tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-39782471133612512962024-03-14T10:17:29.562+05:30Peace MontessoriSeek...Explore...Learn!Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-88999170940665083792018-01-22T05:42:00.000+05:302018-06-29T12:46:22.154+05:30Festival celebrations an opportunity for multidimensional learning<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Lohri was the twelfth festival celebration that was done at the school this year and we still have three more to follow. We normally get asked why so many festival celebrations and the reasons are plenty: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Festivals help us understand the passage of time and seasons. For example Lohri marks the end of the winter season, it is the end of the small winter days and the beginning of long warm days. Moreover it is a harvest festival. Celebration of multiple harvest festivals over the year helps children understand that different crops need different conditions to grow. It helps to go beyond cold, warm and moderate weather requirements to explore the Geography, culture and traditions of the place if inquired by children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Festival celebrations help children learn to embrace diversity, inclusion, peace and cultivate tolerance. It shows them how everyone and everything is connected.</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They are a trigger for curiosity. Lohri celebration <span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">can lead to discussions about how people in different places across the country even across the globe celebrate harvest festivals. It can also lead to discussions about what happens when winter ends how is it important to mankind? Which are the other seasons? How do we know the onset of different seasons? Pushing it to know about the rotation and revolution of earth and so on.... All driven by the children. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">Imagine the joy of discovering knowledge instead of being dumped upon.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The children can relate to the festive mood in their surrounding, feel connected, contribute and even participate.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">They understand the importance and respect the rituals and traditions followed at home as well in the society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Festivals are our treasure house for moral teachings. The stories behind the festivals celebrated have a very strong message and communicating these messages early on in life leaves an impression of moral conduct in the children.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Above and beyond all the above reasons, at Peace festival celebrations are a time to polish life skills: wait patiently for our friends, give everyone their turn, be considerate and many more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So we celebrate all festivals with zealousness year after year as repetition of the festivals retains memory, pushes learning and curiosity to the next level every year. It makes a connect to the rhythm of the society and builds memories.</span></div>
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Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-62714948828392785752017-12-18T17:08:00.000+05:302018-06-29T13:02:44.413+05:30"When trust meets responsibility what develops is independent action"<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Our experiment with study in the park, saw its second version on 13th December.<br />
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After our first experience we were a little unsure as we had to abort the last visit owing to a small accident. But as most educators and psychologist will tell you, responsibility can be built only by giving trust a second chance....<br />
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We asked the children if they were interested in the outdoor study and all hands went up in unison. This was our cue and we grabbed the opportunity... We revived the memories from the last visit, revisited the episode and asked every child to explain what had gone wrong. Interestingly everyone remembered it vividly.... They even had their thoughts ready on how things can be done differently. What was striking was the responsibility they wanted to take for their behaviour.<br />
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The outdoors was a breeze this time - the older children took responsibility for the younger ones, everyone was conscious of their action, the green without the slides and swings was no longer boring, the trees had something interesting to offer.... and it was OBSERVATION. Beetles in the open were beautiful and worth stalking. The holes in the leaves opened up imagination and stories of caterpillars munching on them which initiated a hunt.<br />
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The smell was enticing and led us to the Eucalyptus trees. The excitement to smell the leaves and relate to 'Vicks' had everybody crushing the leaves and smelling them. Some of them even carried the leaves home to show to their parents.<br />
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The activity of making a painting brush with twigs and leaves had everyone scampering in search of their material. Some collected grass, some had big and small leaves and some came back with roots... but one thing was for sure that all had dirtied their hands with happiness. The experiment of painting with natural brushes was a hit as was mud painting.<br />
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To our delight the walk back from the park was easier than the last time as few instructions did the magic.<br />
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Who came to the school were a bunch of satisfied and hungry kids....<br />
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Our learning for the day was "When trust meets responsibility what develops is independent action".<br />
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Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-28494065142759070202017-11-17T15:54:00.004+05:302018-06-29T13:28:32.176+05:30At School after Diwali Break<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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kept mulling about surprising the children and still making it
meaningful. This was very important as most of our children are new this year
and a break resets even the most settled children. The thought was that we
do something that will make the children fall in love with coming back to school.</span></div>
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up to school in a manner that will connect with both children and parents. To our
delight the smiles that greeted us were way more stretched than we expected.
The conversations rolled with laughter at the entrance itself. Any apprehensions that may have existed vanished and were replaced with clear eagerness.
