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Montessori & Accelerated Learning Preschool
LEARNING AT HOME
We find that if the parents are involved in their child’s development and education at home, then the children make much quicker progress. The regularity and repetition of spending two or three minutes doing some writing or drawing to develop their hand strength and coordination and a few minutes playing a little game to learn the letters or numbers, really helps to solidify their learning. It sounds really easy, but I know as a parent the day flies by and often it is really hard to fit in a few minutes of something every single day! Do your best and use what time you have, every minute will make a big difference. To help you with this we want to make that precious time used as productively as we can so if you have time and interest, please have a look at our reading and writing videos on youtube. You can download the pdf below for a quick read of how to teach the letters and numbers. The letter cards with pictures can be printed two per page on cardstock and used to play the three part lesson at home.
Parents provide lunches and snacks for children at all our centres. We encourage healthy eating and drinking water at all times. There is a lot of information online and ideas for healthy lunch boxes. Here are some links to healthy eating guidelines.
Healthy Eating for Children
Food for children
Healthy Drinks for Your Toddler
Tips for parents on problem eating habits in school-aged children
Montessori Playgroups in Perth:
Montessori playgroup can be a great way to get your young child ready for starting preschool. There are a variety of fantastic Montessori playgroups in Perth
Chrysalis Montessori Playgroup - https://chrysalis.wa.edu.au/our-programs/playgroup/
Perth Montessori Playgroup - https://perthmontessori.com/learning/playgroup
Beehive Montessori Playgroup https://www.beehive.wa.edu.au/life-at-beehive/playgroup/
Casa Mia Montessori Playgroup https://casamiamontessoriplaygroup.weebly.com/
Rockingham Montessori Playgroup https://rms.wa.edu.au/learning/infant-toddler-program/
Montessori Blogs for more learning at home inspiration:
Based in Brisbane (Queensland, Australia) with her husband and three sons, Kylie incorporates the philosophy of Maria Montessori into her home the best she can. Her boys attend a Montessori school and she provides details month by month.
The Natural Homeschool » Montessori
Tanya loves teaching creatively and always wanted to be a teacher. Her website is about beauty... beauty in life, beauty in learning, nutrition, homeschooling, Montessori, recipes, homemade toiletries and cleaners, and many great things.
The Montessori Family Blog
At Montessori-family, they believe that it's truly possible to implement the Montessori ideas at home to make your house and family life welcoming to your child's needs and thrive for independence. This blog offers parents, babies, and toddlers Montessori at home design, one to one support, parenting classes and online workshops.
Enbarani is a Montessori educator and a student for life who holds a science degree from UTM, Skudai, Malaysia and her blog shares the inner workings of her classroom. This blog shows how interesting that the environment can transform Montessori, yet all classrooms seem to have similar principles in place.
Adventures of a Rainbow Mama
Amber Melody’s blog was formerly Adventures of a Montessori Mama, but she changed the title as her content changed to become a more rounded personal blog (and when her son started Waldorf school). It’s still very informative and worth digging into.
Maitri Learning | Montessori Pedagogy Blog
Maitri Learning was founded somewhat accidentally by a Montessori teacher who was trying to buy the perfect materials for her classroom and couldn't find them anywhere. Now, the materials she created (based specifically on the precise directions received in her AMI training) are used by Montessori teachers, parents, and teacher trainers around the world.