THE CHILDREN'S HOUSE
This environment welcomes your children aged 3 to 6.
THE PRINCIPLE
TEACH ME TO DO IT ALONE
The Children's House is the continuation of the Toddler's Community. It is the third stage of the learning cycle, according to the thinking of Maria Montessori. It welcomes children from 3 to 6 years of age.
The mix of ages is designed to encourage children to work together, exchange ideas, respect each other, emulate each other within the group, and develop rich, peaceful social relationships.
This environment is prepared in the form of distinct areas: practical life, the senses, language, mathematics, geography, botany, as well as motor skills and artistic activities such as painting and music.
It is designed through the placement of objects, tidying up, logic and the graduation of small exercises to help children learn to find their bearings, concentrate, work in a group both for themselves and with others, take responsibility and find their independence from an early age.
The materials used come from a manufacturer approved by the Association Montessori Internationale.
Your child will benefit from two-and-a-half to three hours of autonomous activity time, each morning and afternoon, allowing him or her to work at his or her own pace and concentrate on the activity.
Your child will be accompanied by a French-speaking Montessori educator and an English-speaking Montessori educator, both graduates of the Association Montessori Internationale, whose role is to observe your child, guide his or her development and protect his or her work.
A TYPICAL DAY
HAPPINESS AND GOOD CHEER!
Your child is accompanied into the changing room of his or her environment, and learns to take off his or her coat and put on his or her slippers. The first to arrive already start work while waiting for the environment to be complete.
Depending on each child's rhythm and sensitive period, this is the time to offer activities such as language learning, mathematics, stereognostic activities, geography, botany, music and painting. Your child will also learn grace and courtesy, as well as practical life skills: personal care, care for the environment inside and out, and silence.
It's time for the morning ritual, with songs, rhymes and stories told in English by the English-speaking educator.
It's also a time of learning and conviviality. Meals are taken at the table with adults. Children learn how to set the table, use food and water, handle cutlery, sit and eat properly, and clear the table at the end of the meal. A hot, well-balanced lunch is delivered every day, using organic/local ingredients.
Depending on each child's rhythm and sensitive period, this is the time to offer activities such as language learning, mathematics, stereognostic activities, geography, botany, music and painting. Your child will also learn grace and courtesy, as well as practical life skills: personal care, care for the environment inside and out, and silence.
Rest time is important and will take into account the needs of each child. A dedicated sleeping area is set aside in a rest room equipped with floor cots, so that children can get in and out of bed on their own. The child's bed is personalized, sleep patterns are respected, and waking up is done in a calm, staggered manner according to each child's rhythm.
The children enjoy an outing to a park right next to the school, except of course in the case of very bad weather.
Reunion time!
BILINGUAL FRENCH / ENGLISH
A bilingual French/English environment with a French-speaking educator and a native English-speaking assistant
CONVIVIAL ORGANIC / LOCAL MEAL
Hot, balanced lunch and snack based on organic/local ingredients at the table with adults
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Extended morning, evening, Wednesday and school vacation care with a wide range of activities, including early music and theater.
DAILY OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
A private and secure 1,200m² botanical garden with several play areas, offering your children an idyllic setting for daily outdoor activities