What met us inside the classroom was what we had truly desired. The children
had been missing the school and their friends. On the first day the circle time, that was meant to be 10 minutes stretched to 45 minutes, with many hugs and
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introduction to fall season. The pleasant weather and the colours of the season
fill both the adults and children with vibrancy alike. Both the seasons' exercise and the colourful spirals brought out excitement in children and kick
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Keeping the connect going with
home, the show and tell on "My favourite memory of the Diwali break" brought
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week was followed by a day of outdoor learning. This was a dream come true… We
have been trying to accomplish this for the last two years. A visit to a green
patch of our busy suburb with no external motivation of slides, swings and more
took children by a surprise. After an initial hitch in understanding the
purpose of the visit they were at home and very excited with the dry barks of the
trees, the fallen twigs, leaves, pebbles and ready to explore sounds and
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><i>"Only through freedom and environmental experience it is practically possible for human development to occur." - </i></span><i style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">Maria Montessori in The Absorbent Mind</i><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dr. Maria Montessori considered the outdoor environment an extension of the indoor classroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Every Wednesday we have been trying to take the children out for a walk in the park. Sometimes we have had to skip owing to the rains but other times, when we have gone out, our focus has been to spot the creepy creatures... with rains working as the vantage point.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The months of July, August and September at school have been focused on self and life cycles of various insects and trees. Spotting these creepy crawlies becomes good food for our conversations in the classroom. The life cycle cards used in the classroom come alive with a lot of questions after experiences with new leaves, caterpillars and earthworms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The ability to spot something interesting in the natural surroundings fills the children with excitement. On one day the children got a caterpillar in the classroom on a leaf. The caterpillar was the new pet that everyone wanted to take home. When a parent explained to the children the natural surroundings are the home of the caterpillar we all trooped back to the park and laid the caterpillar in the same place we had picked it up from.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The other day all the children wanted to carry yellow leaves and half eaten almond seeds to their houses as they wanted to share with their parents how squirrels like eating almonds,carry the seeds with them and make the trees grow in different places.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">On yet another day when waiting for a parent the children were hunting for centipedes..... and were awed by how a centipede was able to crawl into a spiral....the number of legs it had.... how fast it moved...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Tuesday 29th August, when Mumbai was pouring, we had to close the school for safety concerns on the following Wednesday and Thursday. We had lost our regular day in the park...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">What we received from a parent surprised us: pictures from the outdoor. She and the child had explored the outdoors after the rains and was blessed to find quiet a few friends, the crawlies, who had come out to enjoy the beautiful weather after continuous rain.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was followed by another parent sending a picture of a chameleon laying eggs in the wild.....</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had no words... Montessori is a holistic education, which sometimes begins at home and does a full circle at the school and on other occasions begins at the school and does a full circle at home.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">The Montessori Method stresses connect with nature because of its effects on the growth of the whole child. B</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">y increasing a child’s interactions with the natural world, Montessori guides and Montessori parents are promoting development of an environmentally responsible child and an adult, as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In my meetings with the principals of many pre-schools, I have heard them voice one major concern, the initial days of the school -<b> the settling blues</b>.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #666666; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i>"I dread the first few weeks, the children just don't stop crying. I wish I can do something about it."</i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Last year even Peace Montessori had a few incidences of anxious settling days. Crying is not only traumatizing for the child, the parent but everyone involved: the teachers and the helping staff as well. Since we are a Montessori we have admissions year long and these incidences of settling blues though teach empathy and compassion to our existing children, they emotionally drain the staff and the parent involved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This year we decided to do things a little differently. The journey began with first putting into perspective and respecting the fact that it is not easy for anybody to adjust in a new surrounding then how can it be easy for 2 to 3 year old, who in most probability have their first encounter of the unknown surrounding at a preschool... how can it be easy for a parent who in spite of knowing the fact that it is important for the child to go to school is leaving the child in care of complete strangers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">We knew, the first thing that we had to do was to build an open communication channel of trust with the parents where the parents and the staff were at ease with each other in a non judgmental way with only one goal: <b>the benefit of the child</b>. So we ensured we answered all their concerns tirelessly. We invited the new parents to come to school with the child and spend a few days prior to starting of the school. This we think helped the most, as it put the parents at ease since they had an opportunity to explore the philosophy of the school hands on. Also the child formed a relationship with the staff and the caretaker at the school, which diminished the factor of unknown. Moreover seeing the parent at ease with the school and staff helped the child build trust in the new surrounding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Come the first day of the school we still didn't know what to expect. To our surprise the children and parents who had accepted our invite were much at ease than those who had not. Though the first day of the school is always filled with anxiety it was much easier as for the child it was now about just making new friends and learning the ropes of play and work....