About Kinder Kids Montessori
Founded in 2019 by Jolene Edwards, Kinder Kids Montessori is a quality school established to provide your children a better education by bringing the world-renowned Montessori Method to the Trinity Community.
Located along scenic Highway 3, the Kinder Kids facility is a beautiful environment where children can learn and grow. With bright and inviting outdoor play spaces and sun-drenched gardens, the facility features a recently remodeled interior with open-plan, naturally lit classrooms filled with bright and inviting materials—all designed to achieve high standards and inspire life-long learning.
Kinder Kids Montessori currently offers two programs for early childhood education. Our Primary Program is for students ages 3-6 years of age, while our Toddler Program is designed for ages 3 months - 36 months of age. We offer classes Monday through Friday with half-day and full-day options available depending on the needs of the child and parent.
The Montessori Classroom
Montessori is an educational method that begins with observation of the child. It utilizes concrete materials that are presented with precision and care. The lessons taught in Montessori education instill an appreciation and respect for the environment, community and a strong sense of self.
Classrooms include children of different ages:
The multi-age classroom is a hallmark of a Montessori school.
Younger children learn by emulating older children while older peers’ model how to participate in classroom activities; how to engage with teacher/peers, and how to move from on activity to the next.
Older children get an opportunity to practice their leadership skills and develop empathy as they help younger students learn.
An environment that emphasizes responsibility and
self-discipline:
Focus is away from teachers and on students empowering them to love learning.
Each child receives instruction and guidance based on the teacher’s careful observation on his or her educational needs. Montessori students are always free to work to their maximum ability; children who need more help get it , while children who are ready to move ahead are free to do so.
A curriculum that emphasizes independence:
Students are given a long time to work on their chosen tasks— usually about 2-3 hours. During this time, the Montessori teacher will refrain from interrupting or distracting a child who is productively engaged in a task. This long work period nurtures concentration and provides space for children to pursue complex, time consuming learning.
Children learn how to be self-directed. Concentration and engagement are enhanced by being free to explore activities from a carefully prepared curriculum & work at their own pace.
Children have freedom to make choices regarding seating spaces, work choices, work partners, and timing. Freedom brings with it responisbility and as a result children bear the responsibility for the consequences of their choices.
An orderly classroom with prepared work:
Montessori materials are a set of scientifically designed hands -on learning devices made of handwoods or metal. Each material is unique and designed with particular purpose in mind.
These materials or “works” are specific to Montessori- not found in traditional classrooms.
During a “work cycle:, children independently choose one or more “works” to pursue during their work period. They’re given an uninterrupted period of time to complete that activity and return materials to their proper places. If time permits, the child selects another work to complete and put back. This repeats during the work cycle.
The Montessori work cycle teaches children to focus their attention and learn how to complete a task with minimal help. As a result, children feel a sense of accomplishment with each work cycle they successfully complete.
A teacher who guides rather than directs:
The Montessori Teacher is the designer of the environment, and observer, a presenter, a role model, a resource, and a facilitator. She prepares the environment, which includes the learning materials and the representation of each learning curriculum.
The prepared environment is Montessori’s term for a carefully readied and organized setting for children using logical groupings of materials sequenced from left to right and top to bottom.
The environment is furnished with shelves to contain and organize the materials, child-size furniture, and a variety of interesting workspaces for the children,
Within Montessori, Teachers contribute by designing well-thought-out learning opportunities that encourage children to learn, and then guide and support them as the participate.
The Teacher understands the purpose of long, uninterrupted blocks of work time and allows the student time to freely select work and eventually becomes absorbed in work that has a particular fascination for them at this point in their development. Interruptions disturb the development of the child’s focus, concentration, and opportunity to deeply delve into work. During this uninterrupted work time, Teachers have the opportunity to present lessons to the children, ensuring that lessons are given and work is explored in all areas of the classroom.
The Teacher is capable of observing, reflecting, and planning for each child’s individualized progress and keeps clear records as a form of assessment.
Montessori uses concrete materials that are presented with precision and care in five curricular areas of the classroom:
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Practical Life
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Sensorial
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Math
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Language
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Science/Geography
