| First day at Activity Centre |
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During the first days of your child's schooling at Prayag Montessori, we permit or encourage either of the parents to stay with the child (probably 3 to 4 days.) It would be best if your child could be with us without parents, but we know that sometimes this is difficult, especially with young ones. As the child feels very insecure to stay with us whom they haven't seen or met before, so just to get acquainted with the child and to develop a feeling of security in them, we allow the parents to stay with their child till they are comfortably settled. We start the school a few days earlier for the newly enrolled but when our senior children come back the new parents are not allowed into the environment. |
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| Once settled... |
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Children are welcomed at the gate by our Directress and also by the adults of their environment. Activity Centre starts at 09.30, but children start coming as early as 09.00, adults arrive by that time and prepare the environments for their respective children. The children enter the Activity environment by greeting the adults with a 'Namaste' and removing their footwear before entering the environment. |
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| Work Time/First session |
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As the child enters the brightly lit environments, they take their sitting mats and spread them on the floor. 09.30 am to 10.30 am is work time for our children. Children are given full freedom to work with the materials of their choice. They choose an activity which has been presented to them earlier or something they wish to work with. It may involve working with a puzzle of fruits, vegetables, shapes etc.
They are also given a lot of pairing activities to help built their vocabulary.
All the materials are available for children to work and the environment too has been designed so as to allow the child to explore and learn.
We are able to offer such an attention to each child due to our 1:12 ratio (adult: children).
It also is a pre-mont centre for children whose parents have opted for Montessori but have just turned 2 but less than 2 yrs 10 mths.Here these children work under a Montessori trained adult and will receive the required presentations based on their age. They will then be taken to the Montessori environment once they turn 2yrs 10 mths.
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| Circle time and snack time |
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10.30 am to 10.45 am is our usual Circle time where children recite Shlokas and Prayers along with the Rhymes. Last but not the least children finally sing our National Anthem.
After this, Snack Break starts from 10.45 am to 11.30 am, where children are made aware of basic hygiene such as washing their hands, wiping them with clean towels and spreading their napkins before the open their boxes to enjoy what mama has sent.
Parents are advised to pack healthy snack food rather than junk foods. The adult supervises during snack time, which is, to make sure that each and every child has had his/her snack completely. As and when the children finish with their snacks they join theirs friends for playing in our outer environment.
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| Second half / Last Hour |
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The second half or the last hour that is from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm, is usually meant for group activities for children, like the coloring and craft activity. Activities are also planned on a daily basis to help the children learn more through stories and creative work. As a preparation for writing, children trace the rough surface of each letter named Sandpaper Letters while repeating the sounds of each alphabet and numbers. But on Fridays, children have the Audio Visual session where they get to see Educational CD's and sometimes their favorite cartoons.
The yearly curriculum also includes A day out, sports day, fancy dress, and annual day. |
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