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Montessori
Curriculum |
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Sensory
Training
These are
exercises in
perception,
observation,
fine
discrimination,
and
classification
that play a
major role
in helping
our children
to develop
their sense
of logic and
concentration.
They begin
at age 3 and
are a major
area of
concentration
typically
through age
5.
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Discrimination
of
length,
width,
and
height
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Discrimination
of
volume
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Discrimination
in
multiple
dimensions
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Discrimination
among
color
tones
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Discrimination
among
geometric
shapes
for
shape
and
relative
size
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Discrimination
among
solid
geometric
shapes
by sight
and
touch
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Solving
of
complex
abstract
puzzles
in three
dimensions
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Discrimination
of
intensity
and
nature
of
sounds
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Discrimination
among
musical
tones
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Discrimination
of
texture
by touch
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Discrimination
of
weight
by touch
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Discrimination
of
temperature
by touch
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Discrimination
of
scents
Which, in
the older
students,
lead to such
exercises
as:
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Our
Goals |
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The
Montessori
curriculum
varies
at
the
four
levels
of
our
school,
but
our
goals
are
consistent
throughout
the
programs:
- To enter into a partnership with parents in the education of their children.
- To encourage the self-motivation and self-discipline that will lead to a life-long pursuit of knowledge.
- To lead children to mastery of precisely identified intellectual, social, and physical skills.
- To help children develop a positive self-image as the key to the development of their full potential.
- To foster open minds, compassion, and respect for others.
- To balance self-reliance, independence, and responsible freedom with the skills of working cooperatively.
- To instill in each child a sense of duty and personal responsibility for the world in which we live.
- To spark in our children imagination, wonder, humor, and joy...
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Woodland Hill Montessori School
100 Montessori Place, North Greenbush, New York 12144
Tel: 518.283.5400 | Fax: 518.283.4861 | Schoolcare &
Afterhours: 518.496.4136
Email:
info@woodlandhill.org
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