Primary Focus

The Montessori Method

It is complete educational system geared at the special needs of young children. The Montessori classroom is a highly organized, enriched environment designed to stimulate a child's interest and facilitate his/her understanding and learning. While a child does learn at his own/her pace, he/she does so in a carefully structured manner, guided by a highly skilled directress. Using specially developed materials and programs designed for each stage of his/her mental, physical. social and language, sensorial for the refinement of the senses, practical life, geography, science. botany, lesson in grace and courtesy.

Secondary Focus

Developmentally Appropriate Practice ( DAP )

Practitioners who utilize developmentally appropriate practice make decisions about the well-being and education of young children based on 3 important kinds of knowledge ( Bredekamp & Copple, 1997 )

What they know how children develop and learn. What they know about the strengths, needs and kinds of individual children. What they know about the social and cultural contexts in which children live.

Using the knowledge to guide their thinking, early childhood educators ask themselves : Is this activity, interaction, or experience age appropriate? Is it individually appropriate? Is it socially and culturally appropriate?