Stimulation and Recognition: Expanding Children’s Sensorial Experience in the Classroom

Montessori has developed a very specific and deliberate methodology to take advantage of the formations of development that exist in children from three to six years old. Until this point, children tirelessly absorb the sights, sounds, and messages of their environment and those around them. At the age of three, a child’s heightened sensitivity to order can be used to guide the fascinating task of learning to organize and decipher existing knowledge. In addition, by adding deliberate movement, you can improve the use of your senses while enhancing your awareness of mathematical principles and patterns that exist in the world around you. 

“Volunteering for the Joy I Give and Receive”

The pandemic had brought like-minded KONA volunteers back together, this time via Zoom.

How Can We Serve Better in the Classroom? The Prepared Environment of Maria Montessori

The reason that children work or study right after they get into the classroom is that they have curiosity. Curiosity and wonder, so evident in the enthusiasm of young children and so much a part of their life, are expressions of the basic human emotion of interest.

Montessori Education II: The Unimaginable Importance of Young Hands

The most common thing observable in a Montessori classroom is every child working with materials. They are using their hands to move objects, fold clothes and towels, tie shoelaces, and even wash desks. In this way, through work activities related to daily life, they stimulate their various senses, form life habits, and have opportunities to learn through trial and error.

Montessori Education I: What Is the Most Important Education Factor for Children?

In the Montessori philosophy of education, the concept of a “prepared environment” is emphasized to encourage these children’s physical and mental independence. “Prepared environment” refers to the overall factors provided so that children can engage in activities to satisfy their desire for exploration and learning on their own.

YZ Park – Hidden Gem in Downtown Gwangju

Written and photographed by Melline Galani. Everyone is more than familiar with Gwangju’s downtown stores, restaurants, coffee shops, and karaoke places, but there is one place that parents in particular … Read More

MDream Children’s Home: What’s it all about?

On a rainy morning in April, Gwangju News met the Secretary General of Mudeung Dream Garden (MDream) Children’s Home, Chung Eunkang. Located near Mudeung Mountain, MDream has been helping the people of Gwangju in one way or another for over seven decades.