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City Montessori School, popularly
known as CMS, is the world's largest private school in a single city,
recognized by the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination
for ICSE and ISC.
Pre-Primary & Primary
Education: The School admits
boys and girls between the ages of 2 and 5 as follows:
(a) Montessori : 2 to 3 years of age
(Play Group)
(b) Nursery : 4 years of age
(c) K.G. : 5 years of age
CMS has adopted the Montessori method of preschool education. The
school appoints Montessori trained teachers of proven ability and
temperament to take care of the little ones and to initiate them into
learning by doing.
A British expert, Ms. Jo Lewington Hignett, spent a year to develop
Montessori classrooms and a workshop for classroom materials for CMS.
Other Montessori trained international teachers and trainers frequently
assist the CMS programme so that it matches world standards of
Montessori preschool education.
"The
discovery of the powers of the child is the most important discovery
humanity has ever made and uncovers the very roots of our life."
Dr. Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was born in Italy
in 1870. Maria was a woman far ahead of her time and became the first
woman to be granted a diploma as a certified physician in Italy. She
became the first female doctor in Italy. As a scientist and physician,
she was curious and willing to experiment and to seek answers to
questions not previously considered. In later years, she became an
educator and anthropologist. Studying children in all conditions
throughout the world, she discovered universal principles underlying
the development of all children. She stressed the need to change our
attitudes about children and their treatment.
The Montessori curriculum is
focused on the process and issues of science: the study of life, the
laws and structure of the universe, and how humanity has struggled
throughout history to put our understanding to practical use. At the
same time, we seek to captivate the mind of each child and fill her
with a sense of wonder at the grandeur of the universe, the simple
beauty of the physical laws, and the miracle of life. To inspire within
a child deep sense of the philosophy of science as the process through
which humanity has built up our little store of knowledge-asking
questions, observing systematically, collecting and analyzing data, and
controlled experiments-is to prepare the child for a lifetime of
learning.
Dr. Montessori recognized the value
of her discoveries and truly believed that she had discovered much more
than an educational theory. She saw a vision of a new world where
children who grew up in an atmosphere of peace and respect extended
that attitude into adult life.
There are various phases through
which a human being grows through his life as he grows from a child to
an adult.
To have the knowledge of
these phases in mind and their related psychological factors is
essential for imparting good education.
These phases can be divided
as :
· Birth –6-year old- at this age children are more sensitive and
learn what they observe.
· 6 – 12- at this age children become develops reasoning and
also develop imaginary powers
· 12 – 18-at this age we have a child whose script was written
when he was small. They understand their place in society and their
opportunity to contribute to it.
After this, he steps into
this world either as one amongst others or one different from others.
This depends upon what education we impart to them and how we are able
to unleash their potential.
The Montessori classroom prepares its students for each successive
developmental plane, allowing them to take responsibility for their own
education making choices, changing and becoming unique human beings. In
our system of education, we believe that learning is a continuous
process and that parents, teachers and students are all partners to
learning. CMS has been trying to follow the Montessori pattern of
teaching to the best possible extent in the Indian environment.
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