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The Importance of Montessori for the Kindergarten year

October 25, 2013 By Cindy Thomas 6 Comments

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Here are 20 reasons to keep your child in Montessori for the Kindergarten year complimentary of The Montessori Children’s Foundation.

  1. Kindergarten is not the start of schooling. By five, most Montessori children will begin to read, and many will be introduced to multiplication and division.
  2. The third (or Kindergarten) year is the time when many of the earlier lessons come together and be come permanent part of the young child’s understanding. An excellent example is the early introduction to addition with large numbers through the bank game. When children leave Montessori at age five, many of their still-forming concepts evaporate, just as a child living overseas will learn to speak two languages, but many quickly lose the second language if his family moves back home.
  3. As a five-year-old, your child has many opportunities to teach the younger children lessons that he learned when he was their age. Research proves that this experience has powerful benefits for mentor and mentored.
  4. Your child already knows most of her classmates. She has grown up in a safe, supportive classroom setting. And having spent two years together, your child’s teachers know her very, very well.
  5. Five-year-olds have a real sense of running their classroom community.
  6. Montessori children learn how to learn – and they learn to love learning
  7. In Montessori, your child can continue to progress at her own pace. In traditional Kindergarten, she will have to wait while the other children begin to catch up.
  8. If your child has been treated with a deep respect as a unique individual. The school has been equally concerned for his intellectual, social, and emotional development.
  9. If your child goes on to another school, he will spend the first half of the year just getting used to the new educational approach.
  10. Montessori schools are warm and supportive communities if students, teachers, and parents. Children can’t easily slip through the cracks!
  11. Montessori teaches children to be kind and peaceful
  12. Montessori is consciously designed to recognize and address different learning styles, helping students learn to study most effectively.
  13. Montessori math is based on the European tradition of unified mathematics. Basic geometry is introduced at a young age.
  14. Even in Kindergarten, Montessori children are studying cultural geography and beginning to grow into global citizens.
  15. Our goal is to develop students who really understand their schoolwork. Learning is not focused on tote drill and memorization. Students learn through hands-on experience, investigation, and research. They become actively engaged in their studies, rather than passively waiting to be spoonfed.
  16. We challenge and set high expectations for all our students, not only a special few. Students develop self-discipline and an internal sense of purpose and motivation.
  17. The Montessori curriculum is carefully structured and integrated to demonstrate the connections among the different subject areas. Every class teaches critical thinking, composition, and research. History lessons link architecture, the arts, and science.
  18. Students learn to care about others through community service.
  19. Students in Montessori schools are not afraid of making mistakes because they have learned how to self-correct; they see them as natural steps in the learning process.
  20. Students learn to collaborate and work together in learning and on major projects. They strive for their personal best, rather than compete against another for the highest grade in their class

About Cindy Thomas

Google+ Cindy Thomas : Cynthia started her first school 30 years ago in Brevard County, FL. She is the Head of Schools for 6 Montessori Schools throughout Brevard and Leon Counties, Florida; she holds AMS certification, as well as, degrees from the following: Florida State University in Child Development; California State in Child Development; Chaminade University, HI, Montessori Specialization 5th Year Program, 3-6; Chaminade University, HI, Master of Science in Teaching; Montessori Teacher Education Center, CA, Infant/Toddler Training 03, Elementary Training, 6-9, 9-12.

Comments

  1. Hannah Johansson says

    October 31, 2013 at 10:45 am

    Quite an interesting article about the importance of Montessori and its influence in kindergarten schools. Loved every bit of it. Informative.

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  2. Claire says

    April 25, 2014 at 10:30 am

    Amazing article about the Montessori importance. This is the best article for parents to make the life of their child perfect. I can share this information with my friends. I read this article very carefully and have gotten enough knowledge regarding Kindergarten as well as Montessori. Thanks

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  3. Irena says

    September 16, 2017 at 1:01 am

    Good article. I believe in what you are saying, however I have a interesting situation.
    My kids end up being the only kindergarten kids( twins) in the school this year.
    Should I still keep them in the school? Would that be good for there social skills since they are playing and interacting only with little three and four years olds.

    Reply
  4. Sutton Turner says

    August 15, 2018 at 12:43 pm

    I like how you said that Montessori teaches children to be kind and peaceful. I am looking into taking my son to Montessori school this year. Thanks for the information on the importance of Montessori in kindergarten.

    Reply
  5. Michael Lee says

    September 18, 2018 at 9:55 am

    I like that you said that one of the benefits of a Montessori education for my children is that it will teach them to be global citizens. When I graduated high school I spent some time living in Europe and Mexico and think that understanding different cultural perspectives is very important for children. I have been thinking about whether or not to keep my child in a Montessori for their kindergarten, this is great information to help my wife and I make the decision.

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