Milton Hall Montessori Nursery School
Englefield Green Social Hall, Harvest Road, Englefield Green, Surrey TW20 0QT
Telephone 07949 824326 or 0208 907 5170
THE MONTESSORI CURRCULUM
Montessori approach to education
shares the underlying principles of the Early Years Foundation
Stage (EYFS) and supports the welfare and learning and development
requirements. Montessori approach to planning, to the areas of
learning and to assessment meets the requirements of the EYFS
without compromising Montessorian principles.
The EYFS supports these
Montessori approaches, which have been used for over a hundred
years.
The Montessori classroom
consists of the following main areas:
Practical
Life
The young child is attracted to
activities that give independence and control over their own life.
In the Montessori classroom children practice such activities as
pouring, hand washing and polishing. The purpose of these
activities is to develop concentration and attention to detail,
finishing each task and putting away all materials before going on
to another activity. The child may repeat each activity as often as
they like, therefore perfecting coordination and extending
concentration.
Sensorial
The child explores dimension,
shape, color, texture, weight, aroma, taste, pitch, and their
relationships through a series of exercises called the sensorial
materials. These materials isolate various qualities so that the
child can experience each one individually. The materials are
largely self-correcting so the child can accomplish the exercises
alone. Moreover, they are structured, building on what has been
previously learned. A sense of order is found in these materials
and the child acquires the joy of learning that their environment
also has order.
Language
Each of the separate skills
involved in the mastery of reading and writing is pursued by the
child at his/her own pace. Exercises include rhyming games,
matching objects to pictures, sandpaper letters and language cards.
Montessori introduces grammar, geography, geology, biology, art and
music to children. At this stage children joyfully absorb many
difficult concepts when they meet them in concrete
forms.
Math
The Montessori mathematical
materials isolate each concept and introduce it to the child in a
concrete form using manipulative equipment. Children first learn to
associate each numerical symbol with the proper quantity. The child
progresses one step at a time to a more abstract understanding of
the concepts of arithmetic.
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