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It is here at Twin Oaks Montessori we guide and nurture each unique child in a diverse, holistic, and prepared Montessori environment where traditional Montessori is defined with a modern approach for today’s 21st century child. Our children are guided and nurtured to explore and discover the joy of learning and thereby become life long learners while developing their own creativity and ideas to become confident community and global citizens. Our hope is to allow each child to blossom to their fullest potential. Thank you for taking the time to visit our program. Please feel free to contact us anytime and/or schedule a tour of our school. We look forward to hearing from you. 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We are pleased that you have taken the opportunity to obtain more information about us. International families from around the world has sought and found a welcoming, enriching, and a nurturing atmosphere for their children at our school. Our hope is that your experience will be the same. It is here at Twin Oaks Children Montessori we guide and nurture each unique child in a diverse, holistic, and prepared Montessori environment where traditional Montessori is defined with a modern approach for today’s 21st century child. Our children are guided and nurtured to explore and discover the joy of learning and thereby become life long learners while developing their own creativity and ideas to become confident community and global citizens. Our hope is to allow each child to blossom to their fullest potential. Thank you for taking the time to visit our program. Please feel free to contact us anytime and/or schedule a tour of our school. We look forward to hearing from you. Warmest Regards, Surangi Widyaratne A.M.I Head of School Schedule Tour https://twinoaksmontessori.com/admission daily 0.75 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f39cf9c16dd0c294eaa70e9/1597624236367-UYV9SSX8UPVUOHARWHZP/AdobeStock_89369113.jpeg Admission - MORE COMING SOON https://twinoaksmontessori.com/summer-camp daily 0.75 2020-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f39cf9c16dd0c294eaa70e9/1598492603073-NDIVIWXN1PV7JA6VWJ9G/AdobeStock_301678641.jpeg Summer Camp - REgister for Summer Camp LOOK FOR REGISTRATION TO OPEN SPRING 2021! Our Summer Camp at Twin Oaks Children’s Montessori is a fun-filled hands on Montessori Camp! It has theme based activities for each month continued with other Montessori Activities. WHAT DO WE DO? Theme Based Activities (for each month) Art & Music Culinary Activities Global Exploration with Cultural Activities Splash Days, Sports, Outdoor Fun Activities Picnics Montessori Summer Activities (for each month) Yoga https://twinoaksmontessori.com/about-us daily 0.75 2020-08-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f39cf9c16dd0c294eaa70e9/1598492573417-L3LFWES5SHQJ95CGALLC/AdobeStock_84428921.jpeg About Us https://twinoaksmontessori.com/class-programs daily 0.75 2020-10-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f39cf9c16dd0c294eaa70e9/1597624248975-UE0S4EWRV87PHLMH7WO8/AdobeStock_154985815.jpeg Class Programs - Primary Community (3-6 Years) The first six years of life, when unconscious learning is gradually brought to the conscious level, are crucial in human development. At the primary level, between the ages of 3 to 6 years of age, the child possesses unusual sensitivity and mental powers for absorbing and learning from the environment. At this level there is a greater need & potential for disciplined work and a natural desire to learn. To aid the child in this period of heightened receptivity, the Montessori classroom provides a unique range of materials, guided by a teacher trained to work with each child at their level of development. The child chooses materials which encourage exploration and each student works at their own pace. In the classroom, the child's creative energy is freed and each student develops independence, self-discipline and the habit of work. The student moves with self confidence towards a mastery of skills and ideas. During the primary level each child is guided physically, emotionally and intellectually and is ready for abstract learning experiences. Our curriculum includes Practical Life, Sensorial, Math, Language, Botany, Geography, Science, Art, Music, Spanish and much more. "Let us give the child a vision of the whole universe... for all the things are a part of the universe, and are connected with each other to form one whole unity" - Maria Montessori https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f39cf9c16dd0c294eaa70e9/1597624248970-ZLSK5S0BR135WJG7F169/AdobeStock_301678641.jpeg Class Programs - Toddler Community (18-24 Months) Practical Life (teach me to do it myself) Practical Life exercises are designed to develop the child's physical co-ordination (hand-eye), motor skills, independence and concentration. By learning to perform daily tasks give the child a sense of responsibility, self-worth and confidence, thus an accomplishment which leads to development of character. Some of the activities learned are pouring, spooning, transferring, washing up etc. Courtesy and social graces are also incorporated in this area. Learning to take care of ones self and the environment is a primary goal in Practical life. Sensorial Sensorial Education is fundamental in the intellectual development of the child. The materials provided help to develop the child's sensory-motor capabilities of the five senses. The child becomes more aware of his surrounding by observing the environment more intelligently. The graded activities consist of sequencing, matching, classifying and sorting. Sensorial Education also indirectly prepares the child for other areas of development like reading, language and math. Mathematics A child is introduced to Mathematics after working with the practical life and sensorial activities. Manipulative materials are designed to allow the child to have the hands on experience in order to grasp the concept of quantity. By having to feel, touch and see a concrete object as opposed to the abstract concept is a great advantage and gives the child a good head start in learning the fundamentals of simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and the decimal system. Language and Phonics Montessori Method of introducing language is by teaching the child the phonetic sounds of the letters. By this approach, the child learns to familiarize with the sounds, then on to word-building, reading, speaking and writing. This system is of a multi-sensory nature, which enhances language development. Mandarin and Spanish are also incorporated into our program. Cultural Children should be given the opportunity to be fully aware of the different facets of the environment and the world. Cultural Education is an activity-based program that covers Geography, History, Botany, Zoology, Science and Nature Study. Creative activities (exercises) allowing exploration and general knowledge is undeniably a welcome addition in giving the child self-worth and confidence to last him a lifetime. In addition we also conduct the following: Creative Art Science Spanish Music Yoga Soccer Dance Gymnastics "Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed" - Maria Montessori https://twinoaksmontessori.com/why-montessori daily 0.75 2020-08-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f39cf9c16dd0c294eaa70e9/1597624256440-AHY6DWLNJ9TBQ99R3TLL/Maria_Montessori_%28portrait%29.jpg Why Montessori? - Why Montessori? Maria Montessori was an Italian educator and physician, best known for developing the Montessori Method of teaching. She was born in ChiraValle in the Ancona province of Italy. Montessori is the name given to the discoveries and educational method devised by Dr. Maria Montessori. Dr. Montessori is Italy's first woman physician and she used her scientific training to observe how children will teach themselves given an appropriately prepared environment. 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