Q What is Montessori?
Montessori is an attitude towards life. To implement this attitude, you need to understand the development of children.
When people hear Montessori, they think of teaching aids, because most people only use teaching aids for children aged three to six, such as mathematics, language, sensory organs, etc.
Do you know why we use teaching aids? Teaching aids are essentially methods of doing things. For example, if we're helping a child make juice, we need to help them develop the skills to do it. So, we need a blender, plates, a small kettle, and many other things. These things are actually based on the child's development and the decomposition of the movements required.
So Montessori is an attitude towards life. I live my life in this way and understand the development of each child.
Teaching aids are a kind of tool, and they are also a way of doing things. They are also needed to help children accumulate successful experience.
Q IC and Nido Chinese
In Montessori, Nido means "bird's nest" in Italian and refers to an environment and curriculum designed specifically for infants and toddlers from approximately 2 months to 14 months old, or until they can walk. IC, which stands for Infant Community, is an environment for children aged 1 year and 6 months to 2.5-3 years old.
Q What is the difference between Montessori education and general education?
When we were kids, kindergarten usually involved us all gathering in the same place to draw and tell stories together.
But the Montessori method recognizes the differences of each child.
So even if there are 20 to 30 kids in my space, each kid is doing something different.
Even if they are in the same age group, every child is different.
Therefore, I think the Montessori guide needs to have a better understanding of children's development than the guides of other teaching methods.
Q What are the disadvantages of Montessori?
Some people think that Montessori children are too free, as if they can do whatever they want.
But this freedom must be within boundaries.
So we have been discussing freedom and discipline. How can we gain true freedom?
Freedom is like a traffic light. You must stop when it is red and go when it is green.
This is a big framework. When you are in this safety, you can feel freedom, independence and autonomy.
If there is no traffic light today, and you can go wherever you want, is this really freedom? No, because you will be very worried about whether this step will be dangerous.
So if you want to enjoy true freedom, you must be under discipline and have a framework.
This framework is given by adults, because many adults now hope that their children can have more freedom and autonomy due to their previous environment and education.
So now most parents are confused about how much freedom and space they should give their children.
In fact, I am most afraid when parents come and say: Children can do whatever they want.
Because this is not true freedom. If children can do whatever they want, they may doubt whether adults can be trusted and may be confused about what to do.
The real freedom is that he tells me a frame, and I can move and choose freely within this frame.
But if the frame is different every day and keeps changing, as if there is no frame, the child is actually unsafe. Only in a safe environment can he feel free.
Q Is the tuition fee of Montessori kindergarten high?
Montessori may be more expensive or time-consuming
Because Montessori pursues natural and real materials, and also hopes to provide children with a highly safe environment.
Therefore, many things need to be customized in size and the original wood is pursued.
Q What is the difference between Montessori courses and other courses?
What is the difference between our parent-child space, Ivy's House Life, and taking children to other classes outside?
The classes outside are already set, such as MT music class, dance class, and gymnastics class. But in a Montessori space, I put everything a child of that age needs in this space, and then put the child in the space and find what he is interested in according to his own situation. There is a big difference.
People seem to think too narrowly about teaching aids. We often say that children come to parent-child spaces to "work." What does "work" mean? It's not just the things we put on the tray that count as work. Work is multifaceted. Just sliding down the slide today is also work. There are many, many things to do.
Back to what I said before, this is a kind of life attitude. There are different solar terms and activities in life, so how people in the environment do things. If we say that they are all operating these things on the tray, I think it is too narrow.
Q: How are Montessori children different when they grow up?
Many people think that bringing their children to a Montessori parent-child space will help them learn rules and become more well-behaved.
I have to say, it will definitely not be better!
It should be said that the child knows who he is and what he can do. He will understand himself better and have more choices than others.
This is the most important thing. Throughout life, people are searching for who they are, what they can do, and what they can do for themselves and the world. We hope to help children find their own answers through the Montessori method.
Q Montessori's five major areas
The distinction between 0-3 years old and 3-6 years old is different, but the foundation of all work starts from daily life and senses, because after 3-6 years old, they will enter more abstract concepts. For example, in mathematics, they need concrete experience before.
Daily Life Education
Sensory Education
Language Education
Mathematics Education
Nature and Culture Education
Q Montessori Parent-Child Classroom
Ivy's House offers a family-friendly space for children aged 0-3. We provide a warm and comfortable environment with amenities tailored to children's height and size, allowing them to explore at their own pace, interacting with their surroundings and gathering knowledge through their eyes, ears, hands, and feet. Activities also include introducing and tasting seasonal fruits and vegetables, and enriching children's life experiences and vocabulary through songs, finger rhymes, and stories.
Ivy's House also has two kindergartens for children aged 3 to 6, namely Minquan School and Longjiang School.
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