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">In our zealousness we tried to implement our strategy after the school had begun with not the same results as the presence of a parent in the classroom does impact the other children and the operations of the classroom as well. But allowing for the same during after school hours has sealed the verdict - "It truly works..."</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">When the children arrived all our worries vanished... The smiles on the continuing children told us that they had missed us equally as we had missed them. The new children though a little cautious were at ease.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The first day of the new academic year and the answer to my puzzle was being enacted live in front of me. The children that I had thought would need to be re-calibrated were in the classroom as if from yesterday a</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">n</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">d were graduated to the next level. To my surprise the youngest of them all who had spent the year before observing the older children working was exploring new material, working with them relentlessly and solving without any presentations required. What amazed us all was the longing in the children to be in the classroom and working with the material.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">As we came to the end of the first week w</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">hat was clear to me was my team's role....</span></div>
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Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-1460030552490579612017-05-23T13:58:00.001+05:302018-06-29T12:50:05.392+05:30Happy New Beginnings<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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due to some unforeseen reasons. As always any change is difficult to accept…
initially it broke our heart… but in a few days we reconciled positively and
made it our mission to convert this situation in to an opportunity and fulfill
our dream of building a Montessori home: a warm space that will provide for
each child an individualized, creative, nurturing, diverse, joyful and
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activities that will help them learn at their own pace; children have an innate
desire to learn and children find an immense amount of joy in “work”.</span>
The idea was to build a child friendly place which would engage children from
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">The warmth of
the place with natural light illuminating it, ventilation from three sides with
windows opening up to interesting expanses of greens, blues and lot of curiosity;
open work areas for children with green play spaces hop, skip and run away is truly
a dream come true.</span></i><br />
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<i><span style="background: white; color: #333333; line-height: 115%;">We are very
excited with a place complementing the belief system of our team of passionate
educationist and professionals that comfortable spaces enriched for exploration
help build skills and a strong value system in the children. </span></i><br />
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exhilarated with the new beginnings in this academic year of 2017-18 and
believe our vision to cherish each child as an individual, who in the company
of mindful and thoughtful mentors can polish oneself to radiate outwards and
create positive influences, will bloom fully...</span></i></div>
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choice as the book is very well illustrated with bright and attractive colours
and evokes creativity. The story </span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">revolves </span></span><span style="background: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">around a black cow who
does not think she is pretty and is unhappy. She tries to paint herself in
different colours same as other animals around her and in the process discovers
that one should be happy as they are. In the story the cow engages with various
animals, which keeps the children interested. The repetition of the idea makes
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the children as we saw a lot of interest in them to read the story on a daily
basis. The idea was to naturally ingrain the story in their thought processes
and explore the possibility of it becoming a free form play where the children
could perform from their understanding with minimal adult intervention. To our surprise this actually became possible. Though initially the practice began with a structure provided by the teachers there was a lot of free form expression in dialogue delivery of the children based on their own understanding of the story. Interestingly the dialogues kept changing till the final performance, providing tremendous satisfaction to the teachers as varying children's expression worked wonders while keeping the meaning/context intact.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Watching the children as young as 3 to 6 years perform the
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Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-23104061096485153792016-10-17T08:29:00.000+05:302018-06-29T12:50:52.275+05:30Happiness is what I need to experience - Learning will transcend!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">- Maya Angelou</span></i><br />
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Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-73936692338645848882016-08-15T02:44:00.003+05:302018-06-29T12:51:13.948+05:30A Priceless Expression!!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It was a thorough delight to see the little faces light up with smiles at the arrival of the snail in the classroom. The children had been colouring the rainy creatures through out the month, singing rhymes and talking about the snail but to meet one in person was a complete different experience. ....<br />
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The classroom was filled with a lot of excitement when one child commented " It is so small!". That's when my curiosity piqued as I had never seen a large snail myself... and the quest began.... Our expedition to the colony of snails where we had found the baby was disappointing but we spread the word that we were looking for a large snail. Our wish was granted when the security guard handed me a packet the next day that not only took me by surprise but the entire classroom of excited children....</div>
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Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-24168245332140336502016-07-20T14:00:00.000+05:302018-06-29T12:51:35.460+05:30I AM NOT SMALL! I CAN DO THINGS AND DO THEM WELL – A Journey of self worth to self esteem<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<i><span style="color: #999999; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">"Tell her I can do
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<span style="color: #666666; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A four year old as part of her Montessori EPL
(Everyday Practical Life) routine had just finished the activity of peeling the
cucumber, cutting it, eating it and sharing it with her friends. She was
delighted and felt accomplished.The plea from the child captured my attention I
have always wondered about self worth and the difference between self esteem.
