All About Montessori

[buds]

Who says boys can't have fantastic fine-motor skills? Montessorian boys are the best examples of boys having refined motor skills. This enables them to have great pincer grip that is so great in preparation for tracing, future writing and self-feeding... without the mess! :rahrah: My tiger_chubs self-fed when he was only about 14mths thereabouts and even then there was minimal mess if any. If there was, he even knew how to clear it up. :please:


We've been working these stuff at home..

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How about you?

PS. Will find time to share more about the refinement of fine-motor skills..

[lyra]

This is great, buds! My boy is 18 month old and he has taken a keen interest in self feeding. But his motor skills lacks way behind his verbal skills. He kept insisting "kieran feed" n does not allow me to take his spoon to feed him. But he’s messing up, food accidentally slipped out of the spoon which he holds slanted, slipped out of his mouth when he miscalculated when it was sent into his mouth, thrown out onto floor when he used too much energy in frustration that he cannot scoop up the food properly. Really a big mess!


Few months before, we trained him to scoop up his small square blocks with big spoon n transfer from one bowl to the next. That’s how he got interest in scooping n feeding himself, I guess.

So how do I train his motor skills more n reduce the mess? Or is it just a developmental thing?

[xjlcasper]

Hi


Does anyone have review of Josiah Montessori at Changi Business Park? Their Simei branch has been tentatively moved to Changi Business Park too.

My boy is turning 2, considering if that is a good school to send him after 2.

Thanks

[Imsoobusy]

Any one has review abt Phyllis’ Riccia preschool formerly known as faith montessori?

I wanted to change my boy n2 over, as I have gone back to work and my boy is used to montessori enviroment.

Does anyone have other montessori childcare to intro too? I am staying around clementi.

Thanks

[brainkuku]

It has been a long time since i last came into this forum… and finally… i enrolled my son to a montessori based school after brain washing my hb!!! EYM… and realise that there a ppl talking about this school…


I went for the school observation. I would say that the kids there are very well behave. They do things on their own and they are quite independent. Their theme for this term is Marine Life and by now they have brought them to the Marine life park…

Further to that, during observation, I notice the kids asked intelligent questions…

After half hr of observation plus talking with the principal, finally decided enroll him there…

p.s. the principal is a bit weird though… but it doesnt bother me… hahaa…

The next qn is… after putting him in a fully montessori based school, should i bring him out for a more academic based school in K1 or K2 as a transition period to Pri 1.

Still worrying about him not able to catch up in Pri 1 and lose interest in learning vis-a-vis stressing him too much… stress

[Dec]

Hi,

Anyone heard of young genius Montessori enrichment ?
Any feedback of their enrichment ?
Tia

[missP]

I was not able to find a good full day montessori based childcare in Bishan area. So had to settle for a normal one…though i would really prefer a montessori one.


Any idea if there are any schools that have 2hr montessori parent-child class during the weekend in the east?

My child is coming 2yr old this June.

Thanks

[Kelly11]

Hi,


Anyone keen to buy regular sized montessori materials? I have the following: red rods , knobbed cylinders (4x) and knobless cylinders (4x). They are all BNIB, except for 2 of the knobbed cylinders which is barely used.

Was planning to use it at home with my child but decided to send her to a monte school instead since I started travelling for work.

Pls PM me or email me at [email protected] if you are interereted.

[ksctsp]

My 5 year old kid attends Chinese Montessori preschool @ TD Education near Paya Lebar MRT, 3 hours daily.


The school developed comprehensive and interesting text/workbooks which are also use at NTU Confucius Institute enrichment class and many childcare centres (e.g. St James, Innate Montessori etc). My kid's favorite place is the library, which comprises > 4000 books and he has cultivated the habit of reading 4 books daily.

From a kid who refuses to speak mandarin transforming to one who can't stop using Chinese daily in a short span of time, kudos to the teachers. They have definitely exceeded our expectation.

The school conducts enrichment classes too and coming June, there is a Holiday Chinese Program for Kids. Also, there is a Free Workshop for Pre-primary kids on 1st June. Refer to the website for more info. (http://www.tdgrp.com.sg)

[Granny]

After half hr of observation plus talking with the principal, finally decided enroll him there..


p.s. the principal is a bit weird though.. but it doesnt bother me.. hahaa..

The next qn is.. after putting him in a fully montessori based school, should i bring him out for a more academic based school in K1 or K2 as a transition period to Pri 1.




Hi Mommy (cannot bring myself to address you as 'Brainkuku'

is your child in pm session?
not to worry abt all the stress the P1 transition. The children are
able to progress because they are adaptable. They must be given a
motivating environment. They will become self learners.

rgds,
Granny.