24th September, Heritage Day is a day for celebration! It is also a day for remembrance and reflection on how we got to this point in our lives. History, a study of the past, gives us our Heritage the achievements and accomplishments of our ancestors. One cannot live without the other.
This year, International Literacy Day will be celebrated across the world under the theme of “Literacy in a digital world”. 40 years ago, UNESCO declared that every year, on the 8th September, the international community should remember that literacy is a human right and the foundation of all learning.
Join our Facebook Group, Sustaining Ubuntu, and share with us some of the interesting activities your classes do relating to any of the actions relating to managing and improving our environment. It would be great to hear from different parts of the country.
Dr Maria Montessori claims that it is through movement and manipulation of the senses that children would gain knowledge of language, abstract thought, critically thinking and problem solving skills, math skills, independence, practical life skills, and discipline. If students only learn how to manipulate the environment without learning how to understand the meaning of their senses, we as educators, “…have only led these children to adapt themselves to a low order of life (almost a vegetable existence)…[need to lead] the idiot from the vegetative to the intellectual life, ‘from the education of the senses to general notions, from general notions to abstract thought, from abstract thought to morality” Montessori Method pg 41
A lot of fun was had at the SAMA conference held last weekend at Generation School Imhoff. One of the highlights, was the Childrens House Giant Trinomial Cube. A number of delegates of the conference rolled up their sleeves and got to work! Some of us new to Montessori
Developing the muscles used in fine motor skills are essential for learning to write. The Allen Key and Bolt Set helps with hand-eye coordination and small muscle development.
Childrens House are passionate about the Child. They provide the didactically correct material that allows the Child to grow & develop naturally.
Providing an environment that enhances the attitude that “The Classroom is also My House” engenders a feeling of respect and peace in the Child. This gives the Child the confidence to use their natural gifts of enthusiasm and their personality to learn and work with others in peace and harmony.
This week we look at some of the different ways the child absorbs information. This may be through training their fine motor muscles as they begin to grasp the intricate movements required to buckle and unbuckle a dressing frame, or studying the 21 days of the Honey Bee’s life-cycle as
Summer has arrived and with it thoughts about playing in the waves, diving to find what’s under the sea. There are so many things to be found in the ocean and now it is time to allow children to explore the depths and shallows of the ocean with out weekly
Every year on the 24th October we celebrate National Food Day. The emphasis of this day is to make us think of “real” food (unprocessed food). Childrens House is focussing this week’s Weekly Deals on various vital and important aspects of food production; the Growth Process in puzzle format, with
Spring is here. It is the season of rebirth, rejuvenation, resurrection, renewal and regrowth. This week we focus on the butterfly life cycle and introduce a new book, the hug who got stuck. Spring is also the season of colour and inspiration. We have a wide variety of art materials
