All About Montessori
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buds:
Thanks buds! Will see if any local lobang... else may really have to pray hard the stuff from china no lead or melamine or whatever crap they put it... !!!When you receive the materials, check for splinters and protruding
plastic pieces or thin wires. As most of the products are made of
wood, ensure they are sand down nicely before working them
with your child.
First and foremeost, remember to get your child a mat.
Uh... why mat??? So the kid can lie down and sleep?? Or jump around? :idea:
Honestly, I was inspired by YOU leh... cos in some earlier post you mentioned you send your child to regular kindy but most of the learning with you at home doing Montessori! I wanna TRY to do that..
Plus, my #2 is now 18 months.. #1 is 3.5 YO... So was very intrigued about the mixing of ages.. cos now it's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to sit down with #1 to read or practise some work cos #2 will always be hanging around and insisting on taking part... but #1 work too chim for #2 what!! How to tell him? Hopefully Montessori can help me out!!
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Liljade
The mat’s for kids to do their work. They have to spread out the mat, bring the material to it, work on it, then keep the materials back in its original place n state, then keep the mat.
Sort of a work zone or discipline, if u like? -
buds:
That's for sure! Otherwise, you wouldn't be spending time helping us poor mummies mah...
Yes. But i am \"pure\".
My heart is pure as gold. :lol:buds:
Yup yup, been reading...If you've been around..
buds:
Can't agree more! :celebrate:the journey of a pure educator IS to bring out
the best in the children to achieve the best of their potentials. Agree?
Erm, I wanted a pure Montessori education for my boy so much that I even intend to take up the full montessori course so that I can teach him instead of sending him to partial Montessori sch... :oops:
But I reckon that that would be a bit too much lah... :siam: -
lonerunner:
Yes, I went to the workshop. Just try to see if any interested parties. i'll group and segregate by age n let NJ plan the lessons. Think she also mentioned can get teacher to teach as well.buds:
Thx for all ur encouragement! Now I get an idea on how to go abt it ... will start by touching on all 5 areas each week.
I cant thx u enough for all ur help!
ksks3mum:
hey, were u the mummy who asked NJ abt starting up a class after the workshop? My child's only 2yrs old, I think abit out of the age group rite, cos NJ mentioned that its better to get kids of close age group. -
smurf:
Smurf,
Erm, I wanted a pure Montessori education for my boy so much that I even intend to take up the full montessori course so that I can teach him instead of sending him to partial Montessori sch... :oops:
But I reckon that that would be a bit too much lah... :siam:
How much would a course be??? Do you mean those that produce the teachers? Then it'll take years right??? Sounds interesting!!
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Erm, I'm not too sure leh, it's was just a thought lah...as if I have the time to go thru the course...
But I went to workshop conducted by Nafisa...give me more ideas how to go about teaching boy...I find that you have to be more creative, coz there are many ways to teach just one word, etc... :lol: -
smurf:
:love:
That's for sure! Otherwise, you wouldn't be spending time helping us poor mummies mah...buds:
Yes. But i am \"pure\".
My heart is pure as gold. :lol:smurf:
Good for you! :celebrate:
Yup yup, been reading...buds:
If you've been around..
smurf:
:hi5:
Can't agree more! :celebrate:buds:
... the journey of a pure educator IS to bring out the best in the children to achieve the best of their potentials. Agree?
You see... teaching is a human-reliant industry where it is the person
that matters. If one works for the sake of the job, then the job works
one down... unlike if one has passion for the job then one makes the
job work... in more ways than one! Now that \"one\" trait not everyone
has. A teacher has to truly enjoy teaching and not find teaching a
chore, regardless of all the paperwork & preparation involved..
For me, the preparation part is the best. I get utterly excited even
while planning my lessons. I can imagine how excited the children
will be when i share with them the fun stuff we're gonna do for the
session. :please: When i finally get to do the fun stuff with them &
they enjoy them soo much, the satisfaction i get just from that is
priceless! :love:smurf:
I didn't start out believing in the methodology honestly. It was only afterErm, I wanted a pure Montessori education for my boy so much that I even intend to take up the full montessori course so that I can teach him instead of sending him to partial Montessori sch... :oops:
But I reckon that that would be a bit too much lah... :siam:
hands-on opportunities when working with actual children can i then see
and feel the immense pleasure of the methodology working its magic &
all the stuff i read and learnt in theory finally made sense and just flowed..
I was sold then..
Errrmmm.. a good handful of my students' parents are Montessori trained.
They either find they do not have time for the children due to work and
cannot wait for the end result... or they do not have the space and the
resources to work the methodology to its best. Some of their spouses
said, they wasted their time studying it in the first place. My take is that
it wouldn't be an entire waste cause they can bring the Montessori their
children have learnt in the day into their homes when they're around...
like a support system. Well... unless of course... when they come
telling me that they already returned to teacher everything they have
learnt over the years. Hehee.. :politebleah:
Having the materials at home just means that you MUST know how to
work with them to meet the intended objectives and know what to look
out for when your child comes to a road block in the midst of your lessons.
Else, the resources no matter how expensive and of what fantastic quality,
will go to waste. -
lil_jade:
Like i mentioned earlier, no harm trying out a few of their products first.buds:
When you receive the materials, check for splinters and protruding plastic pieces or thin wires. As most of the products are made of wood, ensure they are sand down nicely before working them with your child.