Here it was: A BIG ‘Eureka’ moment!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; color: #999999;">The dictionary
meaning of self worth means sense of one's own value or worth as a person.</span></i><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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meaning of self esteem means confidence in one’s own worth or abilities
synonymous to faith in one self.</span></i><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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just discovered self worth in her action of peeling and cutting a cucumber at
the age of 4. The ability to handle the knife like an adult and accomplish an
outcome similar to her mother had made her realise her potential, and all the valuable possibilities her hands could accomplish.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666;">In the request
to her mother, the child is looking for validation in her immediate environment
of her household to be able to analyse, what she had learnt was a worthy skill
or not; an invaluable connect of her worth to an empowering feeling of being of <b>HELP</b>,
a moment of pride, a feeling of confidence, faith in her capabilities.…. SELF
ESTEEM in true sense.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666;">Self worth as
experienced here by the child came to me in a new light, it was
momentous, it seemed dynamic it was not a constant,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>it was contextual….</b> </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The 4 year old had discovered a new level of hand eye co-ordination and was basking in
the glory of her new found skill. What the child needed now, was validation to
appreciate the skill, find it worthy enough to build confidence in her ability. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">An appropriate intervention like allowing the child to cut a plate of salad for
lunch or dinner would find right value for it and seal the skill
with confidence and faith; encourage the child to explore more activities, get creative, discover the various possibilities, build confidence in her hands and take
pride in them as part of her whole being.</span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.8000001907349px;">cutting a cucumber </span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666;">On the other
hand by not allowing the child to test his/her newly acquired skill in the real
world makes the child disrespect the skill and the child shuns away from the
work. Repetitively ignoring contextual validation for skills acquired makes the
children loose faith in their body parts, their abilities, and
finally in their own self.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666;">The three main
domains of learning as per<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="letter-spacing: .55pt;">Bloom's Taxonomy</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;"> </span></span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: "arial" , "sans-serif"; font-size: 13.5pt;">are:</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.55pt;">o <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Cognitive</b>: mental skills (<i>knowledge</i>)</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.55pt;">o <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Affective</b>: growth in feelings
or emotional areas (<i>attitude or self</i>)</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.55pt;">o <span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Psychomotor</b>: manual or physical
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.55pt;">This endows on us that all these domains
are interconnected and highly dependent on each other. The development of
cognitive domain is normally preceded by the affective and the psychomotor
domains, which begin development from the day of birth in form of </span><span style="color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.4pt;">observation, analyzing, applying gross and fine motor
skills, speech and language skills, social and emotional skills. All these apply towards b</span><span style="color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.55pt;">uilding self worth
and self esteem. The confidence in these skills paves the path to build
confident cognitive skills and self realization of their development.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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part of early year learning is not an overnight achievement but a gradual
progression achieved by multiple every day tasks and their validation, which help to recognise the worth of the entire being. It helps the children build
confidence in their potential, abilities and makes them courageous to achieve
every cognitive milestone in later years.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; letter-spacing: 0.55pt;">Focus on only cognitive milestones without
investment in building self worth and self esteem as part of affective and
psychomotor development in early years leaves the children dis-illusioned as
they find a disconnect in their goals and their ability to achieve them with
their being.</span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="background: white; color: #666666;">Lately there
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Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-24404879424208270212016-06-20T06:30:00.001+05:302018-06-29T12:51:54.476+05:30It’s just my first week at school: I am already building resilience, endurance and willingness to work!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">In most playgroups and/or preschools the first week is
filled with an atmosphere of initial settlement blues with crying and crankiness
prevailing throughout. </span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Both teachers and parents are at their nerves end to get
