Maria Montessori believed that excessive, long-term praise can inhibit children from gaining independence because they rely heavily on the praise of those in positions of authority. As an alternative, encouragement can be empowering.
Please click “Praise Versus Encouragement” to read some examples.
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Dear Families,
Please welcome Adam Lacroix to our team as he takes on the position of the City Place Cook.
Adam brings over ten years of experience in the hospitality industry with progressive responsibility and lives by the philosophy to always do what you love and love what you do.
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“The goal of early childhood education should be to activate the child’s own natural desire to learn.” -Maria Montessori.
Please click on “Child’s Natural Desire to Learn” to see more photos of a child’s typical day in the Under 3 classroom.
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Throughout the winter months, the children dress in their snowsuits, wear their mittens, put on their hats and boots in order to head out to the playground and play in the snow.
Please click on “Yeah Snow!!!” to continue reading and for more photos.
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Here is one of our favourite and most asked for recipes.
Please click “Banana Bread Recipe” for our chef Ben’s Banana Bread Recipe!
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“The child can only develop fully by means of experience in his environment. We call such experience ‘work’.” -Maria Montessori. Practical life tasks provide an opportunity for the children’s development in the categories of Motor Skill, Self Care, Care of Environment as well as Grace and Courtesy.
Please click on “Practical Life Activities” to read about the Practical Life Area and for the photo gallery of work on these activities.
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Our Under 3 Montessori environment supports the need for children’s sensorimotor development by providing a construction area filled with manipulative materials for a variety of construction uses.
Please click “LET’S GET STACKING!” to read more about the benefits of building activities on children’s development.
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During the summer months, sprinkler day is always an exciting activity for the children. They have the opportunity to enjoy this sensory activity from head to toe.
Please click on “Sprinkler Day Fun” to read more.
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Casa commemorated Canada’s 150th birthday through a month of Canadian themed circle times, lessons and artwork.
Please click on “Canada 150” to read more and listen to the Casa children’s rendition of “O Canada” in English and French.
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Several articles have been published regarding the benefits of yoga for children’s health and mental well-being as well as on how parents can start a yoga practice in the home.
Please click on “Yoga for Children” for these articles.
ViewYou can submit your information in the wait list form or phone any of our campuses to add your child(ren) to the wait list at any or all of our four locations.
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