Category: Let’s talk Montessori

When everything was getting back to normal, another lockdown upsets parents, teachers, and children. Although offline and online classes appear to be a norm of the future world, young children below six years get adversely affected. In these trying times, if children below six are provided with the three essential requirements at home, they might be less affected by the present uncertainty and prepared well for schooling.

This episode presents activities for the development of the speaking skills of children. The activities include Tell me, tell me, What you saw! Identify the name; where am I?, How did I do?, Activities with nomenclature cards and scenic pictures, the narration of real-life experiences, Magic Corner, Antyakshari, storytelling, story building, conversation, etc.

In developing Kannada language skills, it is essential to allow the children to hear and listen to Kannada as often as possible. This episode presents how to create activities for listening to Kannada in any school.

This episode is about the kind of experiences a Montessori House of Children provides for children below six years. All activities, Exercises of Practical Life, Sensorial, Language and Arithmetic Activities, field trips, introduction to fruits, grains provide an exceptional experience contributing to language development.

The First thing we notice in a Montessori class is discipline. 30 – 35 children in the Montessori classroom, moving busily minding their own work without the teacher’s instruction.

The Montessori schools are sending low-cost Montessori materials to keep learning momentum and facilitate active learning at home. Many parents do not know how to arrange them and wonder whether to stack or organise them. If organised, on what basis?  There are four rules for displaying the materials as attractive, inviting, and stimulating for the children.