Montessori education? Why do rice turns soft when it’s cooked? Why muffins rise? Come and think about it – cooking is a life science lesson, and you don’t actually have to teach...
Knobbed Cylinders – Memory Activity 带插座圆柱体-记忆性活动
Written By Jess Liew Knobbed Cylinders, a Montessori sensorial material that helps a child to cultivate a sense of order, self correction and refine the pincer grasp. This child is placing a matching cylinder into the hole of the block,...
Three essential skills children should learn. 什么是这个时代最值得培养孩子具有的能力？
Before you read on this blog post, take a moment to ask yourself – how prepared is your child to face tomorrow’s world? We were all educated in a school system that believed the world would remain basically the same, with small changes here and there. We learned...
Understanding Art Therapy
Art therapy is a form of expressive therapy that uses the creative process of making art to improve a person’s physical, mental, and emotional well-being. Art therapy has been shown to benefit people of all ages, including young children. Research indicates art...
为什么幼儿园的小男孩小女孩要学缝纫？
传统的观念，关于女红、缝纫是女生必要掌握的一门手艺。 记得不久前去参观Baba Nyonya 博物馆,还特别强调如果少女缝纫功夫不好，就嫁不出去！ 还记得廿几年在台湾第一次进蒙特梭利教室，看到一个小男生的缝工比任何人都要好！不禁叹为观止！ 所谓心灵手巧，当孩子的手灵活了，那么他的思维也就自然灵活了。 怎么才能够提高孩子的动手能力呢？ 教室内，我们设计了很多工作，抓住孩子的好奇心，给于孩子们充分的学习机会，让他们一而再、再而三地重复练习！顺序渐进的掌握精细的动作，进而引发他们对多方面的学习兴趣。 至于如何提高动手能力的方法？...
Gardening 园艺
Gardening, a key Montessori activity to build children’s fundamental understanding of mother nature. Children connect with the beauty of nature learn through various indoor and outdoor educational activities. They will learn about the plant species, caring methods and...
Why use glassware in Practical Life lessons?在日常生活工作教具的设计中，为什么要使用玻璃器皿？
Why use glassware in Practical Life lessons? Hot water, Milo powder, measuring cup, teaspoon and an elegant set of saucer and cup. The setup of these items on the table excites children in the class, as they know they will get to make themselves a nice cup of Milo...
Is baby walker a necessity for a child to learn walking? 学步车真的可以在孩子一岁学习走路时，学到怎么迈开他的人生第一个步伐吗？
Is baby walker a necessity for a child to learn walking? My nephew received a baby walker as a newborn gift. This baby walker is equipped with various fun and colorful parts of alphabets, shapes and even nursery rhymes. It's such a beautiful gift that even adults want...
自我学习、反省和改变过程. 之一
我们希望对理想教育确切实践；以人为本，心平气和，不求躁进，不讲形式地牽孩子的手，伴随一段舒服的教育之旅吗？ 这样的教育理念我们都知道，但要达到这种教育境界，可是千万困难。 今天的家长、老师、孩子们大多站在焦虑的风口浪尖，大家在急什么？躁什么？想什么？？？ 廿多年来，有机会观察台湾、美国、澳洲等不同层次的教育改革不断被提出、修订、执行再计划…… 再就近观察马来西亚的教改项目更是屡屡更新，三年一小换，五年一大换……让人反省。...
培养孩子耐心的秘诀
曾经有好玩的經歷， 分享培養孩子耐心的秘訣⋯⋯ 猜猜看，答案是．．．？ 曾被邀請于14/07/2016（星期四） 上 NTV 7 节目当嘉宾,讨论“培养孩子耐心的秘诀” 专注于学前年龄的儿童，说明如何培养孩子的耐心的方法 。 Visit TSP Blog to find out...
享受牵蜗牛去散步
淑仪抄 上帝给我一个任务 叫我牵一只蜗牛去散步。 我不能走太快， 蜗牛已经尽力爬， 为何每次总是那么一点点？ 我催它， 我唬它， 我责备它。 蜗牛用抱歉的眼光看着我， 彷佛说： “人家已经尽力了嘛！” 我拉它， 我扯它， 甚至想踢它。 蜗牛受了伤， 它流着汗， 喘着气， 往前爬… 真奇怪， 为什么上帝 叫我牵一只蜗牛去散步？ “上帝啊！为什么？” 天上一片安静。 “唉！ 也许上帝抓蜗牛去了！” 好吧！松手了！ 反正上帝不管了， 我还管什么？ 让蜗牛往前爬， 我在后面生闷气。 咦？我闻到花香， 原来这边还有个花园，...
2017 教师节有感
今年渡过了一个特别难忘的教师节！ 小学生们自行设计、策划一连串的活动，导演蒙特梭利的生平与传记。 其中一段将蒙特梭利老师看到贫民窟中的孩子无所事事，甚至打架、破坏环境等事蹟，进而发心要开教室等片段搬上舞台。 为了让幼儿园的小小孩更明白内容，具体地搬出教具，一一地展示教材教法…… 将这位二度被诺贝尔和平奬提名、一百多年前实踐以儿童为中心的教学法，伟大的蒙特梭利老师活生生地演绎出来。谢谢具创意的小学生。...