The
Curriculum is based on the Montessori teaching method which
including five areas:
1.
Practical Life
The Practical Life section lays
the foundation for all other work to be done in the classroom.
The activities are everyday tasks that a child needs to learn
to master the care of self and care of the environment. Such
activities include pouring, sweeping and tying, as well as
grace and courtesy. The activities are presented to the child
in such a way that concentration, coordination, independence
and order are developed.
2.
Sensorial
The goal of the Montessori Sensorial
section is to educate the child's senses. This curriculum area
contains Montessori-specific materials that help the child refine
his or her experience of sight, sound, touch, taste and smell.
In addition, the materials of this section are modeled on scientifically-based
concepts, such as metric system dimensions or algebraic
formulas. Sensory experience
with these materials is the child's first step toward understanding
the abstract concepts they represent.
3.
Mathematics
Mathematics in the Montessori classroom
can be separated into a few major categories: beginning counting,
advanced counting, the decimal system, rational numbers (fractions),
and the operations of addition, multiplication, subtraction
and division. Concepts are presented in a very concrete way
so that children 3-6 are not only able to count, but skip count,
square numbers and work with numbers
addition, multiplication,
subtraction and division, memorization of facts is introduced.
4.
Language
Montessori language curriculum
is an integrated approach that combines phonetics and whole
language. The child is first introduced to letters and sounds.
After several sounds are mastered, he can begin to encode (spell)
and decode (read) words by linking these sounds together. Words
that do not follow the patterns or rules of the English language
are presented as sight words.
Once the child has
gained confidence with his language skills, he can use it to
enhance his studies in other areas of the classroom. He can
read to research science, geography and history. He can write
reports, sharing his learning with his peers. He can follow
written recipes and instructions, and record his observations
and results.
5.
Culture studies
The topic of Culture Studies
integrates and emphasizes a region or population's geography,
history, music, art, etc. The children study different areas
of the world, and experience concrete examples of that area's
language, literature, dress, food, artwork and music, both
past and present. This increasingly important area introduces
the child to our planet's great diversity of people.
