“Averting war is the work of politicians; establishing peace is the work of education” Education and Peace, pg. 24 Let us celebrate the work of education that has shaped the brave men and women who stand today united, protecting businesses, community centres, schools, hospitals and properties throughout our Nation. Just
“To make it clear whether or not a child has understood, we should see whether he can form a vision of it within the mind, whether he has gone beyond the level of mere understanding.” Maria Montessori, To Educate the Human Potential, p.10 Childrens House recently produced 5 new products
One of the most frustrating tasks for a Montessori teacher is to find suitable reading matter that allows them to put into practice the skills learnt in the pink, blue and green reading series. These readers are carefully selected by our team, ensuring that they are suitable for a Montessori
“The young astronaut is jetting through the stars, chasing the comet, trying to guess which orbit it will follow. She aims to get one step ahead to warn the earthlings about their impending doom” How often have your children watched an episode similar to this on the TV, or played
Not only is gardening fun, but it also helps keep us fit and gets our body moving. To be immunologically fit, you need to be physically fit. “White blood cells can be quite sedentary,” says Prof Arne Akbar, the president of the British Society for Immunology and a professor at University College, London. “Exercise mobilises them by increasing your blood flow, so they can do their surveillance jobs and seek and destroy (bacteria and germs) in other parts of the body.” (read more..) Obviously, a strong immune system is the No. 1 barrier to surviving the Corona Virus attacks.
What better way to welcome everyone back to school, than for the teacher to host a garden tea party. This is where the children will value the return to a routine and the opportunity to talk about their experiences of the last 2 months and their fears for the future.
Updated directives, published by the Department of Labour, to guide employers through the first steps of opening their Companies after 5 weeks of level 5 lockdown has been lifted. Prominent amongst these directives is the need for each employee to be screened and protected against the CoVid-19 virus. It all depends upon the size of your organisation, as to how you will be affected. The larger the business, the more complex the screening and sanitising will be. We can help you.
Childrens House celebrated their first Showcase Montessori event in Gauteng. The purpose was to bring the Classroom Studio from Cape Town to their Gauteng customers and to offer an opportunity for the customers and Montessori community to find out how we are and what we do.
The United Nations celebrate World Water day on the 22nd March. This year, World Water Day 2020 is about water and climate change – and how the 2 are inextricably linked. The campaign shows how our use of water will help reduce floods, droughts, scarcity and pollution and will help fight climate change itself.
This Kit to Purify Water and more-experience the challenge and satisfaction of scientists, learning about dirty drinking water and how to solve this problem
Our featured product, the First Aid Kit, abides by the regulations set out by the Department of Health. For every twenty students per class, a regulation 3 First Aid Kit needs to be available; (as provided in the Occupational Health and Safety Act).
Through years of conflict, a nation gave the world the right to celebrate the International Day of the Mother Tongue language. Today we ask you to Celebrate Your Mother Tongue
You are invited to attend our 1st Annual Childrens House Showcase Montessori Event. Experience Montessori environments on display, including Sensorial, Maths, Language & KUW, featuring new products and innovative extensions.
The 3-D Pumping Heart The heart is an engine, a muscle, pumping blood around the body, continuously fulfilling 1 of 2 functions. It either sends oxygenated blood to various parts of the body or collects and transports de-oxygenated blood from the body to the lungs. The lungs replenish the oxygen
Music is recognised as the art of the cosmos. By extension, your ears provide access to one of the most divine senses—hearing. These incredible organs carry waves in the air around you to your brain, where they are translated into distinct sounds. Every part of the ear must be in top
“Transferring” – All in a Day’s Work – a young child scooping pumpkin seeds out of a pumpkin, the child then washed the seeds, dried them, baked them and served them to friends for snack,
In a Montessori school, the Child does not follow a strict curriculum, where every child learns the same things every day. In a classroom of 20, there could be 20 differing levels of work taking place and monitored by the Guide every day. Why? Because the Montessori Guide believes that the Child instinctively knows what (s)he needs to do. The Child may struggle with an activity, attempting to master it. Instinctively returning to it over time; until they have mastered it and can feel that inner “glow” of personal satisfaction in accomplishing a task well.
Teachers are renowned for their patience, dedication and love of teaching. However, if you walked into a Montessori classroom, you may be a little taken a back. The teachers are not “teaching”. Instead, they are facilitating, guiding and overall, observing.
DID YOU KNOW?? Childrens House have an exciting Interactive Chat function for all customers! At the bottom right hand corner of any page you land on, you will see an icon with a waving hand and a “talk” balloon, saying “We are Here”. Click on the icon and ask us a question. This icon is manned 06H00 and 22H00 ZAR time.
In the early 1900’s, Dr. Maria Montessori expanded her ideas of education into a universal vision. This was coupled with her “ideal” classroom, crafted around her children, not around adults. Her vision was almost spiritual in design, incorporating a living and purposeful Cosmos
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.
Imagine not being allowed to go to school or to only be allowed to read a bible and poetry and not much more? You are not allowed to hold anything more than the “Pin Money” that a man gives you for fun! And you are considered a belonging, an attachment not an independent human being responsible for your own actions and deeds. This was the patriarchal world that Maria Montessori was born into on 31 August 1870, in Chiaravalle, near Ancona, Italy. Instead of bending to the will of others, or whining and moaning, she took control of her life.
The opportunities for children to experience fractions is boundless! Whether cutting up apples, making a simple finger puzzle by folding a square of paper into halves, then quarters and eighths or even a clock! Childrens House are also able to offer interesting and differently featured products for this week’s specials- fun with fractions. For example the Large Fraction Skittles are designed for small hands to grip them and put them together or take them apart.
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