Montessori Curricular Goals For Children 3 to 6 Years Old
by Paul Raymond
The educational program for the Early Childhood level in Children’s House is distinguished by a core curriculum where children 3 to 6 years old acquire and apply a breadth of skills during a three-year learning cycle.
Well-planned lessons are presented in a carefully prepared educational environment filled with specifically- designed, age-appropriate materials. The Montessori trained teacher creates opportunities for individual children in a mixed-age community. The children learn and achieve at a rate which meets their particular needs and allows their talents to emerge.
The primary program encourages children 3 to 6 years old to explore, to cooperate, and to attain academic and social independence. The acquired skills are intended to prepare each child not only for success at the next academic level, but also for success in life.
Practical Life
Practical Life exercises instill skills in caring for oneself, for others, and for the environment. Activities include many of the tasks children see as part of the daily routine in their home as well as lessons in the social graces and courtesy. Through these tasks, children develop muscular coordination, skills of independence, and focus their attention in activities that promote concentration and attention to details.
Sensorial
Sensorial exercises promote the development of the senses and the building of skills in discrimination. Children 3 to 6 years old develop cognitive skills by learning to order and classify their impressions through activities in touch, sight, taste, smell, listening and exploring the physical properties of their environment.
Mathematics for Children 3 to 6 Years Old
Montessori math activities help children 3 to 6 years old learn and understand abstract mathematical concepts through manipulating concrete materials. Children get a solid foundation in basic mathematics principles, preparing them for later abstract reasoning, and helping them to develop problem solving capabilities.
Language
The Montessori activities build skills in sound discrimination, prepare the hand for writing, encourage the development of written expression and lay a foundation of phonetic skills that prepare the child for reading.
Classification and Zoology
Lessons in classification and zoology expose the child to a wide scope of activities intended to promote interest and encourage reverence for living things.
Understands the basic differences between vertebrates and invertebrates.
Classifies and identifies vertebrates in the five basic groups: fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and birds.
Geography
Lessons in geography expose the child to a wide scope of activities intended to promote interest and encourage respect and understanding of different people and cultures.
Exposed through picture material to different continents and countries around the world and their general characteristics such as the people, animals, plants, geological features, scenery, and places of interest.
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