To quote "The Anchorman," Stay Classy, Masthan Nagar!
First there is new building, and someday we will have paint on the walls!
And the mid-day meal is now delivered by the Naandi Foundation, I had lunch there on Wednesday it was fantastic (spicy).
Now we have the maximum number of teachers the government will pay for (five) plus private teachers, so all the kids are happy and well tended to.
This is a long way from our first days on the dirt floor in the bamboo shed in 2005. We classy now!
Then Pavan came! He's amazing. He's the only certified Montessori teacher in INDIA for birth to teens. Others have certification for other ages, he's the only one for all ages.
I found him on-line. I was searching for Montessori tools in India. www.pinkpentagon.com
NOTE: Shameless Plug Below
He came up on the right hand side as a Google adwords advertisement (thank you, Google).
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Thanks to an anonymous donor, we were able to order a ton of Montessori tools for preschool (after my daughter had time to test them). When I picked up these tools, we met. He's such a calm, sweet person, I just fell for him. And Pavan is the real deal, no watered down Montessori methods.
I was a bit nervous when he said he would come by Masthan Nagar. We catch as catch can with our "Montessori methods;" the scraps we use for sensory/tactile tools are pitiful compared to his glossy beechwood tools.
Yesterday, he came to the school. For two hours, he worked with the teachers to show them how to use the tools (he has videos on-line if the reader is interested).
He mentioned several times how lucky we are to have parents who do not pressure the children. He's major problem is the high expectations parents place on children to read and write by age five. Our teachers were thoroughly happy.
This link is to a supercute little peanut showing us how to arrange the famous Montessori "Pink Tower." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkvFXnoPRCs
First there is new building, and someday we will have paint on the walls!
And the mid-day meal is now delivered by the Naandi Foundation, I had lunch there on Wednesday it was fantastic (spicy).
Now we have the maximum number of teachers the government will pay for (five) plus private teachers, so all the kids are happy and well tended to.
This is a long way from our first days on the dirt floor in the bamboo shed in 2005. We classy now!
Then Pavan came! He's amazing. He's the only certified Montessori teacher in INDIA for birth to teens. Others have certification for other ages, he's the only one for all ages.I found him on-line. I was searching for Montessori tools in India. www.pinkpentagon.com
NOTE: Shameless Plug Below
He came up on the right hand side as a Google adwords advertisement (thank you, Google).
RESUME BLOG POST
Thanks to an anonymous donor, we were able to order a ton of Montessori tools for preschool (after my daughter had time to test them). When I picked up these tools, we met. He's such a calm, sweet person, I just fell for him. And Pavan is the real deal, no watered down Montessori methods.
I was a bit nervous when he said he would come by Masthan Nagar. We catch as catch can with our "Montessori methods;" the scraps we use for sensory/tactile tools are pitiful compared to his glossy beechwood tools.
Yesterday, he came to the school. For two hours, he worked with the teachers to show them how to use the tools (he has videos on-line if the reader is interested).
He mentioned several times how lucky we are to have parents who do not pressure the children. He's major problem is the high expectations parents place on children to read and write by age five. Our teachers were thoroughly happy.
This link is to a supercute little peanut showing us how to arrange the famous Montessori "Pink Tower." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkvFXnoPRCs
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