“There is a great sense of community within the Montessori classroom, where children of differing ages work together in an atmosphere of cooperation rather than competitiveness. There is respect for the environment and for the individuals within it, which comes through experience of freedom within the community.”
“Education and literacy, in the early years of the child, are the key for a better world. It doesn’t prepare the Child only for school but also for life.”
“The purpose of education is to strengthen the coordination of movement, concentration, independence and the indirect preparation of children for writing and reading”
“Children express a universal love for mathematics, which is par excellence a love for the science of order and a love for the intelligence of precision”
“Let the Children be free, give them encouragement, let them run outside in the rain, let them take off their shoes when they find a puddle of water. And when the grass in the meadows is wet with dew, let them run on it and step on it with bare feet."
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In the Montessori, bilingual greenschool community, together with the parents, we stand by the Child and humbly support his every effort. We lower to his level, hug him, show him the way to explore our world on his own and rejoice in all his daily small and big conquests. When the Child is in an environment where he feels accepted, trusted and his needs are met, he develops harmoniously. Then you see the smile lighting up his face, he freely expresses his tenderness and is in solidarity. You sense it in the way he touches the flowers in the garden, with how much concentration he shovels and digs the garden, how boldly he speaks his mind. How much care and attention to detail he shows as he sets the table, how happily he reads books to the younger children and how proudly he talks about the arithmetic operations he learned. How courageously he sets his limits and says "no" to behaviors he doesn't like.
With deep respect for the new life that is developing, we ourselves become better people for the sake of the Child, for the sake of the new humanity we all dream of.
The Montessori community of greenschool together with the parents, we are next to the Child with love, humility, acceptance and respect. Through continuous observation of the small group of Children, we see the unique needs of each Child and constantly redefine the way of approach so that the Child unfolds his personality harmoniously. It is a painful and difficult path that we have consciously chosen.
When we set the Child free to develop and watch it build the adult man, from the invisible roots of creation, then we will learn the secrets that regulate our individual and social power.
I take my carpet to work
With my senses I acquire knowledge
I take care of myself so I can take care of others
I take care of myself so I can take care of others
I get in touch with nature, I take care of the environment
I learn to count
Free play is the most important work of the Child
Free play is the most important work of the Child
I learn to share
I learn to share
I can express myself through art
I learn the works of important artists
My hands are important
My hands are important
With deep respect for the new life that is developing, we have the pleasure of being helpers and present in the miracle of the Child's development. We are by his side to show him that he can do everything by himself. We support its every effort, stooping to its height to listen, to encourage, to embrace, to sing, to know our Earth, to explore all forms of art, to listen to the wonderful world of the garden. Our unique mission is to prepare Children for life itself in a world that will be built by happy Children and live in peace.
