Practical Life
In the Practical Life area the child
learns practical basics for everyday life.
Lessons here help a child learn to focus, clean up after themselves, and become more autonomous in many ways.
Also included are lessons in manners, grace and courtesy.
Art
The Art area is located in the Practical Life area.
Children are encouraged to create from available materials.
They are instructed in the use of scissors, glue,
paint and other supplies.
Most art is not product based, but is a learning experience.
Sensorial
This area is called Sensorial because
it incorporates all the senses in the learning environment.
With Montessori, every job we do is hands on,
so the sense of touch & sight are always employed in our learning experience. Sensorial just adds more depth.
We use sound boxes to differentiate loud & soft,
rough & smooth boards & textured fabric swatches
to differentiate with our sense of touch.
We occasionally have jobs that incorporate our sense of smell as well.
We use blindfolds with some of our jobs, once we become proficient
in how to do it with our sight, so we can learn to do it by how it feels as well.
We also learn colors, geometric shapes & solids,
3 dimensional puzzles,
& length, depth & volume.
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Language
Each child has specific needs in this area.
Some talk well, some speak another language,
still others have issues with pronunciation or hardly talk at all. With the one on one lessons given here at TLC
we are able to zero in on each child's needs.
Some of the things covered in this area are:
vocabulary, letter sounds, tracing letters,
pre-writing exercises, beginning spelling, reading,
also story and book making.
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Math
Montessori Math is exceptional.
We use hands on Montessori materials
to teach math concepts such as:
quantity, numbers zero through ten,
teens, odd/even & the decimal system.
The decimal system introduces ones, tens, hundreds and thousands.
Each child can explore as much as they want.
Most children gain knowledge of
simple addition and subtraction and some advance
to multiplication and division before going on to elementary school.
The experience they receive here will help them the rest of their lives. Our students have come back to testify that
the things they learned at TLC have helped them all through school.
Geography
It is important to give the child an awareness of the world around them. Starting with puzzles and land and water forms,
they are introduced to continents, countries,
names of land and water forms, and their own address.
Science
Animals and plants are introduced
with puzzles, matching games and books to make.
The classification of plants and animals help children
organize the world around them so that it makes sense
and is not overwhelming.
