About Roots
Root–The Montessori House is a preschool for children between the ages 2 to 5 years. The foundation of the school was laid in 2002. since then, the preschool has grown as a value creating and progressive institution with the strong commitment towards the Montessori philosophy.
Freedom of expression and learning by doing is the ‘Mantra at ROOTS’.
The mind set while setting up the school was to change the old teaching methodology of rote learning in a stressful environment, along with giving a strong foundation and encouraging the development of emotional quotient.
Considering the environment, the children are exposed to during their formative years, the school was aptly named, ‘ROOTS’. Keeping in mind the absorbent quality of child’s mind between 1.5 to 5 years, we at ‘ROOTS’ give them a platform to excel.
We follows the Montessori Method:
Montessori Method of teaching introduced by ‘Maria Montessori’ is child centered based on scientific observations of children. Montessori Method has been used over 100 years all over the world. The school offers full range of opportunities to perceive, crystallize, sharpen and utilize the multiple intelligence theory. The school facilities have been trusted and vouched for by thousands of families.
Facilities
We ensure that the school environment is open, well lit and airy, yet cozy and
comfortable. The faculty at Roots is sensitive and responsive to the individual needs of each child and their family, helping all to make a positive contribution to the child’s development and future.
The facilities include a beautiful green outdoor play area, a swimming pool, an art studio, sandpit, potter’s wheel, reading corner, puppet-theater, Montessori room and hand selected play equipments. There is a well maintained indoor play area for physical and motor skill development, when it’s too hot to play outside .We even have music/ dance room with a dedicated stage for dance and other activities.
ACTIVITIES
Academics
Our Toddler/Pre Nursery (Mont1), Nursery (Mont 2) and KG (Mont3) curricula lead to literacy creativity and critical thinking. The toddlers’ years are a time of great cognitive, emotional and social development. It involves the progressive building of learning skills, such as attention, memory and thinking. These crucial skills enable children to process sensory information and eventually learn to evaluate, analyze, remember, make comparisons and understand cause and effect. Brain development is a part of cognitive development .Children acquire cognitive skills quickly in the initial few years of life.
Curriculum
A preschool curriculum is essential because it provides flexibility in the process that can be beneficial for a child’s learning. It helps in planning the education process and procedure for a given period of time. Hence, to achieve its educational goals, a curriculum is needed that is functional and relevant to its need.
A preschool curriculum is an accessible research synthesis of how much young
children learn in the academic domains of oral language, literacy, arthimetic, language skills, and classroom activities. Effective early childhood education is a combination of playbased, explorative learning and a structured approach, in an environment that is fully supportive of the needs of the individual child.
The curriculum of ROOTS-THE MONTESSORI HOUSE is broadly divided into four areas:
• Exercise of Practical learning
• Sensorial Activities
• Language
• Mathematics