A Day At Montessori Children House

Southwest Montessori center is a new Montessori that recently started a year ago. There is a small student to teacher ratio. Although the school is small, it has some high expectations from their students. I was amazed at their first graders academics skills. I am grateful to have an opportunity to observe such intelligent students.

One of the key founding principles of Montessori education is that children thrive and excel in an environment that is ordered and structured. One of the most obvious ways that a Montessori classroom is structured is in space: every thing has its proper place in the shelves - set up so the child can get things for him or herself - and when a set of learning materials is finished with for the day or for the moment, the bits and pieces need to be put away so that spatial order is maintained. Learning to do so is part of the self-care that is also stressed as part of Montessori learning. Many parents often try to imitate these principles at home, making sure that materials and other things that their child can use are in a place that the child can access easily. And wise parents also make sure that the rule about putting it away properly in the right place when you've finished applies at home as well as at the Montessori early learning centre.

Justine said “Ryker, you need to listen and sit down with everyone else.” Ryker threw a salt and pepper shaker at Ms. Justine and ran around the classroom screaming. Ms. Alyssa started to read a book about insects. Ryker ran around the classroom and screamed at Ms. Justine running from her and climbing up on top of the heater. Ms. Alyssa spoke to the children and said “Friends, do you see how Ryker is behaving. What he is doing is not appropriate and we should not act like that.” Robert Thomas climbed up into my lap but, looked at Ryker. I leaned down and said “Our eyes should be on the teacher Robert Thomas.” Ryker screamed again. Manaf, Robert Thomas, Jett, and Lucas turned and looked at Ryker. Ms. Alyssa said “My friends how about I stop reading this book and read one you all know by heart called The Pigeon Needs A Bath!” Lucas, Lucy B., Lucy F. Manaf, Robert Thomas, and Jett said “Yes!” Ms. Alyssa opened the book to the first page and

To create a supportive environment that fosters our children’s healthy, of course, teachers must provide active play/activities every day whether it occurs indoor or outdoor. Outdoor physical play, for example, the playground that has slides and swings should be appropriate for the children’s age, which means slides should touch the ground to reduce the hazard of falls for younger children. Any broken toys should be removed immediately for both outdoor and indoor play. Play equipment that is properly designed, well maintained, and correctly placed can help minimize risk and provide greater protection from serious injury. The space for the indoor environment is vital as well because we want to keep the environment as free from stress as possible,

Sidewalk’s End Montessori School was an exciting hour long journey which enlightened views about this type of private school within the observation. Lynne Casebeer and Grace M. Blea-Nunez own this school together. Students were from ages 3-6 years old and were at all different levels within their education. Most all of the children were only attending half day sessions, however, a few stayed the whole day. This observation was during the very first morning routines so most everyone was in cheerful moods ready to start the day. Montessori Schools have been around for a long time but they seem to be becoming more popular as a private school option for parents and their children. This type of private school is small in number and growing in style. Getting to know how it is inside the walls of a Montessori School is quite intriguing. Montessori Schools are unique in their own way, especially Sidewalk’s End, through observation, watching the children/students, and having an interview to gain more knowledge to understand that what is becoming of the schools in today society.

Justin’s mother’s was called into his grade school’s principal office. The principal, Justin’s teacher, and Justin were there waiting for his mother. She showed up, and they asked her to sit. They explained that they called her in because during recess when the children were playing Justin would hit girls. She looked at Justin shocked. They explained to her it wasn’t until they got closer they saw what was happening. The situation was that the children were playing house, and one fellow female student was the mommy and he was the daddy. Justin would yell at the mommy and tell her she’s worthless, and a no for good lazy (insert bad word). It went on and on, and when the female child would back away scared he would hit her. They took Justin

The article Montessori Public School Pre-K Programs and the School Readiness of Low-Income Black and Latino Children Article Response by Arya Ansari and Adam Winsler is found in the Journal of the Educational Psychology. It is volume 106, fourth issue and on page 1066. The year published was 2014. The article discusses the Miami Montessori school readiness program. It also focuses on the effect of Montessori school on two ethnics group: Black and Latino. The article has compared Black and Latino students in Pre-K programs in Title 1 Montessori School versus Black and Latino students in Title 1 conventional school. They have used various groups of 6700 Black and 7045 Latino children from end of four years old to Pre-Kindergarten as samples.

Little Acorn Montessori Academy became a client of Adzzup in July of 2011. After struggling to meet their enrollment quota, Little Montessori Academy joined us to increase their local search visibility. After a short 90-days, Adzzup accumulated a total of 9 lead captures, 53 phonecalls, and 36 reviews viewed! These incredible numbers have continued to grow since the start of our 5-year partnership. In October of 2016 Little Acorn Montessori Academy reached a staggering 157 phone calls from our marketing alone -- in this case, success is an underrated term! With enrollment growing, more children are receiving the early education they deserve and Little Acorn Montessori Academy is thriving.

Centre Square Montessori Schoolhouse in Blue Bell, PA, has a wonderful toddler care and education program that’s anything but cookie cutter.

Maria Montessori and Rudolf Steiner are both known as an educator in early childhood education. Their theories, principles, and beliefs share many similarities. But at the same time, show many differences.

Jake fidgeted with the play food in front of him. It was obvious he felt comfortable with the other teacher already seated with him; they had a familiarity that came with having known each other for some time. The other four year olds played around him but were careful to avoid his table; possibly from having history with him, or possibly because there was obvious fire in his eyes. A girl walked over and attempted to grab a piece of play food that had been forgotten at the edge of the table. Anger flashed over Jake’s eyes, I could visibly see him controlling his breathing, counting to ten. The moment passed without more incident, but he was careful to collect the food in a tighter pile near him.

Laurie becomes highly imaginative by thinking of telling his parents about his own actions as if another child had done them. Laurie tells his parents how on “Thursday Charles had to stand in a corner during story-time because he kept pounding his feet on the floor” (Jackson 345). Charles threw chalk and had to remain inside during his recess time due to his poor behavior. Laurie’s parents started to wonder if kindergarten was to distracting for their son, Laurie, since there were many

The Montessori method began in the early 1900's by the first female doctor in Italy, Dr. Mary Montessori, as a way of educating mentally disabled children. Her ideas were so successful with these children that she began to apply her understanding of learning to study the potential of normally functioning children (Oalf, 2001). Dr. Montessori's approach to education stresses the importance of learning styles, independence and responsibility.

“We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being. It is not acquired by listening to words, but in virtue of experiences in which the child acts on his environment. 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.”

How is the child’s exploration and orientation in his physical environment complimented by the Montessori materials and presentation?