Maria. Montessori. From Childhood to Adolescence, Page. 84
More than just a school we support the unfolding of life according to the laws of natural development.
Come and visit our beautiful Learning Environment in Almadies, Dakar.
An Aid to Life
Social Component
A group of mixed-aged children and two prepared adults working together in harmony.
Emotional Component
A culture of acceptance and respect, characterized by order, consistency, and support for appropriate independence.
Physical Component
A beautiful, child-sized, orderly space equipped with concrete, scientific materials that support development.
Intellectual Component
An environment that nurtures curiosity, deep thinking, and self-directed learning, where children actively engage with hands-on materials, explore meaningful concepts, and build a foundation for critical and creative thinking.
Dr. Montessori emphasized the critical role of an anticipatory and responsive environment in supporting natural and optimal human development.
Self-Construction of the Child
The Prepared Environment facilitates the child's ability to act in service of their own self-construction, following their inner drive at each stage of development. Through this process, the child becomes a capable, confident, connected, and compassionate individual.
What is Montessori Education?
Montessori Education is a philosophy that supports the natural development of the human being, enabling children to become who they can naturally be at their own pace. It's a pedagogy that serves as an "Aid to Life," invented by Dr. Maria Montessori.
The Young Children's Community
Ages Served
Welcomes confident walkers to age 2.5-3 years in an environment designed to support development and accommodate 14 children.
Focus Areas
The children begin to develop their functional independence through practical life experiences. They learn to use the bathroom, change their clothes and eat independently. Within the freedoms of a language rich environment the child begins to develop their vocabulary and self-expression.
Prepared Environment
Developmentally appropriate child size materials, offer the young child a myriad of sensorial experiences to support emotional, cognitive and physical development.
"If "the formation of man" becomes the basis of education, then the coordination of all schools from infancy and maturity, from nursery to university, arises necessity: for man is a unity, and individuality that passes through interdependent phases of development. Each preceding phase prepares the once that follows forms its base nurtures energies that urge towards the succeeding period of life "