All the children at All Our Children's House are welcomed each day to a warm, educational, and child centered program focused on helping children reach their fullest potential.
Enrolling NOW for Fall 2011! Choosing a pre-school for your child is one of the very first important educational choices you'll be making as a parent. We all want the best for our children. What type of situation provides the best opportunity for your child's individual growth; socially,physically,emotionally and academically?
What is Montessori?
The term Montessori is in honor of Dr. Maria Montessori, the first woman in Italy to become a physician. She developed an alternative method of teaching children based on her discovery that children teach themselves through discovery. This philosophy of learning was developed to assist children in achieving their fullest potential.
Montessori education emphasizes learning through all five senses, not just through listening, watching, or reading. Children in Montessori classes learn at their own, individual pace and according to their own choice of activities from hundreds of possibilities. Montessori classes place children in multi-age groups, forming localized communities in which the older children spontaneously share their knowledge with the younger ones.
This prepared environment is a place where the children can explore, discover, and begin to realize and develop their talents and interests. They feel valued and respected thus enhancing each child's self-esteem and providing the learning "tools" necessary for a lifetime.
TRADITIONAL VS. MONTESSORI
1. Emphasis is on the 1. Emphasis is on the
adult, who teaches a child, whose given the
group, the same thing, freedom to explore
at the same time and and learn, at their own
from whom most if not pace.
all knowledge emanates.
2. Tasks are assigned 2. Child freely
by the teacher and the chooses what tasks to
child searches for be performed opting
the right answer, i.e. for more difficulty
what the teacher wants. when ready, searching
for his answers.
3. Rewards are gained 3. The child's work
by satisfaction of the and his discovery of
adults expectation. facts and principles is
its own reward.
Children are more " process
not product" oriented.
ALL OUR CHILDREN'S HOUSE 144 East Road
Hampstead, NH 03841
(603) 329-9380
