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Guided Montessori Activity at Little Land - Gardening

Little Land Montessori - Image of a Girl Hand Printing

Little Land Nursery - Children Montessori Activities

Little Lands Nursery - Image of Kids Dancing

Little Land Nursery - Little Children Helping One Another

Siog and the children at Little Land Nursery

Little Land Nursery - Image of a toddler and a nursery teacher clay moulding

Little Land - Toddlers Learning Outdoors

Little Land Nursery - Image of a Toddler Jumping and Having Fun at School

Little Land Nursery - Image of 3 Toddlers

Little Land Nursery and Montessori Centre - Children Building Tower

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Help Me to Do It Myself The essence of Maria Mont

Help Me to Do It Myself

The essence of Maria Montessori’s principles is her belief that children learn best when they are actively involved. When this innate desire for autonomy is fostered, the child grows in self-esteem and self-confidence.

We can see this being demonstrated in these images.

Child S is shown how to begin the process of rolling his mat with his teacher modelling the skill. As Child S continues to work at rolling the mat, the teacher remains anchored at the starting point allowing the child to move forward in his own learning and at his own pace.

SWIPE ➡️ TO SEE THE PROCESS UNFOLD.

#montessori #fosteringindependence
#helpmedoitmyself

The children in Bluebells are being introduced to

The children in Bluebells are being introduced to the Montessori Sensory materials such as the Pink Tower, Brown Stairs and Red Rods.

In each case there are ten components which are graded, each increasing in size by one tenth. The purpose of these three sets is to give the child a visual experience of differentiating between sizes. In other words, they are developing their pre-maths skills.

Child H and Child I enjoy working together and delight in each other’s discoveries. They are observed interacting with the Brown Stairs using the components to build a tower as they typically do with the Pink Tower. They carefully take it in turns to place the next step on top while observing each other’s work and contribution to their construction. They collaborated on which piece to add next and, with each addition, predicted the outcome.

Through this activity Child H and Child I learn how to work together to achieve a goal, how to overcome obstacles and challenges and how to enjoy the resulting pleasures.

#montessorimaterials #montessoridubai #sensorial

This week in Sunflowers 🌻 we have been introduc

This week in Sunflowers 🌻 we have been introducing shapes and focusing on circles. In their play the children have been identifying circles when they have noticed them in their environment.

Child H recognised a circle on the paper, pointing to it and saying “Big Circle”. He picks up a cork and after dipping it in the yellow paint he prints on the paper and says, "little yellow circles”. He then shares with his teacher, “I have a round lollipop at my house. It goes round and round.”

While speaking he uses his index finger to trace the circle shape in the air giving himself a sense of what the circle shape feels like. He then walks to the shelf and finds the circle metal inset and exclaims, “another circle!"

Through his repeated actions and interactive play with circles we are observing his schematic play.

A schema is seen to be a pattern a child demonstrates through their actions, language or play. While a child may play with a variety of toys, a pattern may link these seemingly disassociated activities. Schemas indicate the child's focus in an activity. By identifying a child's schema we can plan learning in ways that most interest them. We form our schemas during childhood as a way to make sense out of our world. They are normal and natural reactions to events. Children exhibit schemes when they are playing and trying to find out more about the world.

To support this learning you can play “I Spy Circles”, trace circles, sing songs eg “Round and Round the garden” and play circle games.

#schema #schematicplay #montessoridubai

Getting “Diggy” With It At Little Land, du

Getting “Diggy” With It

At Little Land, during these cooler days in Dubai, we make the most of being outside. The children enjoy being outside and interacting with their natural environment. 🌴🐞☀️

Child I was engaged in play with the earth at the base of the palm tree, 🌴 churning up the soil with his hands and digging deeper with his fingers. His attention was drawn to a piece of the bark hanging off the tree. He pulled at it and it came away from the trunk. Child I then used the piece as a shovel. He made quicker progress digging a hole using the bark. SWIPE TO SEE ➡️

Child I was engaging with the soil using his senses. In particular he was using his sense of touch to experience how the soil felt and how he could control the shifting of the earth from one place to another. He was using his fine motor skills to hone his dexterity. He created a tool that helped him succeed and build self-esteem leading to confidence in his own abilities.

Child I’s day is made up of many moments like this where, to the untrained eye, it seems he is just messing with dirt when in fact so much more is happening. This is the essence of child led learning and our role is to step back and respect the process.
Very Ingenious!

#childled #natureplay #sensorial #dubaimontessori

Phonics Learning In Action Recently the children

Phonics Learning In Action

Recently the children in Sunflowers class were introduced to the letter 'S', its name, its sound and its shape. The introduction consisted of showing the sandpaper letter along with a selection of items gathered from around the class that all began with the letter 'S'.

The children were invited to choose an object and name it. With a marker they explored the shape of the letter on the whiteboard. In the following days a variety of activities reinforced and scaffolded their learning and interaction with the letter ‘S’.

Child S was observed playing with a selection of animal models. He selected the snake and after interacting with it for a while he glanced over at the shelf where the sandpaper letters are stored, walked over and selected the letter ‘S’. He placed the sandpaper letter on the table and proceeded to place the snake on top of the letter, trying to match the shape.

“This is S (pronounced phonetically) for snake and S for my name!”

By his actions, child S was freely and independently engaging in reinforcing his teacher directed learning. He has absorbed the knowledge and demonstrates an understanding of the sound, shape and name of the letter. He is able to distinguish between each of these and has made the connection. He demonstrates his own learning through play.

#literacy #sandpaperletters #kinestheticmemory #montessorimethod

We are back and I am so grateful to our wonderful

We are back and I am so grateful to our wonderful team of teachers and parents. Everyone without exception has been cooperative and supportive. The children have had a brilliant week 😄 and are happily settled into their ‘bubbles’ and don’t know anything about declaration forms, check lists and all that happens in the background 😅 so now looking forward to the rest of term and sharing lots of tips with you for bringing Montessori into your everyday living.

We are happy to share we will be opening our doors

We are happy to share we will be opening our doors and welcoming you back this coming Sunday, October 25th.

Click our #linkinbio ⬆️ to read our practical tips on Preparing your Child for Nursery. More specifics to follow so please stay tuned.

#dubainursery #montessoridubai #reopening

In loco parentis .... in the place of a parent 😍 Isn’t that what you want for your child. In this picture I see a teacher gently holding her hand on one child’s back, to say “Yes, I’m still with you” while she leans smilingly towards the child who is asking for some attention. There are many points in the day where our attention is divided and sometimes all it takes is a hand on the back or a loving smile to let a child know that they’re important and connected. What do you do to show your child that they’re important when you’re a little busy?

About independence: It’s ok to step back and wat

About independence: It’s ok to step back and watch 😍 even if it’s not going well. As a parent we often think we have to fix things for our children but what do they learn from that? They certainly don’t learn how to fix it for themselves and they might even learn that they’re not ‘good enough’ and that they need others to help them get it right. It takes a lot of courage to observe your child learning (that might look like failing to you) but from it they learn that they are able, that they can and that they are worthy.

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