About Rising Stars Montessori School

1. RISING STARS MONTESSORI
SCHOOL
“Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is
not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the
environment.” – Maria Montessori
Our Mission is to cultivate the natural desire to learn and to
foster a lifelong love of learning in every child.

2. WHAT IS MONTESSORI EDUCATION
 Montessori education is an
educational approach developed
by Italian physician and educator
Maria Montessori
 Montessori education is
characterized by an emphasis
on independence, freedom
within limits, and respect for a
child’s natural psychological
development, as well as
technological advancements in
society

3. PRACTICAL LIFE
Development of everyday life skills through the use of reality
based activities. The prepared environment is created to learn
and enhance the skills.
Aim
 Concentration
 Coordination
 Independence
 Order
 Preparation for math, reading
and writing skills.
Activities
 Hand and eye coordination
 Pincer grip
 Muscles development
 One to one correspondence

4. SENSORIAL
Hands on activities for the child to tune into
their five senses and enhance their
intellectual abilities.
Aim
 Enhance visual, tactile, auditory, smelling
and tasting sense.
 Refinement of the senses
 Fine motor control
 Hand-eye coordination
 Preparation for math and writing activities
Activities include
 Sound cylinders
 Color tablets
 Knobbed cylinders (Enhances Pincer Grip)
 Long rods, Broad Stair( sequencing from the
longest to the shortest, broadest the
narrowest).
 Smelling bottles

5. LANGUAGE
The sensitive period for language is
up to seven years of age. To
write, to read, to understand the
function of language and to create
an awe and appreciation of
language.
Aim
 Preparation of the hand
 Enrichment of vocabulary
 Phonetics
 Reading
 Classification
 Parts of speech
 Learn Nouns
, pronouns, adjectives, Adverbs, Ver
bs.

6. LANGUAGE
Activities
 Metal insets
 Tracing sounds
 Using sandbox
 Using big moveable alphabet to make words
 Using objects to make words.

7. SCIENCE
Students gain the perspective of science through exploration
and research in these areas. Different projects are done by
weekly.
Beginning science experiments Classifications of animals-
(sink/float) picture/folder
Under the ocean Classification of Vertebrates and
Parts of Fish, Flamingo and Frog Invertebrates
Parts of a Tree, Flowers Germination activities
Food chain of Fish Living/nonliving exercises
Solar system( includes a song Human Body
and learning the details, making Land/water activities
journal) Photosynthesis
Lifecycle of butterfly(book
reading, writing a journal)

8. MATH
Aim
 Concentration
 Logical thinking and problem solving skills
 learn
addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, Divisio
n and Decimal system
Materials used
 Spindle box( teaches activity 1-10)
 Sequin Board( learning 11-20)
 Hundred board ( 1-100)
 Addition and Subtraction boards
 Multiplication and Division Boards
 Using Bead material to learn calculation in
thousands (eg 1200+ 2400)

9. GEOGRAPHY
Aim
Learn about Globe,
Continents, Countries, States, Oc
eans, Earth, Flags
Activities
Project
Map
Pin Hole Punching
Songs
Recognizing the places

10. CULTURE, MUSIC, ART
The Montessori cultural
curriculum is an integrated
study of various subjects
Aim
 Sharpen a child's power of
observation
 Encourage love and
respect for the environment
 Introduce the child to the
world’s great diversity of
people
 Emphasizing harmonious
living on our planet

11. CULTURE, MUSIC, ART (CONTINUED)
Activities
 Music time - learn
songs, play
instruments
 Celebrate holidays and
events around the
world
 Along with the
Montessori
materials, music, art, m
ovement, and
storytelling flourish in
the classroom.

12. SOME FAMOUS MONTESSORI STUDENTS
 Google Founders: Larry Page and Sergey
Brin
 Amazon Founder: Jeff Bezos
 Wikipedia Founder: Jimmy Wales
 Former First Lady: Jacqueline Kennedy
 Actor: George Clooney
 Management guru: Peter Drucker
 Sims Designer: Will Wright

13. VALUE OF MONTESSORI EDUCATION IN THE
WORDS OF FAMOUS PEOPLE
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C_DQxpX-Kw
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OCAdXjlLBA
 http://youtu.be/cPIXzDRuEfo
 Article on Forbes - Is Montessori the Origin Of Google
and Amazon

14. RISING STARS MONTESSORI VS TRADITIONAL SCHOOLS
Children grouped chronologically Non-graded (2 or 3 year age span)
Lot of activities designed to prepare a child's
Limited opportunities for prewriting activities
pincer grip
Children pursue their own self-paced
Class as a group - studies one subject at a
curriculum, individually or in small groups, in
time
various parts of environment
Postponement of cognitive development until Critical cognitive skills developed before age
first grade six
Phonetic-based, multi-sensorial, more
Traditional way of learning to read.
flexible writing and reading opportunities
Multiage grouping for community
Homogeneous grouping
atmosphere
Subjects are separated Subjects are intertwined