Kidsland
Preschool in Dexter, MI 48130
DROP IN – SCHOOL AGE – INFANT/TODDLER – PRESCHOOL – BEFORE/AFTER SCHOOL –
Most of all we want to help free our childrens mind to be unfettered to learn without any negative input. The Montessori Method we use is success oriented in that almost everything is self-teaching and self-correcting. The children learn by doing and by experimentation. The environment is specifically prepared for the children to allow them to interact freely and unfettered everything is child sized and safe for children to touch and use. In fact we called our center Kidsland.
An understanding between parents and teachers is a large part of Kidsland. The last part is to encourage life-long learning and reinforce the pleasure of encountering and mastering new skills and ideas. The child thus retains and reinforces his or her joy of learning rather than having it buried under rote memorization or mass production and is free to explore his or her own path and purpose in life.
- Child Ages:
- 6 weeks - 6 years
- Rates:
- $$
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday to Friday 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
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At Kidsland we strongly use Montessori philosophy. Montessori is not of children taking exams but of individuals passing from one stage of independence to a higher by means of their own activity through their own effort of will which constitutes the inner evolution of the child. At Kidsland teachers are called directors or directresses because their roll is to each childs progress and to provide the appropriate environment to facilitate the learning process.
Montessori encouraged that you cannot be free unless you are independent so from an early age children are encouraged to do things for themselves thereby becoming self-reliant. If they dont get it right the first time children are encouraged to try again until through patience carefulness and repetition they succeed.
At Kidsland learning environment is very ordered but children have a large degree of freedom to choose their own activities. These conditions develope qualities in children such as self-discipline concentrated attention interest and desire for order. It is a child centered philosophy in that the needs of a child are the starting point. There is a recognition that children are all different and learn in different ways. It is our and our teachers responsibility to observe children closely so that the activities offered are relevant to the stage of development of each child
At Kidsland learning material designed by our teachers include blocks beads puzzles and trays of miniature objects. Learning material is designed to teach about shapes size texture sound language and number. The idea of specific material is that help children progress from concrete knowledge to the understanding of abstract concepts.
Kidsland instigated a revolutionary method of observing and supporting the natural development of children. Montessori educational practice helps children develop creativity problem solving social and time-management skills to contribute to society and the environment and to become fulfilled persons in their particular time and place on Earth. The basis of Montessori practice in the classroom is respected individual choice of research and work and uninterrupted concentration rather than group lessons led by an adult. At Kidsland we have discovered unique practices that make Montessori fastest growing and most successful method of education today.
