The goal we strive for is to raise an independent, self-confident and self-worthy young person. Our task as teachers is to support and direct the child's development in accordance with their natural potential and possibilities in relationships with the natural, social and cultural world.
Our teaching program
Through education in a Montessori environment, we want to shape in the child:
- courage
in thinking and in action;
- independence
in thinking and in action;
- responsibility
for yourself, others and your surroundings;
- respect
towards yourself, others and the environment;
- mind
open to exploring the world and discovering yourself;
- skill
coexisting with others in harmony, not necessarily in a spirit of competition;
- creativity,
that is, the ability to search for solutions to your problems and questions;
- awareness
yourself, your strengths and weaknesses;
- convinced
about your worth, faith in your own abilities.
We implement the program using Montessori developmental material. Children develop through individual, free work and activities in a circle for the whole group. It is very important for us to learn to work attentively in silence and to practice concentration and focus on selected tasks. They use appropriately prepared Montessori teaching aids and materials for this purpose.
“Bilingual” children do not learn by heart. We show them how to acquire knowledge, living in an age of easily accessible information. We teach them how to use knowledge for their own purposes. We shape people who are creative, thoughtful, resourceful and independent.
Our priority is the holistic education of a person. We prepare children for a life embedded in the surrounding environment, society and culture. We teach independent problem-solving, criticism, asking questions and searching for answers. We raise children to be people who are aware of their value and self-confident, but also disciplined, with a sense of duty.
Montessori Education
The main areas of Montessori education practiced at the Bilingual Kindergarten are:
- practical life – preparing the child for life,
working on independence, self-service – eating, dressing, coordination and harmony of movement, independent
using the toilet etc.
- sensorics -
improving the senses of sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste, preparing for activities in the field
mathematics, language, culture
- Mathematical education – experiencing mathematical concepts by playing with specific materials
educational, development of the "mathematical mind",
learning the true nature of arithmetic operations
- education linguistic
– enriching vocabulary, preparation
for reading and writing, sensory and auditory letter recognition, reading with
understanding
- cultural education – physical geography,
botany, zoology, history,
astronomy, ecology, multiculturalism
Foreign (non)languages in the Bilingual Kindergarten
In the Bilingual Kindergarten we speak 3 languages (English, Spanish and Polish) all day long. Thanks to this, the cultural worldview of our charges is broader than that of monolingual children, who often think that only their language, culture and customs matter in the world. We make sure that other languages are not foreign to children.
We never force a child to try to speak on their own when they don't feel ready yet. Children decide when they will start speaking in a second language. In this way, we eliminate stress, fear and shame of making a mistake.
The educational and upbringing program is based on the core curriculum of the Ministry of National Education.