Casa Program
2.5 Yrs – 6 Years
For children
from 2.5 to 6 years old
In our Casa classroom, the children delve deeper into the study of Language, Math, Geography and Social Sciences; they also take on significant responsibilities within the classroom, among their peers, and for their own learning.
For the Casa 1 group, our focus will be transforming our children’s interests into a fun and strong foundation for the future by helping them develop their reading, writing and math skills, as well as hone their language abilities; meanwhile, we will teach them the values of good behaviours, and how important it is to have the freedom to learn and think on their own.
CASA 2 is our Kindergarten program, which includes a mix of JK and SK students. This class focuses on developing children’s project skills, as well as their social and emotional development while working on their academic learning in Language and Math. Project skills are essential and they will help our children succeed in their elementary studies. Our goal is to brush up on the children’s organizational, critical thinking and problem-solving skills by bringing in different projects; children will also learn the importance of time management and effective communication while working on the fun projects specially designed activities.
School is not just a place of learning, school is also a place for children to grow.
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Casa Program Highlights
Practical Life
Practical Life exercises introduce the child to following a sequence of movements to finish a piece of work. Through work with these materials, the child develops focus, control and coordination of movement, awareness of his/her environment, orderly thought patterns, independent work habits, and responsibility.
Language
Children begin learning phonetic sounds and formation of letters through the use of the sandpaper letters. They progress to creating words using the Movable Alphabet and then learn how to write letters. Children are then introduced to phonograms and sight words.
At this point, the child will begin by taking home phonetic word books and will then graduate to the reading series. As the child progresses he/she will be introduced to basic grammar.
Sensorial
The sensorial materials focus on developing the child’s ability to equate certain attributes to objects. i.e., colour, length, texture, smell. The child will sort things by size, shape, color, touch, sound, temperature and weight. The Manor Montessori sensorial apparatus allows the child to classify sensorial impressions in an organized, orderly, and scientific manner.
Math
Children begin the study of Mathematics by learning the symbols from 1 to 10 and at the same time he/she learns the quantities from 1 to 10 – and then they are associated. This process is continued all the way through, to 1000.
Once the child knows the teens they are presented with the addition, multiplication, subtraction, and division operations in a concrete form. When working on these operations the child literally carries, borrows and changes the quantities involved. Fractions are also introduced to the child.
Culture
Culture is made up of several different subject areas: Botany, Zoology, Geography, Music, History etc. The child will learn about the world around them through various Montessori materials. The use of puzzle maps, atlases and globes allow the child to learn the many different aspects of a continent or the name of a particular country.
Art & Music
Manor Montessori recognizes that music is an integral part of our cultural experience.
The Montessori bells are in the classrooms for the children to learn various melodies, scales and tunes.
Children also learn the names of the different instruments and explore their different sounds.
The children sing every day during our group gathering and work hard to prepare a musical presentation for the annual Winter Concert.
Physical Education
A healthy mind needs a healthy body. The Casa children have one and a half hours of outside play every day. Most years the school has also integrated a skating program that runs through second term. Once a week, the children are bussed to the local skating rink where qualified instructors teach them to skate.
Enrichment
The Casa children go on two excursions off campus. (i.e. a farm and Center Island ) In addition, special guests come into the school to speak and do demonstrations for the children (i.e. TSO, Lenny Graf, Fire Dept., Police, Humane Society etc.) .