Why Montessori school??? Because..... (Lovely Parents Pls read it)

The primary goal of a Montessori school is to create an environment so that each day a child enters is like an adventure. The early years are so important for nurturing the eagerness to learn and witnessing the joy of discovery. Mixed age classes present a wide range of curriculum which is available as the child is naturally drawn from one interest to another. Some of the benefits that children receive from their Montessori experience are the following:

1. Learning how to get along with others, how to communicate feelings and ideas, and how to work together as a team, which are some of the areas our students "practice" in their character development.
2. Self esteem or confidence emerges as students gain skills in specific tasks. In the Montessori classroom, students are given presentations in every new skill. Through repetition and encouragement, the child becomes more capable and there is a motivation to strive for excellence. Too often students are pushed into competition before gaining the skill to succeed, leading to discouragement and frustration.
3. Montessori students are taught how to do things themselves. Even the smallest children can dress and feed themselves and move things about to take care of their own needs. By observing the students working around them, they learn to ask for assistance from others when necessary and are eager to give assistance when asked. This independence and interdependence creates a harmonious community, which is always noticed by visitors to our classrooms.
4. Discovery is the key to "keeping" what has just been learned. If a child is given the opportunity to discover how a concept works, rather than simply being told it is so, we feel it is a lesson learned for life. So, our students discover how a new plant comes from a seed that dies. They discover what the "0" means in a number quantity and how there are 60 seconds in each minute. The Montessori guide allows for these discoveries rather than jumping in too soon giving the answers.
5. Physical coordination is a series of exercises in movement.. Montessori students practice coordination in the way they move about the classroom choosing exercises, carrying weighted materials around tables, rugs and other children. Trays of activities are carried to tables where the students explore them; then, the trays are returned to the shelves and another activity is chosen. This is called “work time” which improves the body as well as the mind.

Skills learned in the Montessori classrooms help students throughout their academic careers. Students learn the following skills:

• Problem-solving
• Effective communication
• Time management
• Creativity through art, music, and storytelling
• Self-driven aptitude
• Joy of learning
 

Website: http://www.acgmontessori.org/faq.htm


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Parents nowadays are getting influenced by the primary school education style. They feel that preschool that their child/children enter is just a preparation before entering into primary school. Based on our experiences, most of the parents do not like to send their child/children to Montessori center, but to an academic school. It is because academic school emphasize on text books and work sheets. Parents feel that work sheet may help their child/children getting prepare into primary school level because Malaysia's education is just slightly higher than others.

Parents have forgotten about their child/children childhood and keep asking their child to study, attend tuition classes, and other extra class. In our experiences, when we were in preschool, we attended academic preschool and everyday was busy doing homework after school. We do not have much play time during our childhood. Toys like Barbie dolls, ‘masak-masak’, and etc do not have in our house because parents do not buy many toys for us. So, we hope that the little ones we see are not struggling with home works in their preschool level.

So, we are here to showing to the parents some of the benefits when allowing their child/children entering a Montessori center rather than send their child/children to an academic school. Entering Montessori school able make differences to the young children whereby Montessori school also prepare their children to the primary school level where not emphasize on work sheets but on their hands-on experiences.

Of course, in the future, both of us will send our child/children to Montessori center rather than academic preschool. And if we have the ability to operate our own preschool, for sure we will choose to operate a Montessori center as well! ^_^