MDM offers an excellent introduction to the Montessori approach in educating children. The Montessori methodology, an internationally acclaimed curriculum which spans more than a century, was scientifically devised and tested by Maria Montessori – first Italian lady physician, educator, psychologist, humanitarian, and Nobel Prize nominee. The system satisfies your child’s needs during his most “sensitive periods”, critical periods when your child’s mind is at its most absorbent stage. Thus, fully equipped, the child’s transition to the next planes of development is smooth and unhampered.
Montessori De Manila integrates principles espoused by Dr. Montessori, offering the following features:
Child-Centered, Comprehensive Curriculum
Practical Life Area – enables the child to develop coordination, independence, increased concentration, the ability to do tasks to completion, and organization leading to a well-ordered mind.
a. Care of Self
b. Care of Environment – Indoor and Outdoor
c. Social Graces
d. Control and Refinement of Movement
Sensorial Area – opens up the child’s vista to really “pay attention” and maximize the use of all his senses, an essential secret of the Montessori experience, for better acquisition of knowledge.
a. Visual
b. Tactile
c. Olfactory
d. Auditory
e. Gustatory
f. Stereognostic
Mathematics / Geometry Area – provides intriguing hands-on approach to making concepts concrete and tangible, leading to the mind’s grasp of abstraction.
a. Arithmetic
Progressive Numeration & Linear Counting
Decimal System
Static & Dynamic Operations
Problem-solving
b. Fractions
c. Geometry
Study of Lines, Polygons, Circles and Solids
The Laws of Exponents
The Pythagorean Theorem
The Trigonometry Ratio
Coordinate Geometry
d. Algebra
e. Business Mathematics
f. Trigonometry
g. Statistics
h. Recording Exercises
Language / Communication Arts Area – interwoven with all others, this empowers the child to learn extensive vocabulary, spell, write articulately, love to read, compose and communicate thoughts, study grammar and sentence analysis, and use materials for pleasure and research the Montessori way.
a. Vocabulary Expansion
b. Oral Expression & Communication Skills
c. Writing – Content & Skill
d. Reading & Comprehension
e. Literary Appreciation
f. Grammar
g. Recording Exercises
Cultural Arts Area / Language Extensions (Extention of the First 4 Areas) – an exposition of pulsating with life: world cultures, global events and human development, flora and fauna, the engaging realm of science, as well as art and music culture.
a. History & Geography (The World)
b. Biology: Botany (The World of Plants)
Zoology (The World of Animals)
c. Science (Earth & Geology, Ecology, Physics, Chemistry,
Astronomy, Cosmology, etc.)
d. Music
e. Art (Vocational Arts / Work Education,
Crafts, etc.)
6. Other Areas
a. Values Education
b. Information Technology / Computer Education
c. Movement Education / Physical Education
d. Clubs / Organizations (i.e. Student Council,
Journalism, Performing Arts, Speaker's, Teens for
Teens, Art, Sports, Glee, Math and Science, Game
Bowl, Teatro Galak, Home Industrialist, Dance,
Chess, etc.
A Wide Range of Didactic Materials
Montessori materials found only in the best Montessori environments propel children to progress from one learning experience to the next, smoothly and continuously, and are available at the time of their interest.
A Well-Prepared Environment
A planned and orderly environment stimulates children’s natural curiosity and ability to absorb and learn. It consists of the tangible and intangible environments – the tangible providing materials, activities and experiences supporting theories Montessori advocated, and the intangible, manifesting principles we adults believe in.
Spacious Work and Learning Areas within a Safe Outdoor Environment
Well-Equipped Library and Computer and Science Laboratories
Montessori children are voracious readers; thus library facilities must be complete. Supplementing books, audio-visual presentations enhance what was read and learned from printed materials.
