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In most Montessori schools a day usually ends at 3:00pm(including extended day) and then if children need to stay longer in the school, other toys are out for the children to play with.

I guess this is a pretty typical schedule for schools with long operating hours. I believe Dr. Montessori¡¯s first children¡¯s house was a kind of daycare setting with children staying there for much longer hours than our current preschools. Did her children do Montessori work for the whole day in the morning and in the afternoon till 6:00pm? If not, what else activities did the children do? Did they go outside together as a whole group or going outside was one of the free choices the children can make? I remember in one of her book she mentioned that the assistant would lead a child to the garden if there¡¯s no work in the classroom interested him (can¡¯t remember clearly, something like that). But that's one child. What if some other children also want to go outside?

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Mary 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, da...See More
Nov 18, 2009
a daycare teacher 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 ...See More
Nov 20, 2009


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