We have previously explored developing vocabulary now we move on to background knowledge. Why are we exploring all these activities? The root is to help develop language comprehension at a high level. This is an important skill if you aim to ensure that your young readers understand what they read. The more background knowledge a … More Best Practices When Developing a Child’s Background Knowledge
When I think of education, the education of children between the ages of 0 -18 specifically, I always think of ‘an aid to life’ or at the very least ‘a preparation for life.’ This is what our ancient ones did, our ancestors all over the world, way before the industrial revolution that gave birth to … More What is Education? A brief exploration.
Peace Education: An introduction. What is peace? That is the question we need to ask ourselves. In our world today we are presently plagued with wars that are fast getting out of control. The way children have been educated now turned adults, has brought about these conflicts that they have not been able to resolve. … More Peace education in the classroom
A child approached me and said, “My teacher says I need to redo my drawing. She said my drawing of the man looks like Nursery 1 work. Primary 5 can do much better than drawing matchstick men!” Ouch! I wish I knew what I now know. Instead, I encouraged the child to look at books … More Art in the classroom
Don’t you love it when children are at peace and having fun with Math? Here are the Lower Primary children at Addlo Montessori working on double digit multiplication sums with the checker board. They are on that journey to abstraction, but loving it. I love Montessori Math.
Montessori enables a child to understand their world. What is the use of learning when it does not relate in some way or another to our reality.? Why do additions and subtractions abstractly when we could do sums A true Montessori setting aims to make learning engaging and that helps to explain life itself to … More Understanding the World
My name is Adeyinka Olawoye, I am a mum of two lovely children. Ade is 4 years old and his sister Nike is just 2. My husband has struggled a lot to support my strong will about homeschooling the children. He has always said he did not want me working, I was to stay home … More Homeschooling Mums story
This is a very exciting, but busy time for me as I try to complete the Montessori School Project: Science in our Classrooms… We all want our children to be global leaders in our internationally closely knit society of the 21st century. They can achieve this and more through the intentional use of technology. As … More Science in Our Classrooms
Today we had a wonderful session led by one of our parents. Addlo Montessori Schools has a dedicated event each term called Montessori at Home. Our sessions ensure that we carry our parents along with what and how we engage our children with. It also enables us to help our parents with essential information they … More Montessori at Home
It’s Valentines today, and we are celebrating. How do we celebrate this special day with our children? Do we sweep it under the carpet or do we intentionally celebrate? The world is changing: This is a story copied from a Facebook wall, it happened in January somewhere in Africa, it could have happened near us … More Valentine’s Day
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