Tag: exploration

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2024

Dear all… EJ WISHES YOU ALL. HAPPY NEW YEAR EDUCATE, OUR CHILDREN, OUR FUTURE DESERVES IT.

ORDER

ORDER The concept of order is crucial for creating a harmonious and productive learning environment.  EXTERNAL ORDER LEADS TO INTERNAL ORDER In education, Order is understood in two aspects: internal order (within the individual) and external order (within the environment).  Translating this concept and… Continue Reading “ORDER”

Being Street smart

What it means! “Street smart” is a term used to describe a person who possesses practical knowledge, awareness, and skills necessary to navigate and thrive in everyday life situations, especially in urban or challenging environments.  It refers to a type of intelligence that goes… Continue Reading “Being Street smart”

The Adolescent – the Social Newborn

“The basic activities of human social organisation are the developmental lessons that Maria Montessori prescribes for the adolescent ‘the ‘social newborn’ whose developmental task is to enter adulthood, and in doing so, inherit the best of human accomplishment and civilization and move it forward.… Continue Reading “The Adolescent – the Social Newborn”

BASE 5

I recently worked with the children in my class on BASE 5. I say BASE 5 because that was what I introduced the base work on. I was, once again, surprised how well this abstract concept, of using a different base, became something rather… Continue Reading “BASE 5”

HAPPY NEW YEAR

Geometry as a springboard to math

When there is a first combination … you will find a second combination. I been thinking that these combinations are ideal ways to introduce a child in primary to various terminologies, words, language. One can apply terminologies found in algebra, explain the concept of… Continue Reading “Geometry as a springboard to math”

…. Identity

The question that I have had during the last weeks was how to actually define and explain identity? We all agree, that from a biological point of view, it’ s easy to define, explain or distinguish identity, your identity and the identity of another.… Continue Reading “…. Identity”

Spoken Language – in Montessori education

In the three to six class Montessori never envisioned that children would be asked to work in silence. In her day it was exactly this that the children had been forced into by traditional education. She saw the children consigned to immobility and silence.… Continue Reading “Spoken Language – in Montessori education”

RULER and COMPASS

G´day y´all, This is a book that was offered to me by a friend at school. I need to say that it is a interesting and fascinating booklet. “Practical Geometrical Constructions”. Indeed the things you are shown are flabbergasting and have a solid ´WOW`effect.… Continue Reading “RULER and COMPASS”