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GIU Christian Montessori School is using the Montessori method of teaching from
Pre- Nursery to Kindergarten.
We nurture children with the Gospel and the word of God everyday using Character Education. A kid-friendly place where each child is treated as a special individual whose interests, abilities, skills and talents are considered top priorities. At GIU Christian Montessori School, each child has an opportunity to advance and develop at his or her own speed, with the teacher serving as a guide.
What is the Montessori Method?
The Montessori Method was created by Maria Montessori (1870 - 1932), an Italian doctor, pedagogue and scientist. A Montessori school places children in an exciting and stimulating environment where all activities are thoroughly developed to ideally suit the children’s needs. The Montessori Method encourages knowledge through activity, providing an effortless learning environment. During the day, your child can choose the work that is attractive to them and well suits their interests, thus fostering a child’s natural love for education and gradually establishing their motivation towards the future goals.
Key Principles of a Montessori Education
Your child learns at his or her own
pace.
Children are not held back or pushed forward according to the learning rates of their peers. Each child has different abilities and interests and is allowed to work on something until he/she masters it.
Your child learns how to focus and concentrate.
A Montessori Day is structured so that a child's focus is never interrupted by having to move to the next lesson before finishing the current one.
Montessori accommodates all learning
styles.
This is important because some children are visual learners, some are auditory learners, some learn through body movement and feeling, and some use a combination of several learning avenues.
Your child will master the important life skills of being a self-directed learner
Montessori’s aim is to nurture the inner motivation of the child while allowing the opportunity for the fullest possible exploration of his/her interests.
Your child will achieve independence by learning
How to take care of themselves, their body, their belongings, and their environment.
A Montessori classroom is a place where children learn order
This provides a sense of security and comfort that they will need to become self-directed. Order helps children become independent because they can always find the work materials that they are going to use next without help. Your child will be learning awareness for others and the fact that you have to take care of the things that are shared.
Your child will be treated with respect and dignity
Montessori recognized that children deserve and need to be treated with the same respect that we treat adults.
A multi-disciplinary approach is taken in regards to your child’s interests
If your child was interested in dinosaurs, for example, this interest would be explored throughout the curriculum. Montessori recognized that when a child’s interest is involved, any subject becomes fascinating.
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Parents are invited to visit our school to learn about us. This provides parents an opportunity to learn more about the many educational services available.
Curriculum
Mathematics
The Montessori math curriculum is very concrete and hands-on. There’s little direct instruction in math. Instead, teachers guide and counsel. This is similar to the discovery approach to math instruction...
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Sensorial Learning
Each material isolates one quality, whether it be color, shape, texture, sound, size, taste, weight, or smell. With the help of the teacher the child learns to identify these qualities. As...
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Practical
Life
Independence is an obvious benefit of learning to dress yourself by buttoning, zipping, snapping or tying. Pride is also a factor in being able to say, “I can do it myself!” There is no...
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Geography & Culture
The introduction of geography begins sensorially with the differentiation of land and water on a tactile globe, then progresses to the discrimination of characteristic land and water...
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Science and nature
The Montessori science curriculum, similar to math, is experiential. It’s very concrete and hands-on, with little direct instruction. This is similar to the inquiry approach to...
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Music & Art
Rather than being treated as “special subjects” set apart from the rest of the curriculum, music and art, are integrated throughout the Montessori curriculum. Discrimination of tones and colors...
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Character Building
Character building education can help our children and families. This is a teaching and learning method which fosters the development of ethical and responsible individuals...
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Pre-Nursery
18 months - 2 years
Nursery 1 & 2
2 years - 4 years
