Unit 3 Emotional Intelligence and Spiritual Intelligence.pdf
Rising Stars Montessori School
1. RISING STARS MONTESSORI
SCHOOL
“Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is
not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the
environment.” – Maria Montessori
Our Mission is to cultivate the natural desire to learn and to
foster a lifelong love of learning in every child.
2. WHAT IS MONTESSORI EDUCATION
Montessori education is an
educational approach developed
by Italian physician and educator
Maria Montessori
Montessori education is
characterized by an emphasis
on independence, freedom
within limits, and respect for a
child’s natural psychological
development, as well as
technological advancements in
society
3. PRACTICAL LIFE
Development of everyday life skills through the use of reality
based activities. The prepared environment is created to learn
and enhance the skills.
Aim
Concentration
Coordination
Independence
Order
Preparation for math, reading
and writing skills.
Activities
Hand and eye coordination
Pincer grip
Muscles development
One to one correspondence
4. SENSORIAL
Hands on activities for the child to tune into
their five senses and enhance their
intellectual abilities.
Aim
Enhance visual, tactile, auditory, smelling
and tasting sense.
Refinement of the senses
Fine motor control
Hand-eye coordination
Preparation for math and writing activities
Activities include
Sound cylinders
Color tablets
Knobbed cylinders (Enhances Pincer Grip)
Long rods, Broad Stair( sequencing from the
longest to the shortest, broadest the
narrowest).
Smelling bottles
5. LANGUAGE
The sensitive period for language is
up to seven years of age. To
write, to read, to understand the
function of language and to create
an awe and appreciation of
language.
Aim
Preparation of the hand
Enrichment of vocabulary
Phonetics
Reading
Classification
Parts of speech
Learn Nouns
, pronouns, adjectives, Adverbs, Ver
bs.
7. SCIENCE
Students gain the perspective of science through exploration
and research in these areas. Different projects are done by
weekly.
Beginning science experiments Classifications of animals-
(sink/float) picture/folder
Under the ocean Classification of Vertebrates and
Parts of Fish, Flamingo and Frog Invertebrates
Parts of a Tree, Flowers Germination activities
Food chain of Fish Living/nonliving exercises
Solar system( includes a song Human Body
and learning the details, making Land/water activities
journal) Photosynthesis
Lifecycle of butterfly(book
reading, writing a journal)
8. MATH
Aim
Concentration
Logical thinking and problem solving skills
learn
addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Divisio
n and Decimal system
Materials used
Spindle box( teaches activity 1-10)
Sequin Board( learning 11-20)
Hundred board ( 1-100)
Addition and Subtraction boards
Multiplication and Division Boards
Using Bead material to learn calculation in
thousands (eg 1200+ 2400)
10. CULTURE, MUSIC, ART
The Montessori cultural
curriculum is an integrated
study of various subjects
Aim
Sharpen a child's power of
observation
Encourage love and
respect for the environment
Introduce the child to the
world’s great diversity of
people
Emphasizing harmonious
living on our planet
11. CULTURE, MUSIC, ART (CONTINUED)
Activities
Music time - learn
songs, play
instruments
Celebrate holidays and
events around the
world
Along with the
Montessori
materials, music, art, m
ovement, and
storytelling flourish in
the classroom.
12. SOME FAMOUS MONTESSORI STUDENTS
Google Founders: Larry Page and Sergey
Brin
Amazon Founder: Jeff Bezos
Wikipedia Founder: Jimmy Wales
Former First Lady: Jacqueline Kennedy
Actor: George Clooney
Management guru: Peter Drucker
Sims Designer: Will Wright
13. VALUE OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION IN THE
WORDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C_DQxpX-Kw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OCAdXjlLBA
http://youtu.be/cPIXzDRuEfo
Article on Forbes - Is Montessori the Origin Of Google
and Amazon
14. RISING STARS MONTESSORI VS TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS
Children grouped chronologically Non-graded (2 or 3 year age span)
Lot of activities designed to prepare a child's
Limited opportunities for prewriting activities
pincer grip
Children pursue their own self-paced
Class as a group - studies one subject at a
curriculum, individually or in small groups, in
time
various parts of environment
Postponement of cognitive development until Critical cognitive skills developed before age
first grade six
Phonetic-based, multi-sensorial, more
Traditional way of learning to read.
flexible writing and reading opportunities
Multiage grouping for community
Homogeneous grouping
atmosphere
Subjects are separated Subjects are intertwined