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In kindergarten, children learn and develop the skills they will need to succeed at school and later in life.
The Montessori curriculum’s learning materials are structured in such a way that each child is encouraged to progress at a pace that promotes repetition to help with the completion of the subjects while also allowing for further exploration of the child’s interests.
Each day, the kindergarten students will follow a schedule that includes mainly activities such as math, language, literacy, and cultural activities. The flexibility in the daily schedule allows students to work individually at a table or on a working mat, work with other students on hands-on projects, attend a lesson given by a teacher, or help another student in the classroom with an activity.
The kindergarten students are able to move freely throughout the classroom, choose activities that correspond to their interests, pose questions, or simply observe their classmates.
Language and literacy include reading books, phonics, spelling, vocabulary, and word study and are integrated into all other curriculum areas.
The Montessori -learning math materials provide a solid foundation of math concepts and early operations. Through the use of math materials. The students are able to comprehend the process of numerical manipulation in a practical manner, which will assist them in assimilating abstract concepts in an older stage of their education.
The culture curriculum includes Botany, Zoology, Geography, Earth Science, Science, and Ecology is a rich part of the class
Physical education, art, and music are also important parts of our kindergarten class weekly schedule.
Learning Areas;
These activities comprise care of the person, caring for the environment, and lessons in grace and courtesy. These activities include activities such as pouring, sorting, transferring, buttons, mirror polishing, and many other activities using everyday objects in a child-size environment. These activities encourage good work habits, increase concentration, independence and develop coordination. The practical life activities prepare the child for all other subject areas of the classroom.
It is through the five senses that the sensorial materials prepare the child to sharpen their abilities in learning reading, writing, and mathematics. For example, a child who has perceived the slight difference in sounds with sounds cylinders will be more likely to perceive the differences in the phonetic sounds of letters. the grasping of small knobs on equipment enables a child to gain control over the small finger muscles he/she will use for writing.
Using the senses to explore the diverse materials designed using variable dimensions, color, shape, texture, and smell, develops all faculties of intelligence.
We use hands-on materials to provide the child with a simple and clear understanding of the mathematical concepts being taught; examples are number rods, sandpaper numbers, number boards, number beads, tiles, and games. Each exercise builds upon another gradually guiding the child’s mathematical mind from the concrete into the more abstract areas of numeration.
Language is explored phonetically in a Montessori classroom. Initial alphabet sounds are first introduced through sandpaper letters and matching objects. After the children learn a few sounds, they are introduced to blending exercises with a moveable alphabet. The practices with curved shapes like tracing, joying dots, and using metal insects are exercises used to refine pencil control and help improve writing skills. This area is also designed to help children to build and widen their vocabulary as it sets the foundation for understanding the importance of communication and developing increased language comprehension, reading, and writing skills.
The cultural area is dived into geography, history, nature, and science. There are many geography materials in the classroom to teach the child their place in the world. History assists the child in learning about the concept of change. By looking at the seasons, studying the weather, and changing the calendar daily it helps the child to establish a cycle of time.
Children are encouraged to explore nature with real sensory experience. this area also explores and celebrates other people’s cultures while teaching that all beings are fundamentally related.
Through artistic exploration, such as art and craft, role play, music, and movements but also through construction and malleable materials, children come to understand how things look and work in the real world. The Montessori method develops creativity by providing children with a sensory education of how the world really works. This knowledge lays the foundation such as artistic expression, problem-solving, and creating solutions.
After all, how can an architect design a building, if they have no knowledge of geometric solids? With this specific area, we help children to grow creativity in life and to be divergent thinkers which means being able to create ideas by exploring many possible solutions.