Montessori (Pre-KG, LKG, UKG) from 3 to 6 years old:
The classroom curriculum for children from 3 to 6 years old is divided into four working areas:
- Practical Life: These are activities that aim to the care of the person, of others and of the physical environment where they live in. These activities include tasks that are familiar to the child: washing, polishing, setting the table, arranging flowers, etc. They also include activities of "grace and courtesy", which are part of all civilized people. Through these and other activities, children achieve coordination and control of movement and exploration of his/her surroundings. Children learn to complete a task from beginning to end; they develop their will, self-discipline, the capacity of concentration and self-confidence.
- Sensorial: Children at this age learn through senses more than through their intellect. The sensorial materials are tools for children to refine each of their senses. Each material isolates a specific quality: smell, size, weight, texture, flavour, colour, etc. In this preschool age, when children are "bombarded" with sensorial information, these materials allow them to find order and meaning to the world, raising his/her capacity of perception, favouring observation and a sense of admiration for everything that surrounds him/her.
- Language: When the child enters an
environment at age 3, they enrich the language that they had already acquired. They
are capable of using it intelligently with precision and beauty, slowly realizing
its properties. They learn to write, starting with their senses (hearing and
touching), and as a natural consecquence they learn to read. As an extension of
language activities, children learn about geography, history, art and music. These
areas help the child to know his/her surroundings and to realize the place the child
occupies in this world. They teach him to respect and love for his/her environment,
and they create a sense of solidarity with all humanity and his/her habitat.
Explosion into reading & writing – fluency of speaking - Mathematics: The materials help the child to learn and understand mathematical concepts when working with concrete materials that lead him/her intuitively to abstract concepts. They offer him/her sensorial impressions of the numbers and set the foundations for algebra and geometry.
- Drawing and Exploration:- Painting, drawing which help the child to write, mix with different colors, involving seeding and etc…
- Geometry Cabinet:- Square, triangle, Rectangle, regular polygons and circles
- Multi Skills: such as drawing, music, dance
- Geography: Learning world, country, state maps, land, soil, water, etc…
- Social Behaviors : Greetings, attending in the class, shaking hands expressing complements and appreciation and etc
- Story telling: Showing different type of picture and creating stories on culture, social, religion and values.
- Rhymes and Games: Songs on parts of the body, vegetables, birds and etc… Memory Games, role play, walking on the line.