Practical life materials give young children the opportunity to practice real life tasks by imitating experiences they see in their environment. Their strong desire for repetition helps them to develop and improve refinement of the hand, wrist and arm, independence, concentration, hand eye co-ordination, order of sequence, and fine motor skills, while developing life-long skills. (Please click for more photos and information.)
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The children gently and carefully dust and wipe each leaf, making sure that all the plants are looking their best and are as healthy as can be. Caring for their environment helps children practice being active contributors to their community.
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Pop-up activities allow the child to develop their fine motor strength, hand-eye coordination, curiosity, and concentration. As they explore, their actions elicit a response, and the child can observe a cause-and-effect relationship.
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The children took turns digging holes and delicately placing the flowers in. They learned that they had to cover the roots with soil and diligently water them so that the flowers continue to thrive. We have enjoyed watching the flowers bloom and bring colour and life to the playground.
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Empathy training is an important part of our Montessori classroom. Through the Second Step early learning program, we continuously engage the children in social emotional learning through tools such as puppets, picture cards, songs, role playing, and poems are used to build empathy.
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Earth Day is a great time to learn about our planet and how we can take care of it every day. Some of our activities included using recycled newspaper to make biodegradable planters and then filling the planters with soil and seeds, and misting them with water.
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As the children in the Under 2 classroom start to imitate the practical life around them, they are offered child-size materials to use to fulfill their need for exploration, movement, acquisition, repetition, and feeling that they can be part of the community. Here are some pictures of the children assisting with cleaning and caring for their environment.
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The North Casa children filled two glasses with water and food colouring. They dipped one side of a paper towel into the colourful water and folded the rest of the paper towel over into an empty glass between the other 2 glasses. As an added element, the red water and the blue water combined in the middle glass to make purple water. It was such a sight to see!
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During their weekly class, the children participate in a variety of activities that encourage their French language and literacy skills. Through songs, poems, learning cards and games, the children learn vocabulary pertaining to colours, foods, days of the week, months of the year, weather, animals, shapes, numbers and simple phrases and questions.
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The children in the Under 3 Community were thrilled to play with Snow!!! The first snowfall was an exciting experience for the children as they used their gross and fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, and senses to shovel, scoop, mold, and go sledding!
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