the children settled. </span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Comparatively Montessories offer a refreshing breather. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">There is no concept of settlement time. Once the children enter a Montessorie
classroom after overcoming the initial separation anxiety with parents
their senses are completely engrossed and tantalized by the classroom environment,
which not only attracts but engages them as well. The child feels in
charge without having to depend on anybody and is already in a state of
responsibility for work. </span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The environment of a Montessorie classroom with well defined
activities is relatable to a child and in no time the child picks up a work and is
settled.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">The ability to make a choice of work empowers the child with freedom and responsibility at the same time. The child takes the ownership and settles down to complete the task at hand and in no time the child is settled wanting to pick work after work and finish it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #444444;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Maria </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px;">Montessori's approach is respect for the child as a worthy individual, occupied with the task of developing himself into a mature human adult. This philosophy is visible at work from the instance the child enters the classroom. She observed children's need for independence, for self-confidence as adequate people, for control over their own impulses and emotions and a natural curiosity and desire to learn</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; line-height: 20px;">. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; line-height: 20px;">The pace of the learning is defined and driven by the child and is not mandated by authority allowing the child to feel comfortable and at ease. Within a day the excitement in the child is visible and the child is eager to work. The structure and the order of the classroom requires the child to finish the task on hand before starting a new one makes the child finish the activities with eagerness to learn new ones. The learning by action helps the child to self validate resulting in child repeating the activities till he/she feels confident. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #636363; line-height: 20px;">It is a visual treat to see the human psychology of self development in action from day one of child's encounter with learning. The age of the child is immaterial and the child is building resilience, endurance and willingness to work already.</span></span></div>
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style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"">to attend the </span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:30.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"; color:#C00000">SPORTS DAY CELEBRATION</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"">on the </span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:28.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"; color:#C00000">17<sup>th</sup> December, 2011</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><span style="font-size:26.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Monotype Corsiva"">From 10.00 a.m to 11.30 a.m</span></i></p>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-7094669826265043032011-12-09T23:08:00.002+05:302011-12-09T23:13:18.554+05:30Father's DayHi All,<br /><br />December 9th was celebrated as Father's day in the School. All papa's were invited to get a sneak peek of the activities conducted in the school. All papa's were given a chance to revisit their school memories by working with their child. Hope it was a good experience for them.<br /><br />Please do let us know about your experiences.....Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-71742266150868860562010-03-28T09:56:00.006+05:302010-03-28T10:39:06.962+05:30Sensorial Material<div>Sensorial activities are aimed at helping the child refine each of the senses - tactile, visual, auditory, olfactory, and gustatory. Sensorial Materials, like many other materials in the Montessori classroom, have what is called a "control of error." This means that the child will work with the material, but will have a way for them to check their own work rather than seeking out the teacher. This is done to help promote independence on the part of the child.<br /></div><div> </div><div>Ronak is working with the Pink tower - a series of ten pink wooden cubes graded in size from one cubic centimeter to 1,000 cubic centimeters, helping him understand dimensions.<br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S67gf6wF_AI/AAAAAAAAA5g/ExVw8fCnZms/s1600/Image0485.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453543037743791106" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S67gf6wF_AI/AAAAAAAAA5g/ExVw8fCnZms/s320/Image0485.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Madhur is working with the Cylinder Blocks - wooden blocks that contain 10 cylinders of various dimensions that can be removed by a knobbed handle. The purpose of the cylinder blocks are to provide various size dimensions so the child can distinguish between large and small, tall and short, thick and thin, or a combination of the two. </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S67ir2c-hbI/AAAAAAAAA5o/rCQ3mkWyzxQ/s1600/Image0486.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453545441771554226" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S67ir2c-hbI/AAAAAAAAA5o/rCQ3mkWyzxQ/s320/Image0486.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Nithya is working with Tasting bottles. She is trying to distingish one taste from the other & pair similar tastes together.</div><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S67jsj-WJMI/AAAAAAAAA5w/rLol3Su08eM/s1600/Image0488.