Allo Montessori Preschool Classroom
You will see areas for Math, Language, Science, Geography, Sensorial, and Practical Life. Shelves are low and the materials are easily accessible to the children. There are work rugs and tables for students to work independently or with their peers.
Teachers engaging with children individually or in small groups. Working at eye-level, using hands-on materials, teaching through conversation.
Children working individually or in groups. Achieving long lasting mastery of academic fundamentals by using their senses and experiences.
Children take pride in their work with small celebrations among their peers.
Children working individually, learning from their peers or receiving a lesson from a teacher, they move fluidly through a vast and eclectic curriculum at a speed that their mastery will allow.
Children are guided through healthy and independent conflict resolution skills.
Ability to choose lessons, eat snack, use the bathroom, etc as needed.
Intentionally designed environment organized to empowers children to independently thrive. Shelves, tables, educational activities, tools for cleaning, and everything else they need to be independent is within their reach.
Children ranging from 3-6 years old. Mentoring, teaching, and caring for one another. Receiving lessons based on their skill level, not age.
Traditional Schools
Visually overwhelming decor, rewards charts, progress charts, minimal floor space.
Teaching to the collective. No hands-on materials. No participation. No creativity.
Learning through monotonous lessons. Tests based on memorization verses understanding.
Teacher directed flattery, spectacles and rewards.
Individual students must all work at the pace of the whole class, whether they are struggling or unchallenged.
Teacher directed punishment and timeout.
Required to ask permission for any need.
