November Tips Here are some November tips from the creator of Montessori Mozarts. To add further interest to the song ‘Here we are Together’ the children are invited to take a turn naming all of their friends sitting together. It is helpful to sing the children’s names first, and then ask the child to […]
Here are some tips from the creator of Montessori Mozarts. This month the focus is on developing listening skills and enhancing the song repertoire. The children are also introduced to the sound cylinders, and the bell materials. The farm animal sounds are used with picture cards of animals. The teacher can make these materials and […]
Here are some September Tips from the creator of Montessori Mozarts. The session begins with ‘Bombalalom’, a quiet song that can be sung by the educator sitting on the floor, while the children gradually come and join her. ‘Here we are Together’ is used to introduce the children to each other and begin the process […]
Curriculum assessment Now you are on your way! You have completed the Montessori Mozarts training, have familiarized yourself with the auditory CDs with repertoire of songs needed for the year, reviewed this book and organized lessons plans, have musically enriched the classroom environment, and have successfully survived your first few music classes with the students. […]
Montessori Mozarts Curriculum “The secret of good teaching is to regard the child’s intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination.” M. Montessori A well documented program demonstrating the need for music to be treated as a basic and integral part of every young […]
THE MONTESSORI MUSICAL ENVIRONMENT “The child can only develop by means of experience in his environment.” – M. Montessori Montessori Mozarts In the Montessori classroom the child learns to feel safe and secure, and only then is he free to explore all the wonders of his self and surrounding world. When the child learns to […]
“Much has yet to be accomplished but the contribution we are already able to give fills us with hope and certainty and with a deep sense of responsibility towards the world of the future which so very largely depends upon the realization and promotion of these truths which are the secret of childhood”. – M. […]