Montessori in New Zealand: Young children preparing community lunch

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11 жыл бұрын

Children aged from two-and-half to nearly six years prepare lunch for their Montessori community in New Zealand. Slicing fruit, grating cheese, making sandwiches, setting the table and cleaning up happens as part of the daily routine. The menu changes each day and includes pizza, rice and vegetables, fish pie and sandwiches over the week.
You will see children organising the classroom with very little intervention from the teachers ... and many examples of young children helping each other and collaborating to do tasks for the whole community.

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@graciela3989 10 жыл бұрын

so cutie the children putting themselves the aprons and hats

@Paris45627 Жыл бұрын

Amazing idea thank you to al the tiny weeee boys n girls

@julia7711 4 жыл бұрын

Around 1:10, 2 kids helping each other get ready for cooking ADORABLE!!

@capuzzo63 2 жыл бұрын

I just LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE this children

@capuzzo63 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing, observation of this classroom for Montgomery College Education. I loved it!!!

@thessdalangin438 Жыл бұрын

I love it, they are such a lovely little kids same in School that I am working with here in UAE, New Subs here🌹

@mentorssori100 6 жыл бұрын

Thank y ou so much for sharing this so inspiring

@rumyanakoprinkova3295 6 жыл бұрын

Great universal Montessori method for education for lovely and amazing children in the word! Strive boldly dear God"s offspring /child/.

@gangashankar6048 9 жыл бұрын

wow great

@capuzzo63 2 жыл бұрын

everyday I say at home: I'm doooooon!

@feizhou2836 7 жыл бұрын

If you don't mind , how many kids in your class. We have 33kids.sometimes a little bit crazy and messy.

@anastasiakalafat1736 8 жыл бұрын

"kioro moko..." (6:35)... what does it mean?

@cathywilson7454 8 жыл бұрын

It is a grace, they are saying thank-you for their food. This is at Wa Ora Montessori school which is a school which goes from 18 months to 18 years based in Wellington, New Zealand.

@anastasiakalafat1736 8 жыл бұрын

You mean it's a pray? And if it's New Zeland why do they do that in another language?

@cathywilson7454 8 жыл бұрын

It is a thank-you. New Zealand is a bicultural nation - Maori and NZ European. The language used is the language of Maori,

@anastasiakalafat1736 8 жыл бұрын

Wow, just read the Maori article in Wikipedia, didn't know that before. So in fact kids know English and Maori? Nice! It sounds like Japanese to me.

@cathywilson7454 8 жыл бұрын

English is still the dominant language in NZ. The Maori language nearly died out but over the last roughly 30 years there has been a drive to grow it again. Therefore, spoken in schools.

@nh6870 8 жыл бұрын

Margaret Homfray's who trained under Mdm MM said in her lectures that during meal times, children should be delegated duties and do work on communal basis, and never do their own things, including taking turn to set the table, distribute food for the others, clear the tables, clean the tables, do the dishes and so forth. It seems different Montessori do their own interpretation of MMs recommendation. One Montessori in Irvine, California that I had witnessed during lunch was orderly and students not only helped but take their turns with food, eat quietly, talk quietly and so forth. This Montessori is far too noisy.

@vivachilangolandia93 8 жыл бұрын

There will never be a perfect Montessori environment. Plus, the teachers are free to handle things differently in THEIR OWN classrooms. I think that they're classroom is wonderful.

@LilyAlcee 8 жыл бұрын

+NATASSHA HU There's actually been a study that said people who talk over dinner are happier in general and enjoy their food more.

@nh6870 8 жыл бұрын

Rather noisy though

@vivachilangolandia93 8 жыл бұрын

They are children. Not "Montessori robots". Yes Montessori is supposed to be revolved around peace and quiet but not at all times, children are naturally social. Let them be.

@capuzzo63 2 жыл бұрын

noise? just the normal at lunch.