Palm Springs Montessori Integrated School, Inc., Baguio City

While everyone is at home, most especially our young learners, we shared something creative that will maximize their time in exploring virtual animals in 3D.

Look how our little learner enjoys her staying at home with these amazing animals in 3D. And yes! We are inviting parents to try this with your kids at home.

The greatest sign of success for a teacher is to be able to say, "The children are now working as if I did not exist." -Maria Montessori

Celebrating World's Teachers' Day with children inside the Montessori classroom by doing some artwork activity through painting and eating nutritious snacks altogether.

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Extended long weekend, kids? Stay safe everyone!

School year 2019-2020 has already started! Take a look at these photos as how children in a Montessori classroom started their first week through working with the Preliminary and Transitional materials/activities after it was being shown to them by their Montessori teachers.

Please be guided accordingly. Keep safe!

Consult an Occupational Therapist to learn more techniques when your kids have concerns with their behavior.

Enrollment for School Year 2019-2020 is still ongoing. ENROLL YOUR CHILD NOW!

Be part of Palm Springs Montessori where young minds grow. Experience a fun-filled learning in a Montessori classroom!

For more inquiries, please visit us here at #21 Leonard Wood Road, second floor of Leonard Wood Terraces, Cabinet Hill, Baguio City. Opens daily from 8am to 5pm.

Schedule Update:
First Day of Classes:
August 5, 2019; Monday

7 Traits of an Authentic Montessori School

1. Teacher Training: Good Montessori schools have teachers who were trained by the Montessori Institute of America (MIA). Ask to see the teachers’ graduate diplomas to verify their training.

2. Length of Class Time: Authentic Montessori programs have a three-hour uninterrupted work period each morning. During this three-hour session, your child will receive lessons from his or her teacher and is neverinterrupted to join all-class exercises over self-chosen activities.

3. Individualized Curriculum: A true Montessori program supports the individual development of your child. This is very different from a one-size-fits-all curriculum that suggests all children are ready to do the same thing at the same time because they are a particular age. In an authentic Montessori classroom, the curriculum conforms to your child instead of your child having to conform to the curriculum.

4. Calm and Peaceful Classrooms: A good Montessori classroom is calm and peaceful. You will see many children deep in concentration as they choose an activity and work with it for a good long time. Other children are moving in the classroom as they choose an activity and sit down to work, but the movement in the classroom is slow and purposeful.

5. A Beautiful Classroom Environment: Montessori classroom environments are exquisitely prepared with materials laid out by subject on long, low shelves. The materials will be clean and beautiful and alluring to the child. You will see a lot of materials made of wood and glass and natural fibers. You will rarely, if ever, see plastic.

6. Authentic Montessori classrooms have materials that facilitate independence: dull knives to slice apples, miniature graters to shred cheese, ingredients like flour, salt, sugar, yeast and water to make and bake bread, glass vases and fresh flowers to practice flower arranging, or polish and small applicators to shine brass, silver, wood and mirrors.

You will see handmade reading materials—NEVER TEXTBOOKS. You will also see the most amazing mathematics materials that concretize concepts to facilitate understanding in learning instead of mindless memorization—never worksheets or workbooks.

Lastly, you will see the full complement of Montessori materials that allow your child to learn academic subjects in language, mathematics, science, and music.

7. Multi-Age Classrooms: Authentic Montessori classrooms group children together by three-year age spans. This means a third of the children in a class will be three years old, a third will be four and a third will be five, turning six. A bona fide Montessori school will ALWAYS have kindergarten included in this age grouping, with three and four-year-old children and will never separate kindergarten children into a different class. The reason? Older kindergarten-age children model respectful behaviors and advanced work that the younger children will eventually one day experience. Younger children certainly benefit from this mentoring—but also the older children, irrespective of personality, are afforded an opportunity of leadership.

How to Use This Information

Knowledge is power. Now that you understand the seven traits of a true, authentic Montessori education, be proactive and ask direct questions when researching schools for your child. Be wary of schools that won’t answer these questions directly.

Reference: https://www.bergamoschools.com/7-traits-of-an-authentic-montessori-school-a-commonsense-guide-to-choosing-the-right-montessori-school-for-your-child/

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