Dental check-up & teeth brushing practice
Dental check-up and teeth brushing practice.
Reading allows us to be transported from our world to another.
Reading allows us to be transported from our world to another. Between the pages of a book, we can become immersed in the lives of fictional characters and learn about a culture entirely different from our own. We can also learn new words and phrases, experience...
Practicing Independence and Freedom in the Montessori classroom.
An exciting piece of work, freely chosen, which can induce concentration rather than fatigue, adds to the child's energies and mental capacities and leads him to self-mastery. - Maria Montessori
Supporting different culture in Montessori classroom
Culture is customs, beliefs and a way of life for a group of people. By introducing culture early, children are able to absorb the gist and beauty effortlessly.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
A picture is worth a thousand words. Encouraging children to spend more time outdoors and away from technology aids their physical well-being and helps them improve their emotional and intellectual health, ... feeding the fish at the river.
Playing musical instruments in Montessori class
Playing musical instruments, like any skill, takes time to master. Children will enjoy the sense of achievement from learning through play as they can gradually repeat familiar tunes or patterns or maintain a steady rhythm.
The child must have the opportunity for movement.
“Just as we have to prepare a special environment for sport, like a tennis court, if we are to play tennis, the child must be given the means for the kind of exercise necessary for his life. The small child must have the opportunity for movement. ” - Maria...
Education today needs reform
“There is not just a need for happier schools, schools where the children are free to do as they like or schools where they use certain materials: education today needs reform. If education is to prepare man for the present and the immediate future, he will need a new...
The acquisition of language
“ With language acquisition, the child reaches a new level of independence. The child can now communicate his feelings and desires, and needs. It is a great step forward in the achievement of independence. - ”Maria Montessori
The “Absorbent Mind”
“Our work is not to teach, but to help the absorbent mind in its development work. How marvellous it would be if by our help, if by an intelligent treatment of the child if by understanding the needs of his physical life and by feeding his intellect, we could prolong...
Sushi making with the kids
Boosting a variety of wholesome foods in our kid’s diet can be easy, especially if they taste great and are fun to make! Sushi is a fun meal to cook with the kids, even at school.
A series of exercises that have no external purpose.
If children are allowed to do what they see done in the environment, they will perform a series of exercises that have no external purpose but which are a preparation for the activity, which is to follow~Maria Montessori.
The outdoors offers limitless potential to young children.
The outdoors offers limitless potential to young children. It becomes a place where they can relax their mind, be inspired, and deep dive into the world of imagination. It's a place where they can design, create and explore. The possibilities are endless ~ Angela...
Intellectual Growth in Young Children
"Movement, or physical activity, is thus an essential factor in intellectual growth, which depends upon the impressions received from outside. Through movement, we come in contact with external reality, and it is through these contacts that we eventually acquire even...
The “Mathematical Mind.”
“In our work, therefore, we have given a name to this part of the mind which is built up by exactitude; we call it the ‘mathematical mind.’” – Dr Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind
The Coloured Globe and the World Map
While singing the continents song, the kids will identify continents with a specific colour representing each continent. They noticed the continents on the Coloured Globe and the World Map are the same colours, giving the child that ‘aha’ moment of recognition. In a...
Celebrating Chinese New Year in the Montessori Classroom
Culture is a custom of a group of people in society. As we live in a multicultural nation, introduction to different cultures at a young age is important to nurture love and understanding among children.
Montessori and Chinese New Year 2022 Year of the Tiger
If we are to preserve culture, we must continue to create it. As Chinese New Year is approaching, children were exposed to some traditional activities. From calligraphy, paper cutouts, and decorating…children were introduced to the meaning behind each item and things...
The importance of Practical Life Activities
The importance of Practical Life Activities helps the child develop coordination of movement, concentration, independence, and willpower. The skills of the work are only a by-product.
The “essential purpose” of Language
The “essential purpose” of language is used to communicate, but it also serves many purposes; to establish relations among people, express or clarify thoughts, play, creative mental activity, and gain understanding.