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The Alchemy of Food Behavioural Sleep Difficulties in Children Winterise your Family

Fitting in fitness with kids How do I know my child has too much screen time?

Getting prepared for your new-born

Volume 5

July 2019

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FROM THE EDITOR

This month I would like to share a beautiful poem of winter with you, written by Claude McKay. Some day, when trees have shed their leaves And against the morning's white The shivering birds beneath the eaves Have sheltered for the night, We'll turn our faces southward, love, Toward the summer isle Where bamboos spire to shafted grove And wide-mouthed orchids smile.

And we will seek the quiet hill Where towers the cotton tree, And leaps the laughing crystal rill, And works the droning bee.

And we will build a cottage there Beside an open glade, With black-ribbed blue-bells blowing near, And ferns that never fade.

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Maria Montessori Preschool Member of the Montessori Australia Foundation (MAF)

One hundred years ago, Dr Maria Montessori, an inspira onal educator, developed a unique method of educa on, based on research into childhood learning.

The Montessori approach fosters children's love of learning and encourages independence by providing an environment of ac vi es and materials which children use at their own pace. This builds self-confidence, inner discipline, a sense of self-worth and ins lls posi ve social behaviour. The approach forms the basis for lifelong learning.

In today's world it is more important than ever that children become mo vated individuals able to develop to their full poten al. Montessori takes into account the whole child and his place in the community, hence its relevance for today and the future.

Montessori 3-6 year old Program Children between the age of birth and six possess an "absorbent mind". This almost genius capacity for mental absorp on enables them to learn their na ve tongue, to perfect movement and internalize order.

Maria Montessori observed that children also experience Sensi ve Periods in their development.

These are periods of special sensi vity when the child is a racted to certain s muli in his or her environment allowing them to acquire certain knowledge and skills.

These periods occur universally for all children at approximately the same age and provide the me for op mal development of that par cular skill or knowledge.

The 3 to 6 year old child is undergoing a process of self-construc on. The applica on of the Montessori philosophy and the specifically designed Montessori equipment aids the child's ability to absorb knowledge and con nue this path of self-construc on. There are four main areas in the pre-school program: Prac cal Life, Sensorial, Language and Mathema cs.

Considerable emphasis is also placed on Crea ve Arts, Music, Science, Geography and Cultural Studies. Acquisi on of one's own first culture is the child's central developmental drive in the first plane of development.

The pre-primary environment serves this drive abundantly, bringing the world to the child.

Globes, maps, songs, land forms, collec ons of pictures of life in different cultures, and much more, is offered, with the aim of helping the child to grow as an individual apprecia ng the larger context of his or her world.

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Give your child the best foundation for future learning and living. Maria Montessori Preschool provides firstclass care and education for children from 3 to 6 years of age in a stimulating environment.

With over 30 years experience the qualified Montessori teachers will give your child the opportunity to experience enjoyment in learning and achieve a strong educational background.

“The most important period of life is not the age of university studies but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six. The more fully the needs of one period are met the greater will be the success of the next”.

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What’s on in Monash

The Alchemy of Food

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Fitting fitness with kids

Embrace all the seasons

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The story of a Stay at Home Dad

Behavioral Sleep Difficulties in Children

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Winterise your family

Getting prepared for your own new born

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解读蒙特梭利教育 蒙特梭利教育在国内非常热门。虽然它比较昂贵，不少有能力财力的家长还是会让孩 子早点接触这种教育理念。那么，究竟什么是蒙特梭利教育？它有什么优势能让国内家长 不惜重金?这里将为家长们解密蒙特梭利教育。 一百年前，一位对后人影响深刻的博士—— 玛丽亚 蒙特梭利经过对儿童教育的研究，开发 了一种独特的教育方式，这就是现当代闻名的蒙 特梭利教育。 蒙特梭利教育激发孩子对学习的热爱。通过 营造一个学习环境，对孩子因人制宜使用不同的 活动项目和器材，来鼓励孩子学习的主动性。这 样的学习方式使得孩子自信，自我约束，自我欣 赏，从而由内而外培养了积极向上的社交品质。 这种教育方式为孩子日后一生的学习都奠定了基 础。 纵观今日世界，教育之重在于让孩子自我激励，才能发挥百分百潜能。蒙特梭利教育 重视的是孩子整个身心发展还有孩子与社会的联系，与今日社会的联系，与未来的联系。 蒙特梭利教育始于孩子三岁，一直到孩子六岁。这样设计的原因是孩子从出生到六 岁的阶段是海绵体，就是大脑会像海绵一样吸收学到的知识，这是一种近乎天才的能力， 这种能力可以使他们模仿语言，完善动作还有消化指令。蒙特梭利博士观察到孩子成长过 程也有敏感阶段。在敏感阶段里，小孩子会被特定的刺激源吸引，而这些刺激源能使他们 获得知识和能力。基本上这些阶段发生在每个小孩身上的时间类似，这个阶段就是就是获 得某些知识和机能的最佳时期。 从3到6岁小孩子经历了一个自我塑造的过程。蒙特梭利理念的实际应用还有特殊 设计的器材都使孩子能够吸收知识和完善这个自我塑造的过程。学前班一共有四个主要教 育范围：动手能力，神经感应，语言和数学。教学重点也会放在：创造性艺术，音乐，科 学，地理和文化学习。小孩子对于家庭第一文化的学习是孩子第一阶段学习的中心与动 力。 学前班的学习环境是驱使这种动力的土壤，把整个世界带到孩子脚下。地球，地 图，音乐，土地模式，不同种族生活的照片展示等等，都是蒙特梭利教育的特点，在这种 教育下成长的小孩更能感知身边的世界。 墨尔本有几所蒙特梭利学前班，学费都是可以接受的范围，并且不同于一般的幼 儿园，时间比较长，对于双职工家长也有比较多灵活的选择。也有蒙特梭利小学，一般只 接收读完蒙特梭利学前班的儿童。有的家长担心读完蒙特梭利，会错过正常小学的一年 级，其实可以选择蒙特梭利小学，或者直接让孩子进入正常小学读2年级。希望大家通过 这篇文章能了解蒙特梭利教育，也欢迎大家来信探讨。 部分内容选自澳大利亚蒙特梭利教育联盟刊登的内容，更多信息，请参考： http://www.montessori.org.au/ 名额有限，请与以下电话联系（英语）：03 9545 0764 mariamontessori@optusnet.com.au

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