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Member Canada Deposit Insurance Corp. We are a 100% Canadian Company _ Electronics Dining Room Service English as a Second Lang Introduction to Nonâ€"Traditional Occupations Journaksm Retail Meat Cutting Academic Upgrading Clericalâ€"Secretarial Basic Industrial Techniques Production Planning and Inventory Control Conestoga College of Applied Arts II 1/8% 11% 10 4 % The emphasis is on observing the child and showing him how to progress rather than teaching as we know it. Oral inâ€" struction by the teacher is kept to a minimum to avoid a disâ€" traction to the child. The directress attempts to demonstraâ€" te an activity and allow each child to explore and underâ€" stand the situation at his own rate of development. Under the Montessori method of teaching the directresses are trained to observe each child and assess his needs, to maintain the individual child‘s rights, to provide a stimulatâ€" ing learning environment and adequate links between the child and that environment. (Continued from Page 1) » L ‘"how much knowledge they can cram into people instead of teaching them to make choices‘‘. The longâ€"range goal of the Montessori school system is to give each child "a lasting love of learning, and to provide the best skills and study habits to foster this desire to learn . Although the children are allowed to work and play for as long as their attention span rests on one activity. there are rules which ensure the preservation of the equal rights of the others in the group Schoc;l directress Dana Zett! Watches while children explore tive creative learning aids during loosely structured class activity. Rules exist only to protect the rights of members in the group, not to limit the individual children in their learning process. ~ A a Contractor praised for school move The system traces its origin to the ingenuity and dedica nc en loro.00. «« Nua! L * oo NuG d tig ; m nb N _4 Serving the Twin Cities Since 1946 Educational breakthrough EDWARD R. GOOD FUNERAL ‘HOME : 171 King Street South, Waterioo, Ontario The first six years of life were considered to be the mdst important for an individual‘s development . according to Dr Montessori, and certain periods within those six years were sensitive from certain aspects Children two years of age have a ~love of small objects and possess a keen sense of order."© said Ms. Zettl At 3‘>. words and language interest them. By four they have usually developed an interest in numbers tion of Maria Montessori, an Italian doctor who developed her then radical teaching ideas in the insane asylums Rome in 1898. Dr. Montessori set up a school to teach n‘ tally retarded children to read and write, and after years the "Montessori method"" of observing and guiding was so successful her ‘idiot‘‘ students were able to pass exâ€" aminations at a public school along with normal children. The success of her retarded ‘students made the doctor question why the training of normal, healthy, happy chilâ€" dren in the school system should be so poor that their perâ€" formance in intelligence tests could be matched by children in her school branded as idiots. Intrigued by the possibility of revolutionizing the existing educational system that obâ€" viously wa$ holding back the normal children, Dr. Montesâ€" sori decided to make education her life‘s work, By 1909 there were Montessori schools all over Italy and Switzerland. and there are now well over a thousand in the United States and Canada. ‘‘Adults forget that children are people with different inâ€" telligence levels."" Ms. Zettl praised the Montessori apparaâ€" tus and educational aids for their selfâ€"correcting features that enable the child to find and correct his own mistakes at his own speed. In the board of education system, she said. ~they are constantly correcting. correcting. And you have to ask for permission for everything.‘‘ The Montessori method seeks to encourage what the founder perceived to be Dr. Montessom also observed in children a phenomenon she called the ~absorbent mind ‘. the ability to take in inforâ€" mation from their environment unconsciously and with litâ€" tle effort. The surroundings. she concluded must be orderl to provide stimulation and enable him to work or play a own pace without interruption a strong desire on the part of young children to become inâ€" dependent from adults Dr Montessori felt that competition in education should not be introduced until the child has gained confidence in his basic skills She advocated the maxim. ~never let,a child risk failure untit he has a reasonable chance of success _ The contractor agreed to remodel the interior of the new twoâ€"story brick building for the school use. "but they did a lot of things we didn‘t even ask for. said Mr Schelter ‘‘Mr Schiedel has been more than fair. he added ‘They‘ve gone out of their way to do a nice job _ The school celebrated its official opening at the new locaâ€" tion at noon today. with Mayor Marjorie Carroll cutting the ceremonial rmibbon ~ The Kâ€"W Montessori School. operated by Wently Saleh first opened its doors in 1972 in the leased portion of a local church After the school moved to Kitchener the following year. a group of Waterloo parents bought the franchise. moved the school to 10 Allen Street East and incorporated as a nonâ€"profit. nonâ€"denominational corporation The bo of directors. who volunteer their services. is elec\e‘ parents from the school at the annual general meeting When Schiedel Construction Ltd of Cambridge needed more land for the Allen Square building complex at the comer of King and Allen Streets a ~straight swap â€" was arâ€" ranged to free the school premises at 10 Allen Street East and allow the Kâ€"W Montessori School to move into their new location at 194 Allen Street East Schoolpresident Art Schelter described the new school premises as a ~vast imâ€" provement with better lighting and teaching spaces A move down the street Children as people