Thanks buds! Will see if any local lobang... else may really have to pray hard the stuff from china no lead or melamine or whatever crap they put it... !!!
Preferably the not-too-costly ones. How old is your child again? If around
say... 18 mths thereabouts you can try asking your husband to purchase
the dressing frames for starters. May not even be the whole set but just
a couple of frames if possible to gauge the quality from that supplier.
Frames of good quality shouldn't be loose after a couple of times you and
your child work with them. The dressing frames are fantastic for supporting
our children with self-help skills. iel. buttoning, belting, zipping etc
If they're relatively good, the next time your husband goes for biz trip he
can also help me buy! :evil:lil_jade:
You crack me up big time there! :rotflmao:
Uh... why mat??? So the kid can lie down and sleep?? Or jump around? :idea:buds:
First and foremeost, remember to get your child a mat.
jul04:
Yes my little sweetie pie. You are right!Liljade
The mat's for kids to do their work. They have to spread out the mat, bring the material to it, work on it, then keep the materials back in its original place n state, then keep the mat.
Sort of a work zone or discipline, if u like?
In Montessori classrooms our children work on mats. Call it a work mat
if you wish. The mat defines every child's work space. If you're only
working with one child (your own) then all the better for you as the
child is shown that he/she can only work with one material or play
with one manipulative at one time. Before taking another material,
the child has to keep the one on the mat very nicely just as how
it was taken from the shelf and then to return the item back at
exactly at the same space.
This routine helps children keep their work space clean and they will
have the unspoken discipline to keep things where they are. For the
parents, it is waaayyy helpful for YOU will never step on toys or
materials and you will never have to keep them. You
may sing a particular favourite song that encourages the
keeping of toys... like the one from Barney or from any
kiddy audio cds they're currently exposed to... or even
make one song up yourself! Can be a simple song,
using the tune of \"Here We Go Round The Mulberry
Bush\"... and just go...
This is the way, we keep our toys...
Keep our toys... keep our toys...
This is the way, we keep our toys...
After we're done playing...
Then, after the child has finished working for the day, the
mats are rolled and kept away till the next time he/she
wants to do more work again.
Hope this clarifies. :love:lil_jade:
Are you a stay-home-parent? :idea:Honestly, I was inspired by YOU leh... cos in some earlier post you mentioned you send your child to regular kindy but most of the learning with you at home doing Montessori! I wanna TRY to do that..
And you mentioned you're in Woodlands? :idea:
And you mentioned your children are 3.5yrs & 18mths... hmmm..:idea:
Hmmm.. who knows? Mebbe can work something out, aye? :evil:
I think first arh... :politebleah:lil_jade:
I feel so honoured.. http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.phpPlus, my #2 is now 18 months.. #1 is 3.5 YO... So was very intrigued about the mixing of ages.. cos now it's virtually IMPOSSIBLE to sit down with #1 to read or practise some work cos #2 will always be hanging around and insisting on taking part... but #1 work too chim for #2 what!! How to tell him? Hopefully Montessori can help me out!!
Thank you, lil_jade for making my day! http://www.freesmileys.org/smileys.php
My intention of coming in here IS hoping i can inspire parents with my sharings.. :love:
There are a gazillion things we can do with our children really despite people
saying AND thinking
that stay-home-parents (male & female) only
shake legs when we're at home with the children. At most we're only
good for house chores. :nunchuk: Scrap that mentality! Our office is
24-7 hokay..
That said, full time or part time... stay home or not... it is up to us to find
the balance. While it may not be what we want all the time, slowly things
will work itself out.
Firstly, you have to prepare your environment to cater to handling two
children of varied age group. Meaning you will need sufficient materials
for the children to be able to work with at the same time. This includes
written assigments as well. If one is tracing, the other can do colouring.
If one is cutting, the other can do pasting... :love:
On your next outing, recce for a few materials and manipulatives plus
activity books your children will enjoy doing and arrange them within
a space in your house where they can be easily accessed by them.
And get 2 mats, yah! :lol: Oh yes, make that 3! One for yourself too!
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Yo buds
I have a question abt \"The Discovery of the Child\" by M. Montessori.
I'm in the midst of reading the chapter abt speech. :snooze: All that stuff about A, M, channels & whatnot... browse skip skip.. browse skip skip skip..
Anyway, I'm reading the 1970s version coz NLB doesn't loan out the 1980s version :scratchhead: Is there a difference? As in, could the style of writing be more modern (thus more reader-friendly) in the later version? I'm thinking of buying a copy for myself to keep & refer to on & off. There's just too much info to absorb & remember. In fact, I can only agar-agar skim a few pointers here & there and by the time my boy's at that age, I would have forgotten everything! :roll:
Oh one thing abt dicipline : What happens when the child takes the material, works with it, then refuses to keep it? Or he plays with it not in the intended way it's meant to be used? Do we :
1) Take the material away & let the child throw a tantrum?
2) Let the child use it however he wants to, & let him get used to the system then try to slowly correct him?
3) Give up?
This isn't addressed in the book (or I haven't reacher there yet. I did read abt the Discipline chapter but it's more on the attaining of discipline as a benefit of the Montessori education) :scratchhead: -
Hmm.. why am I aws reading OLD books? :?
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