The Montessori School Balham

"Do not tell them how to do it. Show them how to do it and do not say a word. If you tell them, they will watch your lips move. If you show them, they will want to do it themselves."

Practical Life skills are not just preparation for life - they also help hand-eye coordination and concentration levels.

One of the early steps in the Art Card series - matching famous pieces of art and learning about the artists.

Here we have addition using the Montessori Addition Strip Board. The children can really see how the numbers add up and can make up sums for as long as they would like to.

Word building and then copying the words in to a book to keep forever.

Drawing carefully around the circle from the "Insets for Design" - the ten different shapes prepare the children for writing every curve and line in the alphabet.

"If we think of the child at birth and the child at three years of age, what an immense difference there is between them, what an enormous change has taken place. This is called The Secret of Childhood" (from The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori)

Counting up to 10 using fixed quantities (Montessori number rods) and loose symbols. Every step is small and builds on previous knowledge. This ensures every child is able to succeed with only the smallest amount of guidance from their teacher when necessary.

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