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453546553502737602" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S67jsj-WJMI/AAAAAAAAA5w/rLol3Su08eM/s320/Image0488.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div></div><br /><div>Anushka is working with Secondary colour tablets & is pairing similar colours together.</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S67kJUBST2I/AAAAAAAAA54/iJfhJStLx4U/s1600/Image0478.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5453547047436308322" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S67kJUBST2I/AAAAAAAAA54/iJfhJStLx4U/s320/Image0478.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div> </div>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-83801026095223008752010-03-01T12:17:00.002+05:302010-03-01T12:42:52.637+05:30Rang BarseIt was all about colours in Feb. All children dressed up in a specific colour everyday & brought along things of that colour for "Show & Tell". Initially, we saw only the older children come centerstage & talk but by the 2nd week, almost all children had the confidence to do it. What was remarkable was that as soon as they would walk in through the door, they were ready to show their friends what they brought that day!<br /><br />Our month of colours culminated with the grandest festival of colours Holi !<br />Take a look at children having a blast at our Holi celebrations - <a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/peacemontessori/Holi2010?feat=directlink">http://picasaweb.google.co.in/peacemontessori/Holi2010?feat=directlink</a>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-18634357404001727772010-01-31T19:08:00.002+05:302010-01-31T19:40:11.434+05:30Dress up as a community helperOur children dressed up as community helpers of their choice. Meet the fireman & soldier -<br /> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='225' height='158' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dxPZJTpPsZWwqBntiJ3dLDqKpPh20KatT1BldEGRbMli7RJLyidVxC3xr-RQ9sFORNmcuYYo0buwGrKpuOgtQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe> <iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='199' height='159' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dybcTCExiOAIcBdbp60wm9J9oIUNGXEhvX_yEkKXKCN-fOSqN4mmqjjKwPNVQGURUE9U8N_136SuKmrGSCubg' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><p>You can view all our little community helpers here - <a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/peacemontessori/DressUp?feat=directlink">http://picasaweb.google.co.in/peacemontessori/DressUp?feat=directlink</a></p><p> </p>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-39939256253437506912010-01-26T19:13:00.004+05:302010-01-26T19:27:13.151+05:30Community Helpers Contd...<div><div><div><div>We had a few more community helpers visiting the school this month - sweeper, security guard & a tailor. Here's a glimpse -</div><br />A security guard with his danda & whistle...<br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17x-swCtyI/AAAAAAAAAuI/KNH0sxTVonI/s1600-h/Image0461.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431044260122244898" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17x-swCtyI/AAAAAAAAAuI/KNH0sxTVonI/s320/Image0461.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><div>Tailor aunty took our measurements, cut the cloth, showed us how the sewing machine worked & stiched up a dress. </div><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17zug_E75I/AAAAAAAAAuY/vGRQQYqy3rQ/s1600-h/Image0447.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431046181109428114" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17zug_E75I/AAAAAAAAAuY/vGRQQYqy3rQ/s320/Image0447.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17zuYF1SyI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/stOsDUlFh7w/s1600-h/Image0451.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431046178721844002" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17zuYF1SyI/AAAAAAAAAuQ/stOsDUlFh7w/s320/Image0451.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17zu6K4K6I/AAAAAAAAAug/n7FA_nwZVqs/s1600-h/Image0450.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431046187869809570" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17zu6K4K6I/AAAAAAAAAug/n7FA_nwZVqs/s320/Image0450.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17zvXw6j2I/AAAAAAAAAuo/fWetuG2Bx_M/s1600-h/Image0448.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431046195813977954" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17zvXw6j2I/AAAAAAAAAuo/fWetuG2Bx_M/s320/Image0448.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div> </div><div>I am eagerly waiting for 27th Jan when all our kids will dress up as their favourite community helper!</div></div></div></div>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-15873241367041268702010-01-26T18:47:00.004+05:302010-01-26T19:01:05.242+05:30Field Trip to the Post Office<div><div>We took our children to the Post Office. A special word of thanks to our parent volunteers - Varsha, Geeta & Bhavna for helping us out. </div><div></div><div> </div><div>Children met the postman & saw him stamping his letters -<br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17sp0GQGEI/AAAAAAAAAto/3iZAtaCSPng/s1600-h/Image0437.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431038403759052866" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17sp0GQGEI/AAAAAAAAAto/3iZAtaCSPng/s320/Image0437.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17sqMP-MQI/AAAAAAAAAtw/c8IOfjD0AWc/s1600-h/Image0438.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431038410242273538" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17sqMP-MQI/AAAAAAAAAtw/c8IOfjD0AWc/s320/Image0438.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />They also posted the letters that they had bought along -</div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17uON0T9HI/AAAAAAAAAuA/ujL9tA8Brjg/s1600-h/Image0442.