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22ndCenturyMedia.com holiday guide<br />
22nd century media | November 8, 2018 | 27<br />
Rose Hall focuses on the whole child<br />
Rose Hall Montessori School<br />
has been educating young children<br />
for over 30 years. Based on<br />
the philosophy and educational<br />
methods of Maria Montessori,<br />
Rose Hall’s mission is to educate<br />
the whole child by providing a<br />
stimulating and nurturing environment<br />
that allows children to<br />
grow socially, emotionally and<br />
intellectually. The ultimate goal<br />
is to help children reach their<br />
highest potential and gain a lifelong<br />
enthusiasm for learning.<br />
This holistic focus is still at the<br />
heart of Rose Hall Montessori<br />
School today.<br />
At Rose Hall the priority is<br />
to help each child become the<br />
person that he/she is meant to<br />
be; to develop a strong sense of<br />
self and confidence. The teachers<br />
and staff work hard to provide a<br />
supportive, caring, peaceful environment<br />
in which young children<br />
feel safe to explore, grow,<br />
learn and become independent.<br />
Academically, the classroom<br />
is separated into five key curricular<br />
areas – practical life, sensorial,<br />
math, language and cultural.<br />
The core Montessori principals<br />
of order, coordination, concentration<br />
and independence are priorities<br />
throughout the classroom.<br />
The staff at Rose Hall believes<br />
that the development of these<br />
core executive functioning skills<br />
will assist in building lifelong<br />
learning skills.<br />
In addition to the 5 key areas,<br />
the curriculum is enhanced with<br />
a variety of additional units including<br />
botany, art history, music,<br />
cartography, zoology and<br />
more. Each unit is taught with<br />
a hands-on approach – concepts<br />
are first learned from the most<br />
concrete perspective, moving to<br />
the more abstract. A child will<br />
learn the parts of a root, for example,<br />
by first spending time<br />
outside in the garden, digging<br />
up roots and dissecting them.<br />
He will later look at vocabulary<br />
enrichment cards and research<br />
books.<br />
Rose Hall enriches its core<br />
curriculum with a weekly French<br />
class and monthly yoga. Each<br />
day begins with student and<br />
teacher greeting each other, followed<br />
by a period of work and<br />
ending with a fun line time with<br />
songs, dancing and peace curriculum.<br />
Gross motor play is an<br />
important component of every<br />
day as well.<br />
While the school takes academic<br />
rigor seriously, it recognizes<br />
that there are other<br />
equally important life skills that<br />
are formed and cultivated in<br />
the early childhood years such<br />
as patience, humility, empathy<br />
and compassion. At Rose Hall<br />
a strong emphasis is placed on<br />
Maria Montessori’s passion for<br />
peace and community. Teachers<br />
invest a significant amount<br />
of group class time at “Peace<br />
Circle,” where they help the children<br />
address issues of compassion,<br />
conflict, respect and problem<br />
solving. Rose Hall teachers<br />
believe that fostering an environment<br />
of peace in the classroom<br />
not only aids in the children’s academic<br />
success but also enables<br />
them to begin the long work of<br />
becoming responsible, respectful<br />
and loving members of our<br />
larger communities.<br />
Rose Hall sees each child as a<br />
unique, special person with their<br />
own interests, learning style and<br />
personality. Teachers adhere to<br />
the core Montessori principal of<br />
“following each child.” Through<br />
constant observation and assessment,<br />
teachers are able to understand<br />
how children react, what<br />
motivates them and what areas<br />
need more focus. In Montessori,<br />
teachers guide the curriculum for<br />
each child based upon their own<br />
needs and wants.<br />
Rose Hall’s classrooms are a<br />
place where your child can feel<br />
at home, feel loved, and feel the<br />
freedom to explore and grow.<br />
Submitted by Rose Hall Montessori<br />
School, 1140 Wilmette Ave., Wilmette.<br />
Call (847) 256-2002 or visit<br />
rosehallmontessori.org for more<br />
information.<br />
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