OUR SCHOOL
Khalsa Montessori School (KMSchool) began operations in September, 2007. The inspiration to bring Khalsa and Montessori under one banner came from the striking compatibility of the two ideologies. Both are aimed at creating Global Citizens who are socially responsible and have the aptitude and attitude to create solutions.
KMSCHOOL TODDLER PROGRAM FOR 18 MONTHS – 3 YEARS
“Help me to do it by myself!” Dr. Maria Montessori’s research discovered this yearning of the child to become independent. The child needs help but just the right amount and the right type. Getting it right is what Montessori teachers are trained for.
Our environment is designed to assist the learning spirit of the toddler by providing a wide variety of stimulation to engage the child in the work of self-independence. The young minds observe, explore, try new things, and master new skills.
- Dressing and handling personal hygiene
- Preparing some simple snacks
- Pouring, spooning, and washing
- Sweeping, mopping, dusting
- Cutting, sowing, polishing
- Building vocabulary, reading
- Developing the senses: shapes, sizes, smell, touch, singing
- Painting, brushing, making flower arrangements
KMSCHOOL CASA PROGRAM FOR 3 YEARS – 6 YEARS
CASA is a bright and beautiful prepared environment for whole-child development in the age group 3 years to 6 years. This vibrant environment is more of a children’s home than a typical classroom. The main areas in CASA are: practical life, sensorial, math, language and geography/nature. There is also a library, a kitchen, and washrooms.
Practical Lifes
This section is the most important area of the classroom as this is the first area to be practiced by the young child who just started in this class. Practical life activities are derived from “real life”, it is the day-to-day activities children see around them at home, such as pouring, washing laundry, ironing, polishing, scrubbing, baking and so on. Those activities make children feel like they belong, they do something meaningful and productive, they develop self-esteem and confidence as well as develop great practical skills, which brings them greater awareness. This area also prepares for math as reasoning and logic develops by doing those activities.
Sensorial
This area is specifically designed to develop all senses: visual, tactile, olfactory, gustatory, auditory and the complex senses. Each exercise works on the particular sense e.g. tasting bottles, where children match tastes only focuses on the gustatory sense, the pink tower only focuses on the visual sense and so on. Children learn from the touch, smell and so on and intimate work with the materials.