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Pink Tower and Broad Stair-Wall making Understanding processes and patterns. Concentration |
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Orderliness and Diligence |
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Self discipline Balancing the red rods |
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Clamps Spatial awareness and finger dexterity |
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Cooking |
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Making apple pancakes from scratch |
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They grated their own apples, mixed up the batter, fried up their own pancakes.
This is done under the watchful eye of a directress who stands behind every child who is cooking. |
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Geography |
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Done weekly |
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We chat to them about the physical and social aspects of geography; moving from the global to particular countries and from the globe to particular landforms found on the earth. |
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Discussing Japan (above) and then colouring in on a map each country we discuss (right). Food of the culture usually also accompany the sessions. |
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Mathematics |
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Done daily |
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We are different also in our openness to materials that are not necessarily Montessori but have a similar concept. This is board above is very much like the golden beads 100 chain. |
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Self-satisfaction = self-confidence |
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Testing for starch with iodine in food and other items like plastic, paper and metal. (left) A sheet describing the experiment goes back with them each week after the experiment. (right) |
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Teaching with terminology cards. Terms=names=vocabulary. |
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Spelling is easy once you learn both the sounds and the shapes of words. |
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From concrete (left) to abstract (right) |
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Music and Movement |
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Done weekly |
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Our children learn teamwork and spatial awareness |
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Communication is taught through practice with working as a team. |
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Moving the tables and chairs in readiness for music and movement. |
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Click here for the termly themes. |
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They start as privates and leave generals |