Soular Child Montessori Development Centre

Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn "The child has a different relation to his environment from ours... the child absorbs it. The things he sees are not just remembered; they form part of his soul. He incarnates in himself all in the world about him that his eyes see and his ears hear." Soular Child Development... Centre is a refined child-focused preschool / day care institution in Calgary. With small class sizes and limited space per program we pride ourselves on offering individual and specialized attention to our children. Soular Child offers a fully integrated childcare curriculum that borrows from different systems, including both Montessori and Froebel Methods. Maria Montessori and Frederick Fröbel are two of the most influential pioneers in education, whose instructive methods influenced the standard of early childhood Curriculum, as they are today, both theoretically and practically. Froebel's philosophy of education rests on four basic ideas: free self-expression, creativity, social participation, and motor expression. Montessoris three guiding principles are: creating, nurturing, and educating. Together they form a program that allows for these basic principles and centres on the fundamental principles of Discipline, Concentration, and Motivation. Specific apparatus designed by both the Italian and German theorists are still considered highly valued educational tools used in todays early childhood setting, and are used daily in our facility. Their vision of suitable furniture for centres catering to young persons is followed as well. Both Froebel and Montessori influenced schooling all around the world and made a significant impact on modern day mainstream education, and continue to make one on the children and parents of the Soular Child Montessori Development Centre. Montessori and Froebel are both well-respected founders of early childhood education. Their methods and beliefs share similarities as well as have many differences that set them apart from one ...Read More