Welcome to Mrs. Rollman’s Montessori Class

1. Welcome to Mrs. Rollman’s Montessori Class

2. MissionStatement for BECS Bromley East Charter School actively promotes choice, critical thinking, problem-solving, and character development of the whole child, enabling students to achieve academic excellence in a safe environment.

3. Montessori Education • Students work at their own pace using different work • Montessori education has a strong foundation of math and science • The Montessori method allows children to develop self discipline • “The importance of the hand as an instrument for the development of the conscious mind in childhood has yet to be appreciated.” –Maria Montessori

4. Hands on experiences create a strong foundation for lifetime learning. Creates muscle memory Strengthens fine motor coordination Provides opportunity for concentration

5. Multi-Age Classroom • A multi-age environment provides a strong sense of community • A multi-age classroom allows students to repeat experiences • A multi-age group provides peer interaction and encourages learning from each other

6. Mrs. Rollman’s Class The most important way you can support your young student is to read with them. Classwork Homework • Daily Schedule • 8:30-11:30 Morning work cycle • 11:30-11:45 Read to someone • 11:59-12:46 Lunch and Recess • 12:50-1:40 Daily 5-reading • 1:41-2:28 Specials • 2:30-3:15 Writing • 3:30 Dismissal

7. Words of Wisdom from Montessori • The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences. • Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed. • Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole which has roots in the most distant past and climbs toward the infinite future. • Education demands only this: the utilization of the inner powers of the child for his own instruction. • “Help me do it alone.”