Responsible Pet Ownership

We had a visit to our preschool from the Responsible Pet Ownership Program.

The important message of the day was “No Owner + No Leash = No Touch”.

For more information, follow up activities and educational games visit www.pets.info.vic.gov.au

Trip to Queenscliffe

In Term 2, on a nice cool May morning, we boarded “Daisy’s” carriages at Drysdale train station.

Upon arriving at Queenscliffe, we then took a short walk to have a picnic and play in the park.

Before re-boarding the train back to Drysdale, we were treated to meeting some famous engines who were resting in their sheds, Skarloey and Thomas the Tank Engine himself!!!

The train trip home was very noisy with excitement, certainly a fun day had by all.

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Challenges

Children love to learn by doing activities…

At Bay City Montessori – all of our classroom tools are specifically designed to challenge each of the childs senses, to enhance their learning.

You’ll see activities here that you won’t find in other Geelong Preschools or Kindergartens.

The environment is a nurturing, family environment that encourages the child to expand on their natural talents.

Outside…

Outside in the play area there are many activities to entertain the children.

From a gazebo, fort and cubby house, to sandpits, slides, swings… we even have a racetrack!

There are various gardens comprising herbs, vegetables and flowers, which the children enjoy planting and maintaining.

What Is Montessori?

Observation Of Children As A Basis…

Developed by Maria Montessori, the method involves always observing first and then devising the teaching, taking the lead from the child.

She developed the theory of sensitive periods in development, saying that “children pass through definite periods in which they reveal psychic aptitudes and possibilities which afterwards disappear”.

That is why at particular epochs of their life, they reveal an intense and extraordinary interest in certain objects and exercise, which one might look for in vain at a later age.

During such a period the child is endowed with a special sensitivity which urges him/her to focus his/her attention on certain aspects of his/her environment to the exclusion of others.

Such attention is not the result of mere curiosity, it is more like a burning passion. A keen emotion first rises from the depths of the unconscious and sets in motion a marvelous creative ability in contact with the outside world, thus building up consciousness.”

She considered two to four years the sensitive period for order, two and a half years the special stage for sensation and three and a half to four years the best age to learn to write. She geared the presentation of materials and instruction to the periods, believing that readiness was one of the most important factors in the learning situation.

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