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Footprints 10 ‘Going out’ at Anweshana Montessori education is based on a series of genuine discoveries of Dr. Maria Montessori. Her approach to education encompasses the whole development of man from birth to adulthood. ‘Going Out’ is one of the needs of a primary child (age 7 - 12 years). At this age the child shows us his desire to escape from the house (closed environment). “When the child goes out, it is the world itself that offers itself to him.” “The role of education is to interest the child profoundly in an external activity to which he will give all his potential.” The adults at Anweshana truly believe and understand this, thanks to Bharathi ma’am! She encourages the adults to take the children out to help them explore the world around them, at different levels. Anweshana has a beautiful outer environment. There are a variety of plants — medicinal, flowering and fruiting plants to study. They get to see, touch and feel various parts of the plants which further help them to learn the activities related to classification and determination. Outings at Anweshana are not limited to the surroundings. Children are taken to visit lakes, botanical gardens, stud farm, planetarium, etc., to give them experiences from the nearby areas. Children from the age group 8 yrs and above are also taken to field trips/educational tours for durations ranging from 2 days to a week for older children. These excursions are very well organized by the adults at Anweshana. The purpose of the trip, the planning-travel by train/bus, simple things to carry, the places to visit, the places of stay, safety rules to follow are all well discussed with the children and decided upon. All these outings are very well connected with the Montessori principles: To help the children become independent To help them understand the importance of working together in a group To help them find the links between, the various topics learnt in the classroom, to the outside real world. To help them explore the place of visit through Nature - animals and birds, plants and trees Geographical location and climate, land forms found there Sites and Monuments with historical importance Culturally and socially, by reaching out to the people/tribes living there. To get acquainted to their way of life — language spoken, art, craft, dance forms, their food and occupations. As a parent at Anweshana, I have seen my daughter, looking forward to the outings every year and thoroughly enjoying them. A very big thanks to team Anweshana for creating such an opportunity for the children! -Dhanashree Kulkarni We teachers can only help the work going on, as servants wait upon a master. - Dr Maria Montessori
11 Footprints Anweshana Montessori, A place to self-learn and thrive! Every time I think of Anweshana Montessori, I think of a quote from Dr. Maria Montessori, “The child has a mind able to absorb knowledge. He has the power to teach himself.” It is because, I have realised that only the skill of self-teaching, stays forever with us and helps us succeed in any environment. We thrive in those moments when we have discovered something on our own and that discovery stays with us forever! This is the foundation of Anweshana Montessori. I was told about this school by one of my cousins, even before I become a mother. She had described this school to be a thriving place for children where children could be what they are and flourish without the pressure of learning. This was a new concept and opposite to what little understanding I had about the happening at any nursery schools where they stunt a child's growth by giving them strict instructions to follow. From that day onwards, I decided that when time comes, it will be this school that my children will go to! Oh! It was a treasure hunt and pulling teeth for me when finally, the time came to seek admission in this school for our firstborn son. It took several calls to friends of friends and cousins to find the new address and even a telephone number. But it was worth the trouble, finally we started our relationship with this earthy school that showed more human centric values and ethos, which are fading away in our fast-paced society these days. From a simple activity of cutting vegetables or sieving the flour to difficult activity of working without materials in the higher grades, I observed that children are all time aware of their surroundings. This awareness makes them connect with their own inner feelings. When one connects with their feelings, the brain automatically performs the required task with ease. The teachers in the school put every effort to push a child’s mind in discovering the outcome of any activity in an individualistic experience that no one can prescribe for them. No two children are same while they do the same activity, the impact is a world apart. I have witnessed this in my own children, hence find the philosophy of Montessori even more appealing now than ever before. This also applies to the child who may be comfortable and inclined towards receiving clear instructions than exploration. But in Anweshana, eventually that child also reaches the stage of independence and explores new ways to learn. The idea is never to give-up, if an educator had to give up on that child, the child would have never bloomed. That's why it's important to be a partner with the educator and implement such things back home. What I always loved about Anweshana was a must-have observation time. These observations are not for you to observe your child, but also to see how various other children are performing different tasks without being distracted by their colleagues, who are at a very different level and happy in their own zone of activity. Rarely we see these happening in the real life, we often get bogged down by competition in normal schools. The beauty of Anweshana Montessori in not only in nurturing and brining up happy, self-aware and responsible children of tomorrow, but also the families, who have been part of this journey. These are like-minded individuals who have provided their full support in keeping their children until primary grades. Anweshana Montessori has provided the best foundation to my children Gerard, Joshua and Jaden, their current teachers appreciate the quality of self-teaching and connection with surroundings. And the full credit goes to the educators at Anweshana staring from Ms. Sumana, Ms. Lakshami, Ms. Hajira, Ms. Anupama, Ms. Anita, Ms. Dhanashree, Ms. Rama, Ms. Dunly, Ms. Jayashree and above all the leadership and guidance of Ms. Bharathi. - Hema Santosh, Parent of Gerard, Joshua and Jaden If education is always to be conceived along the same antiquated lines of a mere transmission of knowledge, there is little t o be hoped from it in the bettering of man's future. For what is the use of transmitting knowledge if the individual's total development lags behin d? - Dr Maria Montessori
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