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Curriculum
At Constantia Kloof Montessori, lessons are
introduced simply and concretely in the early
years and are reintroduced several times during
the following years at increasing degrees of
abstraction and complexity.
The following is a brief overview of our
curriculum and since students progress at their
own pace; it is not possible to divide up the
curriculum by grade levels.
Reading and Language Arts
Pre-reading
Due to the vertical age grouping, the younger
children are exposed to the older children in the
class who are already reading. It tends to create
in younger children a spontaneous interest in
learning how to read. We begin to teach reading
as soon as that interest is expressed.
- The children are taught through many early
approaches to listen for and to recognise the
individual phonetic sounds in words.
- We introduce the children to literature by
reading aloud and discussing a wide range of
stories.
- We help our youngest students to recognise
the shape and the phonetic sound of the
alphabet with the use of sandpaper letters, a
tactile alphabet.
Reading
- Sounding out simple three or four letter phonic
words
- Early exercises to practice reading: labelling
objects, naming things that interest the
children, botany and zoology classified cards.
Mathematics
Children are usually introduced to numbers at
age 3 learning the numbers and symbols 1 to 10.
They use sandpaper numbers, number rods,
spindle box, cards and counters and sight
recognition.
The introduction to the decimal system follows
with the units, tens, hundreds and thousands
represented by concrete material (one single
bead = 1, a ten bead bar = 10, 10 bead bars
fastened together = 100, a cube 10 units wide,
10 units long and ten units high represents
1000).
The children recognise the quantity, then form
numbers and read them back.
Learning teen numbers: 12=10+2. This is done
using a concrete material (Sequin Board A) and
the children recognise the numbers then form
them and read them back.
Learning ten numbers (10 to 100). This is done
using concrete equipment (Sequin Board B),
where the children recognise the numbers form
them and read them back.
The development of the concept of addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division is done
through work with the Golden beads materials.
Children build numbers and solve operations
correctly. They are also exposed to the concept of
dynamic addition and subtraction.
Adding and subtracting numbers under 10
without the use of concrete materials.
Development of the concept of long
multiplication and division through concrete work
with the stamp game and the beads material.
Introduction to money: recognition of the
different coins and paper money, change and
concept that 10x10 cents piece equals to 1 Rand.
Geometry
Recognising and naming basic shapes and
geometric solids using concrete materials.
Thermic bottles
Baric tablets
Touch boards
Touch tablets
Sense of smell
- Identifying scents
- Labelling scents
- Matching scents
Sense of taste
- Identify tastes and language
- Labelling tastes
- Matching tastes
Stereo Gnostic sense
- Sorting objects by touch
- Sorting shapes by touch
- Sorting sizes by touch
- Mystery bags.