Sensory awareness

I would like to share an interesting article on the Sensorial materials used in Montessori -
http://www.blog.montessoriforeveryone.com/sensorial-work-leads-to-sensory-awareness.html

This is where Montessori schooling simply excels the traditional schooling! Every experience is hands-on (the child is actually working with the objects not merely listening to the teacher & trying to imagine) & therefore, more likely to catch the child's fascination & interest.

Dandiya 2009

Check out the Dandiya celebrations at our school - http://picasaweb.google.com/peacemontessori/Dandiya2009?feat=directlink

What have toddlers been upto?

Our toddlers have been working, reading, tasting fruit juice, popping & blowing bubbles!

Snack Time

It’s never too early to inculcate good habits in children. We, at school, follow a daily routine of offering “Thanks” to God before our snacks.

Children get their chowkis, lay down their napkins on the chowki & keep their snack boxes on the napkin.

We all close our eyes & offer our prayers –

Thank you God for the world so sweet

Thank you God for the food we eat

Thank you God for the birds that sing

Thank you God for everything!

Plates are provided to the children for eating. Children eat their snacks, sharing it with a friend often times, especially when they want to trade the snacks :)

They keep the plates in a designated corner, put their boxes & water bottles in their bags & keep the chowkis back in place

Simple routines like these go a long way in inculcating a sense of order, discipline, caring & sharing.

Janmashtami 2009

Festivals are an integral part of our life in India, potraying our diverse cultures & rich heritage. We celebrated the festival of Janmashtami at our school on Thursday 13th Aug 2009 with our little Krishnas & Radhas.

The children enjoyed viewing the Krishna Jhanki & listening to tales & bhajans of lord Krishna...

Breaking the handi...


Making & savouring "besan ladoos" (after all, mehnat ka phal meetha hota hai!)…

Click here for more pics - http://picasaweb.google.com/peacemontessori/Janmashtami2009?feat=directlink

Thanks to all our parents for joining us in this celebration & making it a memorable one!

Children at work

We often say that children have no attention span but give them something interesting & watch them concentrate ...

Rainy Season

While the rains in Mumbai continue to play truant, we had a “Monsoon” theme last month at our school.

We talked about rain wear & demonstrated its use.

We talked about rain creatures & children were quite fascinated by the family of snails that Jyoti found for them.

All we need now is rain & that too, lots of it !!!