Classrooms and Curriculum
Classrooms
Our classrooms are bright and airy and have a full range of inviting Montessori materials.
A Montessori classroom is alive and is a fascinating and stimulating child-sized environment: a child-centered community, where all the materials in all the areas are arranged invitingly, on low, open shelves.
The children have free access to these materials and may explore, repeat, practice, refine and spend as much time with these activities as they need to, or for as long as the materials hold their interest.
All Montessori classrooms will have an age mix from 2 1/2 years of age to 6 years of age. In this multi- age setting, children learn from each other and they learn because of each other.
The younger children will learn from observing the older children and the older children, in turn, have the opportunity of reinforcing their knowledge by sharing it with the younger children. They also learn to interact with children of different ages.
The sense of community/family amongst the children in the classroom is magnificent to see. The sense of belonging, responsibility, grace, courtesy and generosity of spirit is something that is quite remarkable in the casa classroom.
The successful functioning of the Montessori classroom and the positive and unique learning experience is dependant on the age mix in the classroom and the fact that the children learn at their own pace, in a non-competitive atmosphere.
There is a non-competitive atmosphere because the children work individually with the materials. Each child relates only to their own achievements and their progress is not compared to the progress or achievements of others. They are able to gain confidence in the mastery of their own skills at their own pace, without interference or judgment.
The staff student ratio is 1:8 - as outlined by the Ministry of Education.
Each class will have an AMI trained Montessori teacher, an assistant and a French teacher.
A Montessori classroom is alive and is a fascinating and stimulating child-sized environment: a child-centered community, where all the materials in all the areas are arranged invitingly, on low, open shelves.
The children have free access to these materials and may explore, repeat, practice, refine and spend as much time with these activities as they need to, or for as long as the materials hold their interest.
All Montessori classrooms will have an age mix from 2 1/2 years of age to 6 years of age. In this multi- age setting, children learn from each other and they learn because of each other.
The younger children will learn from observing the older children and the older children, in turn, have the opportunity of reinforcing their knowledge by sharing it with the younger children. They also learn to interact with children of different ages.
The sense of community/family amongst the children in the classroom is magnificent to see. The sense of belonging, responsibility, grace, courtesy and generosity of spirit is something that is quite remarkable in the casa classroom.
The successful functioning of the Montessori classroom and the positive and unique learning experience is dependant on the age mix in the classroom and the fact that the children learn at their own pace, in a non-competitive atmosphere.
There is a non-competitive atmosphere because the children work individually with the materials. Each child relates only to their own achievements and their progress is not compared to the progress or achievements of others. They are able to gain confidence in the mastery of their own skills at their own pace, without interference or judgment.
The staff student ratio is 1:8 - as outlined by the Ministry of Education.
Each class will have an AMI trained Montessori teacher, an assistant and a French teacher.