Montessori Childcare
Little explorers (Prekindy) (13 Months -2.5 years)
Children in our Prekindy room are very busy and do not stop. In this room, the children learn to be independent and have free access to many activities and practical life The children choose their own activities and pack them away when they have finished. They butter their own bread, pour their own water, set the table, and scrape their plates and much more.
The children participate in group discussions, language lessons, cultural experiences, personal hygiene routines and grace and courtesy lessons into the daily routines. This prepares them for their next step into Kindy Room.
We continue to offer children art and craft, outside play, story time and children are encouraged to have a rest or sleep if required. It is a pleasure to see them achieve milestones and begin to delve into their academic capabilities.
Children's House (Kindy)
(2.5 years -5 years)
In this period of development, the children are absorbing the culture of their group, their society, and developing intellectually, physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually in a positive social environment. The environment is prepared to meet the needs of the child for independence. The child is able to choose work - purposeful activity that engages the child mentally and physically.
Through their self-chosen work in the 5 main areas (practical life, sensorial, language, mathematics and cultural), the child develops the abilities and habits of life-long learning, social conduct, self-discipline, decision-making, initiative, interest, concentration, persistence, responsibility, awareness and care towards others.
Once your child turns 4, whilst remaining in the familiar kindy room, we start preparing them for school. During this time they are academically assessed by staff and provided with the appropriate curriculum, using specialist Montessori apparatus. These children regularly remind us that as adults we should never assume they are too young to be introduced to certain things.
