All About Montessori

[Maize]

Laurenwkids:

Hi,


Just chanced upon this thread, can I ask what are the diploma courses for montessori, it for teachers or for us parents? My niece needs a lot of help in reading and her parents feel that they need to do a lot of coaching at home as well but do not know how to. I am wondering if these diploma courses will help?

Hi Laurenwkids

The diploma course are for teachers as well as parents. It is about 1 yr course where you will have to do assignments etc and sit for an examination. After that u will be awarded a Diploma.

But if you are only interested in doing Homeschooling for yr kids and also to teach students at home or as an Enrichment then you can just join the
Mathematics or Phonics course .

Here is the the link to the courses

http://montessoriprogram.com/montessori-phonics-workshop

http://montessoriprogram.com/mathematics

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[buds]

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I'm really slammed at the moment with hardly any time at all to sit in front of laptop to construct proper replies. I will try my best to get back to all as soon as i can. :grphug:

[Kabby]

buds:

Many apologies my cyber friends.. :oops:


I'm really slammed at the moment with hardly any time at all to sit in front of laptop to construct proper replies. I will try my best to get back to all as soon as i can. :grphug:

take your time buds. with babies around, can be really busy too! especially since buds_chubs would be more and more mobile now right? :grphug: :snuggles:

[blueroti]

Hi guys

need your advice - i’m planning to send my girl to Pat’s school house for K1 but chanced upon this thread and am pretty intrigued by what you have shared about the montessori approach. am wondering if i should send my girl to a montessori school instead?
appreciate your advice! thanks!

[Kabby]

blueroti:

Hi guys

need your advice - i'm planning to send my girl to Pat's school house for K1 but chanced upon this thread and am pretty intrigued by what you have shared about the montessori approach. am wondering if i should send my girl to a montessori school instead?
appreciate your advice! thanks!

hi blueroti,
did you see the Pats' schoolhouse thread in KSP forum too? you can ask parents there about the center you are interested in. and then visit the school as well.

as for Montessori, you can also visit a few schools and read up some. see which would be better for your beliefs and for your girl. different strokes for different folks.

for me, i sent my ds2 to Pats'. You can find me at that thread too.

but for my dd, i am sending to Montessori. it's just about personal preference and what fits/ suits your child best, i feel.

Both curricula/ principles are good, in my own opinion.

[blueroti]

hi kabalevsky

thanks very much for your reply. i have checked out the Pat’s school house thread too. i have only gone down to Pat’s Raffles centre which is their new centre next to Raffles hotel. didn’t really like the place coz’ it’s an enclosed area.

as for montessori, when i google, i found so many schools with different permutation using the montessori names. it’s only when i read this thread then did i realise it’s coz’ they are operated by different people but what’s similar is that they adopt the montessori teaching method. i’m not familiar with the montessori method tho so guess you’re right, i will have to chk out the schools before deciding.

but if i may ask - why did u send your dd to montessori and ds2 to pat’s? is it to try both curricula? thanks much!

[Kabby]

blueroti:

hi kabalevsky

thanks very much for your reply. i have checked out the Pat's school house thread too. i have only gone down to Pat's Raffles centre which is their new centre next to Raffles hotel. didn't really like the place coz' it's an enclosed area.

as for montessori, when i google, i found so many schools with different permutation using the montessori names. it's only when i read this thread then did i realise it's coz' they are operated by different people but what's similar is that they adopt the montessori teaching method. i'm not familiar with the montessori method tho so guess you're right, i will have to chk out the schools before deciding.

but if i may ask - why did u send your dd to montessori and ds2 to pat's? is it to try both curricula? thanks much!

no it's because their personalities and character/ strengths and weaknesses are different.

for ds2, we were overseas for 3yrs during his crucial language acquisition stage. we left when he was 1.5yo and returned only when he was almost 5yrs. he barely spoke a word of Mandarin. he could not recognise any Chinese words except his own name, yes, at 5yo.

this is despite my best efforts at speaking mandarin at home in US, but because the environment is totally American English, he just would not speak in Mandarin nor use it to reply me. he felt that he can get along with others perfectly fine in English, so Mandarin was no use to him.

when we were back, i searched for kindies and schools with strong Chinese emphasis for him. i needed something to complement what I was doing at home. something to compel him to speak and use the language. I found Pat's curriculum for Chinese excellent, and the Chinese trs at the center near my house are wonderful.

in 2 months, he was able to first recognise many more Chinese words. and in 3 months, he was able to reply me properly. although now, he still pronounces some words in an ang moh way (wrong pronunciation) but oh... he can read Chinese books and basically is well prepared for P1 Chinese now.

There are Montessori schools around here but they are all 70-80% English, not like Pat's. There are some Monte schools conducting lessons entirely in Mandarin, like Tiong Bahru's CS Montessori and the Monte school near King Albert Park. But that's too far for ds2 to travel to, on a daily basis.

For dd, she is very active, and from birth, she is super curious. She likes to touch everything and handle them. She fiddles with everything and wants to figure out how they work. I think a Montessori school will satisfy her hands-on urge and approach to learning things.

For her, Chinese is not a concern yet cos we are now in an environment where she hears and sees Chinese daily. And no rush to prepare her for P1, lol.

I could go on and on explaining why I chose different schools for different kids, like Primary schools too, but it'd make this post long and hard to read, and OT too.

hope this is sufficient?

[blueroti]

hi kabalevsky

thanks for the explanation! it sure is helpful, really appreciate it. hmmm…looks like i’ve to chk out the montessori schools before deciding. thanks again!

[Kabby]

all the best in finding the best school for your child! :celebrate: