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 Montessori classroom, we bring the world to the children through real-life experiences.
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.
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 they did during the process.
As 2022 is the year of Tiger, we wish everyone to stay strong and healthy like a tiger!
“Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment.”
“One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child.”
The first essential for the child’s development is concentration.
Scrapbooking is a great way to create something unique and keep it with us for the rest of our lives. We scrapbook everything about the leaf we learned for the past four weeks during our Culture online. Scrapbooking is a favourite pastime amongst kids worldwide because it allows them to make something that they can keep and test their creativity. With all the available digital data and technology, there is something about having a physical copy of something that one creates.
Culture studies about leaves their colours, shapes, and naming each part of a leaf. Children’s interaction with paint to emphasize the leaf’s veins is always a success! Learning about plants, where children can observe changes as the seeds begin to sprout and grow over time and record their observations on the recording sheet!
Our young child has probably seen or heard about farm animals even if we live in a city or the suburbs, miles from the nearest grazing cow. Perhaps we’ve sung “Old MacDonald Had a Farm” or read a story featuring sheep, ducks, and horses. It may sound like simple toddler fun, but learning this vocabulary at a young age helps our child develop savvy pre-academic and social skills.
“Culture and education have no bounds or limits; now man is in a phase in which he must decide for himself how far he can proceed in the culture that belongs to the whole of humanity.” Maria Montessori
Montessori cultural activities are some interesting learning. They typically include geography, history, general science, botany and zoology, music, and art. Culture studies can build bridges between pupils. When one child picks up a topic others want to join. And exchanging knowledge begins from that moment onwards.
“The teacher’s task is not to talk, but to prepare and arrange a series of motives for cultural activity in a special environment made for the child.” —The Absorbent Mind by Dr Montessori