ABOUT US
A pre-school environment for children aged between 6 months – 6years all race and religions
- School Days : Monday – Friday
- School Times: 06:30 – 12:30
- Aftercare Times: 12:30 – 18:00
- All staff obtained a Level 5 or higher Montessori Qualification at a registered Montessori teacher training institution
- Assistant Directresses are qualified
- All staff are Trained in Paediatric First Aid
- Healthy cooked meals served daily for lunch
- Infant Class ratio 1:5
- Toddler Class ratio 1:7
- Preschool Class ratio 1:13
- Full Alarm System with panic buttons installed and linked with ADT & SECUPRO
OUR GOALS & OBJECTIVES
At House of Knowledge we aim to achieve the following goals:
- The development of the child according to their needs and potential
- Achievement of self-discipline, confidence and self-esteem
- The child’s growth of independence and initiative
- The developmental skills of muscular control and movement
- Spontaneous learning and creativity
- The learning ability of concrete to abstract
- The training of the child’s social skills and qualities
- The understanding of the environment and all living things
- Teaching – learning situations which are developed by the children teaching each other and guided by the teachers’ observations of the individual needs of the children
OUR MISSION
House of Knowledge provides a secure, caring and stimulating environment where children are treated as individuals and feel respected, valued and confident.
We strive to allow each child to experience the excitement of learning by themselves and helping the child perfect his or her natural tools for learning, so that the child‘s abilities will be maximized for future learning situations.
The Montessori Method is not for the child to listen to words but the experiences learnt in the classroom spontaneously.
ABOUT US
A pre-school environment for children aged between 6 months – 6years all race and religions
- School Days : Monday – Friday
- School Times: 06:30 – 12:30
- Aftercare Times: 12:30 – 18:00
- All staff obtained a Level 5 or higher Montessori Qualification at a registered Montessori teacher training institution
- Assistant Directresses are qualified
- All staff are Trained in Paediatric First Aid
- Healthy cooked meals served daily for lunch
- Infant Class ratio 1:5
- Toddler Class ratio 1:7
- Preschool Class ratio 1:13
- Full Alarm System with panic buttons installed and linked with ADT & SECUPRO
OUR GOALS & OBJECTIVES
At House of Knowledge we aim to achieve the following goals:
- The development of the child according to their needs and potential
- Achievement of self-discipline, confidence and self-esteem
- The child’s growth of independence and initiative
- The developmental skills of muscular control and movement
- Spontaneous learning and creativity
- The learning ability of concrete to abstract
- The training of the child’s social skills and qualities
- The understanding of the environment and all living things
- Teaching – learning situations which are developed by the children teaching each other and guided by the teachers’ observations of the individual needs of the children
OUR MISSION
House of Knowledge provides a secure, caring and stimulating environment where children are treated as individuals and feel respected, valued and confident.
We strive to allow each child to experience the excitement of learning by themselves and helping the child perfect his or her natural tools for learning, so that the child‘s abilities will be maximized for future learning situations.
The Montessori Method is not for the child to listen to words but the experiences learnt in the classroom spontaneously.
WHAT IS MONTESSORI? - HOW THE MONTESSORI METHOD WORKS
“I have studied the child. I have taken what the child has given me and expressed it and that is what is called the Montessori Method.” – Maria Montessori
The Montessori approach was designed to help children grow by letting them explore the world around them. Classrooms are called “prepared environments” where children’s inner soul for learning is encouraged, allowing them opportunities to choose among an array of purposeful activities to work on, with the guidance of a trained adult.
Through Montessori work, children are able to develop concentration and self-discipline by following the work process outlined by the teacher, also called the “Directress”. Children progress at their own pace, according to their capabilities and inclinations.
A unique element of the Montessori program which sets it apart from traditional teaching methods is the “decentralization of the teacher”. Rather than being the centre of attention in a classroom, the teacher’s task is to observe and to intervene from the sidelines, essentially the ‘keeper’ of the environment, letting children get on with their activities, guiding and intervening only when necessary.
The following learning areas are covered in the classroom: Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, Language, Culture, Art
6-18months – Our infants prepared environment allows the child to exercise their ‘absorbent mind’, which incorporates experiences, relations, emotions, images, language and culture through their senses and stimulated living. This is the period in which the child does in the psychological sphere what the embryo did in the physical sphere.
18-36months – Toddlers explore development of speech, coordinated movement and independence, which gives the child confidence and allows them to discover their own potential and sense of place within a community.
3-6years –These preschoolers experiment in the building of multiple aspects of their beings and minds. The classroom environment creates opportunity to grow and develop in practical, sensorial, language and mathematical areas. Learners teach themselves how to think, rather than what to think.