The Montessori Room

The Montessori Room

Montessori

• Preparing your child for ‘big school’
  
• The Montessori room provides a rich, stimulating environment which will suit your child’s needs
  
• The Montessori materials are child sized, attractive, self correcting & accessible, there are 5 sections
  
  1. Practical life materials allow your child to do things for themselves, aids concentration
     
  2. Sensorial materials bring about mental order, develops hand eye co-ordination, refines senses,
     
  3. Mathematical materials allow your child to learn maths
     in a concrete form that makes sense to a child
     
  4. Language materials follow the natural pattern of speech starting with sounds, words, phrases and sentences
     
  5. Cultural materials encourages an awareness of other cultures
     
• Circle time: learning new topic each week e.g. the big bang, dinosaurs, continents
  
• Group activities: singing, dancing ,story time, imaginative & role play, puppets, free play, musical instruments
  
• Art & crafts: Painting, gluing & sticking, texture play , cutting
  
• Table top activities: jigsaws, peg boards, threading, blocks
  
• Activities: water & sand play , play dough, cooking, glupe
  
• Outdoor: safe & secure playground with suitable toys
  
• Physical activities: action songs, throwing & catching
  
• Quiet time: library time, listen to music