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431040128650048626" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17uON0T9HI/AAAAAAAAAuA/ujL9tA8Brjg/s320/Image0442.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17uNyS16QI/AAAAAAAAAt4/xv28lWVaIaM/s1600-h/Image0441.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431040121261910274" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S17uNyS16QI/AAAAAAAAAt4/xv28lWVaIaM/s320/Image0441.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><div></div></div>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-74015010287320977352010-01-14T09:54:00.004+05:302010-01-14T10:09:54.577+05:30Community Helpers<div><div><div>This month, we have been talking about people & their professions like a postman, tailor, carpenter, plumber etc. Montessori believes in hands-on learning rather than picture talk. Hence, we have arranged for some of these community helpers to come to our school & show the children their tools. </div></div><div> </div><div>Carpenter cutting wood with a saw -<br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S06egNNgUUI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/vJk6DW0LUBQ/s1600-h/Image0424.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426448877167333698" style="WIDTH: 240px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S06egNNgUUI/AAAAAAAAAnQ/vJk6DW0LUBQ/s320/Image0424.jpg" border="0" /></a> <div> </div><div>& answering children's queries -<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S06ehEUBUKI/AAAAAAAAAnY/hvovhxAYTbo/s1600-h/Image0427.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426448891958612130" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S06ehEUBUKI/AAAAAAAAAnY/hvovhxAYTbo/s320/Image0427.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div>Plumber with his tools -</div><div> <a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S06excpF3qI/AAAAAAAAAng/GAXFX6QsQsM/s1600-h/Image0432.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426449173367348898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S06excpF3qI/AAAAAAAAAng/GAXFX6QsQsM/s320/Image0432.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>with the mother toddler group - </div><div><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S06ex2YQs7I/AAAAAAAAAno/_oJpZE0mmAY/s1600-h/Image0436.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426449180276077490" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/S06ex2YQs7I/AAAAAAAAAno/_oJpZE0mmAY/s320/Image0436.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>A visit to the Post office is next on the cards .Keep watching this space for more!</div></div></div>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-68359176401012421132009-12-21T18:43:00.002+05:302009-12-21T19:16:06.974+05:30Merry Christmas 2009<div><div>Christmas was celebrated with much fun fare at our school. Children were delighted to have their parents join them in the celebrations. </div><div> </div><div>We listened to the story of Christmas ...</div></div><div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy93iqZ-e4I/AAAAAAAAAl4/t9EOl5F_kx8/s1600-h/DSC01007.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417680314132495234" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy93iqZ-e4I/AAAAAAAAAl4/t9EOl5F_kx8/s320/DSC01007.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy94xU9OvhI/AAAAAAAAAmA/M6YCZj7Dh04/s1600-h/DSC01017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417681665584446994" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy94xU9OvhI/AAAAAAAAAmA/M6YCZj7Dh04/s320/DSC01017.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>sang Christmas carols ...<br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy94xl9mc3I/AAAAAAAAAmI/khLyvVVf_Ek/s1600-h/DSC01014.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417681670149403506" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy94xl9mc3I/AAAAAAAAAmI/khLyvVVf_Ek/s320/DSC01014.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div></div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy957uHNkrI/AAAAAAAAAmY/uWMbxWpyhbA/s1600-h/DSC01026.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417682943647519410" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 180px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy957uHNkrI/AAAAAAAAAmY/uWMbxWpyhbA/s320/DSC01026.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>& got a gift from Santa!</div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy94yNo0VFI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/MOO1w0FPkEs/s1600-h/SNC00049.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5417681680799650898" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/Sy94yNo0VFI/AAAAAAAAAmQ/MOO1w0FPkEs/s320/SNC00049.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Thanks everybody for joining us & spreading the joy and cheer of Christmas! Enjoy these pics - <a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/peacemontessori/Christmas2009?feat=directlink">http://picasaweb.google.co.in/peacemontessori/Christmas2009?feat=directlink</a> as we take a break & return back to school on 4th Jan 2010.</div><div> </div><div>Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!!!</div><div> </div></div>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-73713519696292565532009-12-13T12:22:00.006+05:302009-12-13T12:42:14.551+05:30Vegetable vendor comes to school<div><div><div><div><div><div>Just as we had called the Fruit vendor during the "Fruits" month, this month ("Vegetables" month) we had the Vegetable vendor come in to sell his veggies to the children. As we have been showing & talking about a new vegetable everyday, the children were familiar with most of the veggies in the vendor's basket & learnt a few more. They had even bought money with them to buy some veggies from the vendor.</div><br /><div>First, we decide what to buy -</div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSXhZmfWI/AAAAAAAAAhk/inWYsBdPJz4/s1600-h/Image0364.