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OUR CLASSROOM
The Montessori classroom is a child's sized world. Whatever is in the outside world can be incorporated meaningfully in the Montessori classroom. By careful selection of materials, an environment is set up that allows the child to explore life at a level he can understand. The materials or exercises are designed to stimulate independent exploration. This prepared environment entices the child to proceed at his own pace from simple activities to more complex ones. Through this process, the child's natural curiosity is satisfied and he begins to experience the joy of discovering the world around him. There are 5 distinguishing areas of a Montessori classroom:
- Practical Life
- the exercises in this area enable the child to become independent individuals by learning how to care for themselves and their environment. These exercises help the child develop concentration and coordination skills.
- Sensorial
- the sensorial materials help the child distinguish, classify and categorize sensory impressions by isolating one defining quality such as color, weight, size, sound, texture, etc..
- Mathematics
- these materials help the child make concrete representations of abstract mathematical concepts. The materials allow the child to demonstrate to himself many mathematical operations, which eventually develops into early enthusiasm for numbers.
- Language
- the language materials foster and enrich oral language development, written expression, reading skills and the study of grammar. The exercises allow the children to interrelate the phonetic sounds of the alphabet and their symbols in an enjoyable and effortless manner.
- Culture
- the cultural subjects that are a part of the Montessori program are art, music, dance, history, geography and biology.
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