1. Welcome to Radiant Montessori
In this slide show we will explain our philosophy – The Montessori Method.
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2. “Child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future.” Maria Montessori,
The Absorbent Mind

3. Math lesson - divisions

4. At Radiant Montessori, we create a structured environment and use specially designed Montessori materials to explore your child’s true potential.

5. Radiant is not just a daycare. It’s a place where learning is fun.

6. Your child will be meaningfully engaged during the day.

7. At Radiant, the child is the explorer; the discoverer; the thinker; and the learner. The focus is on the child and learning.

8. Explore, discover and learn

9. Radiant Staff observes, guides and facilitates the child’s learning to bring out the best in your child.

10. Radiant classrooms are full of educational materials

11. Maria Montessori, born in the province of Ancona, Italy in 1870, was, in many ways, ahead of her time. Her philosophy was profound; children teach themselves.

12. Self-discipline, instilled at a young age

13. Radiant is not just a daycare. It’s a place where your child will learn.

14. The study of child psychology in the first years of life opens to our eyes, such wonders that no one seeing them with understanding can fail to be deeply stirred.

15. Absorbent Mind?

16. Have you ever asked? What is the classroom size?
How structured is the classroom?
What materials are used?
Are the teachers qualified?

17. Does he know he is learning geography?

18. Are you making the right choice?
Do you like your child to be motivated and creative?

19. Kids are intellectually challenged

20. Radiant promises all this at one affordable price.
You want your child to be safe. You want your child to be cared for. You want your child to be smart and ready for the world.
Radiant promises all this at one affordable price.

21. Montessori classroom establishes a quiet and ordinary routine that fosters the habits of concentration, initiative and persistence.

22. Meaningful activities

23. Appreciation for order, beauty and care for the environment are entrenched deeply in children in their formative years.

24. Team work!

25. “All Montessori materials teach concepts in “concrete form” allowing children to touch, feel and explore, thereby creating very real mental imprints. Children will retain them and build on in years to follow.”

26. Radiant Programs Kindergarten 6 weeks – 16 months Infant
Toddler
33 months – 5 yrs.
Preschool
5 – 6 years
Kindergarten

27. Graduation Day!

28. Motivation.

29. Children under six years have extraordinary powers of mind
Children under six years have extraordinary powers of mind. They have a once-in-a- lifetime ability to absorb knowledge from their surroundings. That is what Maria Montessori called “the absorbent mind.”

30. To be calm and happy, children under 6 years need to explore and discover. They see the world through curious eyes. That’s what motivates them.

31. Children respond to order because of their innate need to know where things belong and how pieces fit together.

32. Learning colors

33. Children master the movements of their own bodies by learning to balance, run, skip, and jump.

34. Children are fascinated by customs and traditions of people in their lives.

35. The Montessori preschool classroom allows the children the freedom to choose their own work without unnecessary interference from an adult.

36. Accomplishment.

37. At Radiant, children learn motivation and creativity through freedom
At Radiant, children learn motivation and creativity through freedom. That is Radiant’s promise – motivation, creativity, and freedom

38. Motivation to accomplish

39. At Radiant, we create an environment in which children learn to work independently, based on their own initiative thereby building concentration and self- discipline.

40. Research shows the extraordinary high level of learning – both conscious and unconscious – that can come with ease to children under 6 years.

41. Self-engagement instills self-discipline

42. “Montessori early childhood education enhances young children’s knowledge in the present; it also establishes a solid educational foundation for later life.”

43. Secure Play

44. In the multi-age setting, the children learn from each other, and they learn because of each other.

45. At Radiant, the children are taught to take responsibility for themselves and for each other.

46. Play time!

47. At Radiant, the children will learn to get along with children of different ages and abilities, to respect each other’s work space, and to treat each other with courtesy.

48. At Radiant, the children will learn to excuse themselves, greet each other, and phrase requests politely.

49. At Radiant, the children will learn to take an active role in maintaining their classroom (their house) by putting materials away in their proper place, ready for the next child to use.

50. Nap time

51. Radiant classroom is a thriving community where children are treated with respect and dignity so that they want to treat others with the same respect and dignity.

52. Radiant is not just a daycare
Radiant is not just a daycare. Its classrooms are child-focused, prepared environment.

53. Radiant’s prepared environment is designed to facilitate maximum independent learning and child’s exploration.

54. Radiant classroom is a “living room” for children
Radiant classroom is a “living room” for children. All the materials are scaled to fit the physical dimensions of the child’s body.

55. Radiant classroom is usually divided into 4 distinct areas: practical life, sensorial, mathematics, and language.

56. Music Extravaganza!

57. Radiant’s curriculum is interdisciplinary and interactive.

58. Learning is fun!

59. Radiant classrooms offer a variety of activity as well as great deal of movement.

60. Imagine a 4-year-old composing words and phrases with letters known as the moveable alphabet and a 5-year- old performing a multiplication using a specially designed set of beads!

61. Activities in Radiant classrooms include group activity such as storytelling, singing, or movement.

62. Encouraging creativity

63. Maria Montessori wrote that the adult works to perfect the environment while the child works to perfect herself.

64. We invite you to come and see!
Radiant offers a true and meaningful learning experience for your child at an amazingly affordable price.
We invite you to come and see!