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Co-Curricular
The media centre is an interactive resource room that is more than just a library. Not only does it house a wide collection of books for all ages, it has sections devoted to CD-ROMs, videos and online learning. It has designated areas for individual study and small-group tuition, with modern conference facilities for larger numbers. Exercise of Practical Life The child is introduced initially to practical life as he/she is familiar with most of the materials at home but has not laid his/her hands over them. This attracts them to the activities that give them independence and control of their own life. This basically helps him/her to care for himself/herself and take care of his/her environment; helps him/her with his/her eye-hand co-ordination, and with his/her social behavior. The most important need of the young child is to develop his/her muscles and co-ordinate his/her movement through such practical life exercises. Special Montessori materials enable him/her to tie, button, snap and use many other fastening devices. The purpose of these exercises is to develop concentration and to pay attention to detail as the child follows a regular sequence of actions and to learn good working habits. These activities provide the very foundation on which the child approaches more intricate academic exercises. Sensorial Exercises One aspect of the Montessori Method taught at all Montessori schools, is the Sensorial exercises. Sensorial Materials in the Montessori classroom are designed to sharpen the senses of the young child and enable the child to understand the many impressions he/she receives through them. Each of the Sensorial Materials isolates one defining quality such as color, weight, shape, texture, size, distance, speed, sound or smell. The Montessori Sensorial Materials help the child to distinguish, to categorize, and to relate new information to what he/she already knows. Language The child learns oral language naturally. He/She automatically absorbs it from his/her environment. When the child enters a Montessori environment he/she learns that the words are made of sounds and each sound has a symbol. By absorbing the sounds and the symbols, the Montessori child begins reading when he/she is ready and proceeds at his/her own pace. His/Her experiences in practical life and sensorial education serve as a preparation for his/her writing. The sandpaper letters provide a phonetic basis for reading. With cut-out letters (movable alphabet), the child builds the words with relation to the pictures by phonetically listening to the sounds in succession and placing the right symbol for each sound. This material frees him/her from the fatigue of his/her still developing writing skills, and yet gives him/her the opportunity to pursue his/her interest in words. These activities serve as a preparation for the time when the child assimilates what he/she knows and then he/she explodes into writing. Arithmetic The materials for Arithmetic introduce the child to associate quantity and its symbols i.e., the numbers 0 through 9. The quantities are introduced by a series of rods, which the child can count. Then he/she matches the sets of symbol cards with the rods. Using a wide range of beads and symbol cards, the child becomes familiar with the numbers as a decimal system, including concrete experiences with the operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. These exercises not only teach the child to calculate, but they provide a deep understanding how numbers function and the relation between the quantity and symbol.
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