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414613584806575458" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSXhZmfWI/AAAAAAAAAhk/inWYsBdPJz4/s320/Image0364.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div><div> </div><div>Then we weigh it -</div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSXxusEHI/AAAAAAAAAhs/QiYT0q_XU18/s1600-h/DSC00999.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414613589189988466" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSXxusEHI/AAAAAAAAAhs/QiYT0q_XU18/s320/DSC00999.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSYd-xc4I/AAAAAAAAAh0/zrKNzxVaVno/s1600-h/DSC00997.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414613601068610434" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSYd-xc4I/AAAAAAAAAh0/zrKNzxVaVno/s320/DSC00997.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div>Then we pay the money & pick up our bag - </div><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSY7IfwrI/AAAAAAAAAh8/jd9C2uSDaGw/s1600-h/DSC01000.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414613608894022322" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSY7IfwrI/AAAAAAAAAh8/jd9C2uSDaGw/s320/DSC01000.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Finally, we sit & check if everything is in order - </div><div><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSof7q4FI/AAAAAAAAAiM/HJUVvz5SH70/s1600-h/Image0363.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414613876470374482" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSof7q4FI/AAAAAAAAAiM/HJUVvz5SH70/s320/Image0363.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSZGYy6uI/AAAAAAAAAiE/8SiPZmJMwDY/s1600-h/Image0366.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414613611915176674" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySSZGYy6uI/AAAAAAAAAiE/8SiPZmJMwDY/s320/Image0366.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-16244202218016164212009-12-13T12:03:00.006+05:302009-12-13T12:19:39.471+05:30Sink or Float<div><div><div>This was a fun and informative session discovering objects that sink & objects that float. At first, children just sat & observed what happens - </div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySNT_TpOTI/AAAAAAAAAg8/QwPXI8BXbKE/s1600-h/Image0350.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414608026557036850" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySNT_TpOTI/AAAAAAAAAg8/QwPXI8BXbKE/s320/Image0350.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div></div><div><div>Very soon, they all wanted to repeat the experiment themselves -<br /></div><div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySOIRxLh1I/AAAAAAAAAhU/S5mSrzYRJ8U/s1600-h/Image0351.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414608924865955666" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySOIRxLh1I/AAAAAAAAAhU/S5mSrzYRJ8U/s320/Image0351.jpg" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySOI5p_esI/AAAAAAAAAhc/1Fdf7fA47KE/s1600-h/Image0352.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414608935573224130" style="WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_5hSBN70bCN4/SySOI5p_esI/AAAAAAAAAhc/1Fdf7fA47KE/s320/Image0352.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div></div></div></div>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-39531339794850777492009-11-17T19:37:00.003+05:302009-11-17T19:41:53.537+05:30Introduction to phoneticsIn our Montessori classroom children learn the phonetic sounds of the letters before they learn the alphabetical names in a sequence. The phonetic sounds are given first because these are the sounds they hear in words that they speak or listen to in their everyday life.<br /><br />We have already introduced phonetic sounds of the vowels a, e, i, o, u to our children & request parents to practice the same at home. You can play I-spy games with them by placing different objects in front of the child, then saying “I spy something with my eye, something that begins with ‘a’ (Here, instead of saying the alphabet ‘a’, make the sound of ‘a’ as explained below)”.<br /><br /><strong>How to make the sounds?</strong><br />a for apple - Widen your jaws, then lift your tongue & pull it back while using your voice<br />e for elf - Let tongue push against lower teeth, open mouth & use your voice<br />i for igloo - Open mouth slightly, let tongue rest on sides of upper teeth & use your voice<br />o for ostrich - Open mouth, let tongue lay on the floor of mouth & use your voice<br />u for umpire - Let tongue lay on floor of mouth with tip against lower teeth, open mouth & use your voice<br /><br />You can listen to the sounds here - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-ns8tUIWP0">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-ns8tUIWP0</a><br /><br /><strong>Here’s a brief word list to get you started –<br />a as in</strong> apple, album, ant, act, axe, acorn, acrobat, alligator, ambulance etc.<br /><strong>e as in</strong> elephant, elf, egg, elbow etc.<br /><strong>i as in</strong> igloo, ink, inkpot, injection, instruction<br /><strong>o as in</strong> ostrich, old, ox, open etc.<br /><strong>u as in</strong> umbrella, umpire, under etc.<br /><br />Once children are familiar with these sounds at the beginning of the word, you can<br />introduce words which have the sound in the middle of the word e.g. fan, stand, bag, cat etc.Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3978247113361251296.post-1012503195056450372009-11-15T16:44:00.002+05:302009-11-15T16:58:03.848+05:30Diwali 2009Diwali was the perfect occassion to have a get-together for our wonderful children & their parents. Enjoy these moments - <a href="http://picasaweb.google.co.in/peacemontessori/Diwali2009?feat=directlink">http://picasaweb.google.co.in/peacemontessori/Diwali2009?feat=directlink</a>Peace Montessorihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15325619519218146213noreply@blogger.com0