Montessori Children's Centre 

The child is both a hope & promise for mankind
...our most precious treasure   

Our Philosophy 

Behaviour management.

• Montessori identified 3 developmental levels of self-control in young children.

·      at 0-12 months the child is unable to control his will and the parent must be responsible for his safety.

·       at 1-5 years the child is able to exercise self-control but not all the time. He/she needs flexibility, understanding & positive guidance.

·       at 5+ the child can & usually does choose to control his behaviour.

• We believe that the most effective want to achieve socially appropriate behaviour is by consistent modeling of it.

• Positive behaviour is acknowledged with warmth & genuine appreciation not praise or reward. Children are given many opportunities to practice socially appropriate behaviour with Montessori’s grace & courtesy exercise.

Conflict resolution.

• This is done on an individual & respectful basis.

• Children are asked to identify inappropriate behaviour & reminded that we will not allow anyone to hurt them and we cannot allow them to hurt anyone either.

• Eye contact with the student is made & retained & strategies for regaining self-control discussed depending on age level of the child.