Montessori Home School of Kluang

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“To aid life…that is the basic task of the educator.” Dr Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind Montessori Home School is a unique school that offers preschool to grade 6 (18 Months to 12 years old) curriculum in a very conducive environment for learning.  We adopt the method of Montessori education which is based on the premise that children have an innate ability to learn and that when supported by an appropriate environment and educator as well as guided through their developmental needs to reach their full potential. OUR CORE VALUES We believe that the pedagogical principles and practices developed by Dr. Maria Montessori fundamentally respond to the developmental characteristics and needs of children. We seek to utilise her educational principles and methodologies in all of the programs offered at The School. MISSION STATEMENT To let children and families experience an individualised education that builds the foundation for a lifetime of success and a love of lea...

OUR EDUCATIONAL GOALS We believe that the pedagogical principles and practices developed by Dr. Maria Montessori fundamentally respond to the developmental characteristics and needs of children. We seek to utilise her educational principles and methodologies in all of the programs offered at The School. We believe that all children deserve to develop in an environment that is nurturing, safe and intelligent. We believe that parents are the principle influence in the child's life. The school provides a secondary supportive role to the home. It is a tandem cooperative relationship between home and school which best serves the child. We believe that the model of our own behaviour serves as the most distinct teacher to the child. We believe that every member of our community has a fundamental right to be treated with respect regardless of age, gender, ethnic origin, sexual preference, religion, race or disability. We believe that intelligence is not...

FIRST THROUGH SIXTH GRADES (Age 6 to 12) Our elementary Montessori program begins in first grade and goes through sixth grade. When children enter first grade, they are entering a new “ plane of development ”*.  The elementary program offers a continuum built on the preschool experience. The environment reflects a new stage of development and offers the following: The cosmic education is the core for this plane of development. Integration of the arts, sciences, geography, history, and language that evokes the native imagination and abstraction of the elementary child. Presentation of the formal scientific language of zoology, botany, anthropology, geography, geology, etc., exposing the child to accurate, organised information and respecting the child's intelligence and interests.  The use of timelines, pictures, charts, and other visual aids to provide a linguistic and visual overview of the first principles of each discipline. Presentation of knowledge as part...

3, 4 AND 5 YEAR OLDS FIVE AREAS OF LEARNING Practical Life This is the link between the child’s home environment and the classroom. Four main areas: Control of Movement, Care of Person, Care of Environment, and Grace and Courtesy. Includes a variety of materials and activities that support the development of fine motor skills as well as other learning skills. Involves the children in precise movements which challenge them to concentrate, to work at their own pace uninterrupted, and to complete a cycle of work that typically results in the feelings of satisfaction and confidence. Sensorial Children are developing a sense of order and they actively seek to sort, arrange and classify their many experiences. Sensorial materials give the child experience initially in perceiving distinctions between similar and different things. Uses sets of objects that isolate a fundamental quality perceived through the senses such as color, form, dimension, texture,...

18 MONTHS TO 3 YEARS OLD The Montessori Home School toddler program represents the youngest age level in our nurturing Montessori educational community.  Children are engaged in their classroom by real life activities, using child-sized materials that foster their emerging independence.  The toddler environment is designed to honor a young child’s natural need for movement, “sensory experience”, and meaningful work. Toddlers may enroll with these options:  Half-day (starts at 09:00am, ends at 11:45am) or All-day (ends at 05:30pm).