Children's home
Home children 3 to 6 years
This environment will be host to the small of between 3 to 6 years, this mixture of ages will bring a great richness to the space, giving the opportunity to the smaller enrich themselves from the older and vice versa. In the same way as in the rest of the spaces, the child is free to work with the materials that you want, always guided by a person who will teach them to work with the same. In this environment, is carried out in a large group work, encouraging team work, through a variety of activities proposed by the centre.
Children of this age have an innate drive to learn about their world, their time and place, and make sense of it. The environment Montessori provides children with the keys of the world, and prepares it to find and occupy his place in it.
The “House of Children” offered to children from 3 to 6 years a safe and nurturing environment, rich in activities appropriate to their development. Casa Nido Montessori has a room for this stage with a guide certified by the Association Montessori International, who serves between 8 and 10 children.
The environment prepared by Montessori is configured as a “living room” for children and includes Montessori materials, carefully designed, arranged in a sequence from simple to complex, that provide attractive opportunities for activities with a purpose. The youngest children learn to follow the cycle of work Montessori, while older children to explore complex concepts through individual lessons and small groups as well as the interaction with hands-on materials.
Curriculum of the house of the childs:
Practical life
The activities of practical life are the basis of the Montessori classroom. Children learn to care for themselves, others and the environment through practical lessons of life. Acquire the ability to focus, follow a sequence and master fine motor and gross motor through repetition with these materials. The lessons of grace and courtesy, formal lessons in social skills, and education for peace, are included in this area
Sensory
The sensory materials are practical materials, that are designed to develop and refine students ' sensitivity to the physical world. They offer a way of exploring, sorting, classifying and naming concepts as shapes, solid shapes, geometric, length, width, height, temperature, taste, color, and more.
Math
Children use materials handling carefully sequenced to internalize math concepts. Start exploring the relationships between the amount, the symbols (numerals), and the sequence, and advance to more challenging themes, such as operations in thousands, memorization of math operations, naming fractions, tell time, and more.
Language and literature
The plan of studies of languages in Nest House Montessori provides children a firm foundation in the skills oral. Students are immersed in the English language and participate in games and activities to expand your vocabulary. Learn the basics of written expression through alphabets and mobile presentations for linking sounds with symbols.
Cultural
Through the cultural areas of the classroom, the children receive lessons in geography, history, life sciences, music and art. Although there are specific areas of the classroom dedicated to cultural studies, are also integrated into all areas of the classroom.