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Around age 6 there is a great transformation in a child. He or she is no longer centered around self and family but wants to explore the world. This period is known as second plane, or the discovery years. An elementary child has a thirst to know how things work, how things came into being and where he or she fits into the world. It is at this time that Dr. Montessori said, "We are to give the child the Cosmos." Cosmic education refers to giving the global view on how everything in our cosmos is dependent and interrelated to others. Everything created is of service to something else. The curriculum is integrated and the children work on very advance concepts. Cosmic education requires an integration of the curriculum. The subjects of language, Mathematics, Zoology, Botany, Chemistry, Physics, Geometry, History and Geography are inter connected and one does not exist without the other. The first great lesson of the five "Great Lessons" in Cosmic education is God Without Hands. This is the story of the creation of the universe. This starts the foundation for study of Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and Geology. The other 4 lessons lead to Botany, History, Civilization, Writing and Language. At Montessori Christian Academy we teach "Cosmic Education" from the original method Dr. Montessori intended it to be taught. The children at Montessori Christian Academy work well above the state academic standards. Children here are allowed to work at their own levels no matter where that might be. A child is allowed to explore any subject for as long as and in as much depth as he or she desires. The classroom is set up to inspire a lifelong love of learning that will carry the child well into adult hood. |
We love to do experiments
Montessori Geometry is the best!
Squaring and Cubing and yes
we are only in 2nd grade!!!
we are only in 2nd grade!!!
Working on Division
