Re: How did Dr.Montessori do at her time?

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On 11/18/09, Mary wrote:
> There is a very detailed schedule in"The Montessori Method"
> (written by Dr. Montessori). Look for page 119, Chapter VII
> "Exercises of Practical Life - Proposed winter schedule of
> hours in the Children's Houses" Opening at 9:00 and closing
> at 4:00. I have been working in All-Day Children's House for
> 12+ years. Don't forget that Music, art, drama, dancing,
> poetry, movement, etc are ALL available within the structure
> of the Children's House and you can develop lessons for any
> subject area. These are also available throughout the day.
> We have about an hour for lunch including set up and clean up
> and we also go out side twice a day as a group (this is
> optional but most children choose to go out). Also, we have a
> small patio adjacent to our classroom where the children work
> outside at any time of the day. Good luck

Thank you so much, Mary! It's great to hear the ideas from an
experienced teacher! So it seems in Dr.Montessori's time, the
school hours were not as long as daycares nowadays. Some of the
children in our daycare arrive at 7:30 and leave at 6:00.Basically
they stay longer with us than their parents.:-(

For dancing & movement, I guess you do the activities as a group?
It's hard to do it in a typical Montessori way, I mean one to
one,isn't it? Do you do it by youself or invite other specialists
to the class? I know some strict Montessorians are against
incorporating extracurriculum into Montessori classroom as it
would interrupt 3 hours working cycle? But I guess you can do it
in the afternoon, right? And drama in the classroom? Wow, this is
pretty new to me but sounds very interesting. How do you do it?  

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