Ages 6 to 11
Primary School
Montessori
Our bilingual Primary School welcomes children from first grade to fifth grade and follows.
The characteristics of the child aged six to eleven
Until they are six children are self-absorbed, they relate their experiences to themselves and they explore the environment immediately surrounding them. Between six and eleven they explore physical, intellectual, relational and spiritual environments which go beyond their immediate surroundings.
This is the period in which the abstract plane of the human mind is organized.
At this age children have a thirst for culture (sensitive period of culture), they are hungry for knowledge and understanding of the world, they are attracted by the rules of social life, they question themselves and they explore ethical questions.
The child
The essential characteristics of this age group are:
This is the period in which children are working towards ethical independence.
The child begins to wonder:
Who am I? what is good and what is bad? what is my place in the universe? why am I here?
Group discussions, working side-by-side with children of other ages, being responsible for each other and practising empathy all help children to develop an ethical sense: the end result of this process is respect for others and understanding of differences.
The tools
Cosmic education and Montessori materials
La chiave per esplorare il mondo è l’educazione cosmica.
Educazione cosmica significa fare esperienza sul mondo, è la chiave per decodificare l’universo, è la chiave di accesso al sapere.
Children who needed to find their bearings in their surroundings before, now need to find their bearings in the world of knowledge.
In a Montessori school, using specific Montessori materials, children explore a myriad of fields of knowledge, many of which are not usually encountered until later years.
The Montessori educator and materials foster the spontaneous curiosity of the child who then independently finds answers which are suitable for his/her age using reference logical processes.
Mixed-age groups
Una specificità della Scuola Montessori è data dalla costituzione di gruppi di età di diverse: i più piccoli imparano anche guardando i più grandi, i più grandi imparano ad aiutare i più piccoli; confrontandosi sul piano intellettuale, sociale ed emotivo, i bambini costruiscono la propria autonomia e interiorizzano il rispetto dell’altro in un clima di libertà organizzata e di autodisciplina.
The educators
The educators act as a mediator between the children and knowledge; they provide each child with Montessori material suitable for his developmental level, encouraging and experimenting without diminishing enthusiasm with recurrent checks and tests.
L’insegnante Montessori non chiede prestazioni piuttosto incoraggia all’azione, li entusiasma con lezioni importanti ed affascinanti, favorisce la frequentazione di ogni ambito disciplinare, fornisce testi di vario tipo, strumenti multimediali, organizza un ambiente di lavoro funzionale all’apprendimento che non è mai disgiunto dalla costruzione di un’indispensabile autostima di ciascun bambino.
English and the disciplinary fields
The relationship between the adult and the child will be forged through communication in both English and Italian thanks to the presence of two educators in the classroom: an English one and an Italian one.
However, work groups with specific language learning objectives will be organized for children whose practical level of English or Italian is not high enough when they join the primary school.
The disciplinary fields are those established by the Italian ministerial programme supplemented by all the benefits of the Montessori material. Every subject will be dealt with in both languages, respecting each child’s skills and needs.
Testimonials from our former students and parents
Here are some testimonials from former students and their parents.
Montessori bilingual
PRIMARY SCHOOL MILAN
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