Island Parent Magazine Winter 2023
Vancouver Island’s Parenting Resource for 35 Years: Independent Schools & Education Guide • Choosing the Right School • Why Choose a Private School? • Raising Active Kids • Tweens & Teens
Vancouver Island’s Parenting Resource for 35 Years: Independent Schools & Education Guide • Choosing the Right School • Why Choose a Private School? • Raising Active Kids • Tweens & Teens
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Independent Schools<br />
&<br />
Education Guide<br />
Is Montessori School<br />
Right for Your Child?<br />
Have you ever considered sending your child to a Montessori<br />
school, but you’re just not sure what they have to offer?<br />
Here’s what you need to know.<br />
The “Montessori” method, founded in 1907, is an educational<br />
approach developed by Italian physician and educator<br />
Maria Montessori. Based on her extensive research with<br />
neurodiverse children, Montessori’s method is designed to teach<br />
children with an emphasis on independence, freedom within<br />
limits and a respect for a child’s natural psychological, physical<br />
and social development.<br />
Montessori caught the eye of Alexander Graham Bell, who<br />
opened Canada’s first Montessori school in Baddeck, N.S., in<br />
1912, long before it became popular in the 1960s.<br />
How does it work?<br />
At a Montessori school the teacher observes children, then<br />
uses certain resources in the classroom to present lessons to<br />
kids who are ready to learn. Lessons are given in sequence; children<br />
don’t move on to the next lesson until they have mastered<br />
12 <strong>Island</strong> <strong>Parent</strong> <strong>Magazine</strong> <strong>Island</strong><strong>Parent</strong>.ca
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