Our classroom is rich in opportunities to develop communication skills, written expressions and reading skills. Language is taught using phonics and the whole word approach. A variety of hands on materials explore letter formation and sounds. Children are taught to put sounds together to make words, sentences and finally to write their own stories. Communication and listening skills are developed through conversations, poems, rhymes, songs, vocabulary building through labelling, reading and the use of various reading resources.Sensoral activitiesChildren explore their environment by touching, seeing, smelling, tasting and exploring the physical space around and them.
Children are encouraged to explore and manipulate the materials thereby they are better able to visualize and understand the logic behind the concepts. Through the use of concrete materials, children are introduced to mathematical concepts such as geometry, shapes, sizes and number facts. Such activities prepare them to develop problem solving capabilities and abstract reasoning for higher level learning.
Such activities help the child to promote good everyday learning and life skills. It fosters responsibility, independence, good work habits and self discipline. Activities include many of the everyday tasks that a child sees in his home and in his community. Learning becomes meaningful. An array of materials in the activity centre allows the child to explore his environment and develop their power of control and concentration.Reading & Language activitiesOur classroom is rich in opportunities to develop communication skills, written expressions and reading skills. Language is taught using phonics and the whole word approach. A variety of hands on materials explore letter formation and sounds. Children are taught to put sounds together to make words, sentences and finally to write their own stories. Communication and listening skills are developed through conversations, poems, rhymes, songs, vocabulary building through labelling, reading and the use of various reading resources.
Children explore their environment by touching, seeing, smelling, tasting and exploring the physical space around and them.
Children learn about different people and their cultures. They learn tolerance and acquire useful knowledge from each other. They gather valuable information and have the opportunity to share them with their friends. Our children are introduced to art, music and daily physical education.
Victoria Square Montessori School
10137 Victoria Square Blvd.
Markham, ON L6C 1J1
Telephone: 905-534-2201
Fax: 905-534-2202
Email: vsschoolhouse@rogers.com