What is individual activity in Montessori?

Individuality is a premier Montessori educational principle often expressed as “follow the child.” At Rochester Montessori School, your child is respected as a person with unique abilities and potentials. We want your child to become all he or she is meant to be.

What is children’s House Montessori?

The Montessori Children’s House (nursery or preschool age) is a mixed-age environment specifically designed to help children between the ages of 2½ to 6 years to develop at their own pace, choosing their own activities from the Montessori materials displayed in an ordered and accessible way.

Why is individual lessons important?

Private lessons help children achieve the greatest amount of success in the least amount of time. Provides a sense of identity: Private lessons give children a sense of identity. It is a special time just for them where they can meet with their teacher and work together to improve their own skills and build confidence.

What is Montessori style of teaching?

Montessori is a method of education that is based on self-directed activity, hands-on learning and collaborative play. In Montessori classrooms children make creative choices in their learning, while the classroom and the highly trained teacher offer age-appropriate activities to guide the process.

What do you mean by children’s house?

A children’s home is a large house where children and young people live together as a group, with professional staff to look after them. Children’s homes aim to make sure that they meet the needs of children who can’t live with their own families.

Why is child movement important?

Research suggests that promoting movement and activity in young children can help increase memory, perception, language, attention, emotion and even decision making. When language is combined with movement, learning increases 90 percent. Movement has also been shown to help calm and promote alertness in infants.

What is learning through movement?

Moving to Learn, Learning to Move Creative Learning through Movement (CLTM) is a somatic approach to social-emotional learning for children which integrates motor, cognitive, and social-emotional learning. Classes are based on experiential learning– exploring, discovering and creating through movement.