by Hidayah | Aug 16, 2021 | Montessori Learning, Sensorial
Children’s sensory exploration through touch alone and using a blindfold is the way to do it. They experienced pairing and sorting various surfaces using only their little hands! Which was challenging at first, but they were excited to try and finally succeeded!
Sensorial-rough and smooth: “Playing with texture in groups encourages co-operation and individual creative development. And just as importantly, it’s also great fun.” – Judith Stevens.
Everything around us has a shape AND a colour.
The elder children practised a deeper understanding of shapes, angles. And triangle is the best shape to study when it comes to angles.
When a child is aware of his environment, he is ready to discover more than he could be.
by Hidayah | Aug 16, 2021 | Exercise of Practical Life
“… in every child is the seed that will mature into an adult.” —The Theosophist, Maria Montessori
The thought of having a toddler or preschool-aged child help prepare breakfast can seem overwhelming or colossally messy, but it can work well when you teach children how to help themselves and give them the tools they need.
Getting kids in the kitchen and teaching them how to cook real food is so important! Start with young children and grow in the skill of difficulty. We can help the children gain independence, confidence, and self-sufficiency. I think you will agree with me. The truth is that the best way for children to learn these well and make them life-long skills is to be interested and involved in the learning experience.
by Hidayah | Aug 9, 2021 | Art Therapy
Some of our all-time favourite craft projects are born from recycling or re-purposing materials and we do it as often as we can! This week’s activity is making boats! Concentration and practice are the keys to success.
Besides, the art classes inspire seeing the children’s finished work and their expression of it. The dragonfly gave children the imagination to hold it in their little hands and fly around the house. And the paper spinner is just entertaining to watch.
“It’s not what you look at that matters; it’s what you see.”― Henry David Thoreau
by Hidayah | Aug 9, 2021 | Mathematics
In introducing mathematical concepts, real and tangible objects make it easier for young children to grasp new concepts when they can touch, see, and experience them with physical rods, counters, golden beads, etc.
Let’s tell time!
And if not now, when?
The sundial reminds me of this quote from Confucius:
“An inch of time on the sundial is worth more than a foot of jade.”
“The only way to learn mathematics is to do mathematics.” – Paul Halmos
by Hidayah | Aug 9, 2021 | Sensorial
Sensorial activities are used in Montessori learning to help children in discrimination and order. They also help broaden and refine a child’s senses. When a child combines Montessori designed materials with sensorial work, it helps them become more logical, perceptive, and aware.
The Sensorial area allows the child to explore the world around her/him through the senses. These exercises help the child develop a keener eye for the discrimination of contrasts and minute details. Each material isolates one defining quality such as colour, weight, shape, texture, size, sound and smell.
Children are learning about gradation – from the darkest shade to the lightest shade.
Sensorial-rough and smooth: “Playing with texture in groups encourages co-operation and individual creative development. And just as importantly, it’s also great fun.” – Judith Stevens
by Hidayah | Aug 3, 2021 | Culture, Montessori Learning
“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 Montessori Cultural Studies curriculum provides children with an opportunity to explore the larger world. As part of a rich exploration of the different cultures of the world, students learn about the people, terrain and animals of each continent.
Cultural Studies also introduces children to the physical world that surrounds them, providing them with the opportunity to explore real things and learn the scientific names of plants and animals.
“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
