Paper Scissors Stone Montessori Kindergarten

Type of Service:

Kindergarten/Preschool

Address:

30 Jalan Pergam Singapore 488306

Telephone:
+65 65468809
Email:
[email protected]
Website:
pssmk.com
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Description:

Paper Scissors Stone Montessori Kindergarten is where we help your child develop the skills necessary for primary school education, and more importantly, lay the early foundation for life beyond to become an independent, well-balanced and contributing member of society.

What we offer

Learning at your child’s ability and stage of development.
We practise vertical age grouping instead of the traditional classroom
approach. This allows us to take into consideration each child’s ability and stage of development as we work with the children individually and in small groups.
 
Development of academic and important life skills.
Our Montessori programme helps each child develop academic and important life skills by facilitating the child’s development in the physical, cognitive, emotional and social domains.
 
Development of critical and creative thinking.
Our project approach helps K1 and K2 children develop skills in problem-solving, critical thinking and creative thinking as they tackle developmentally appropriate challenges. They also learn to take responsibility for their own learning and to work in a team.
 
Learning within a "work-learn-play" environment.
We help children develop a love for learning through the incorporation of play, songs, drama and interactive games in our teaching. At the same time, children learn to apply their developing skills to purposeful and meaningful work.

Our practice is closely guided by the following beliefs:
 
– Adopting a flexible and developmentally appropriate approach: We believe in an approach that takes into consideration each individual child’s stage of development and abilities.
 
– Providing a stimulating learning environment: We are committed to striking a balance between teacher’s instructional guidance and respect for the child’s initiative and freedom of choice. We provide a carefully designed and stimulating environment with a rich diversity of challenging activities of various levels of complexities that allow the child to learn through observation, exploration, discovery and practice.
 
–Facilitating all-round development for young children: We place emphasis on a holistic educational approach that addresses the physical, intellectual, social and emotional aspects of a child’s development.
 
– Developing independence from a young age: We aim to help children develop independence in terms of self-help, care for environment, decision-making and problem-solving. We believe in helping children learn to take responsibility for their own learning and exercise initiative in their work.
 
– Promoting character values: We consider character values such as humility, integrity, care for others and a healthy attitude towards work as important as academic abilities, if not more.
 
– Cultivating self-discipline, responsibility and accountability: We are committed to helping children develop the ability to exercise self-discipline from an early age. We do not advocate corporal punishment, but firm discipline and setting of clear boundaries where necessary so that children learn to balance freedom of choice and decision with responsibility and accountability.

Our learning environment has frequently been held up as a model example by visiting early childhood educators. Integrating both indoor and outdoor space, we create a carefully prepared “work-learn-play” environment that is homely, comfortable, relaxing, yet safe, hygienic, orderly and purposeful. 

We provide a carefully designed and stimulating environment with a rich diversity of challenging activities of various levels of complexities that allow the child to learn through observation, exploration, discovery and practice. 

A wide variety of materials is easily accessible to the children so as to allow them to make their own choices, and thus learn to be independent and partake in the responsibility for their own learning. 

We structure our environment and activities to extend the children’s learning, and provide opportunities for them to be creative and adept at solving problems on their own. 

Children are also encouraged to develop character values, social skills and consideration for others within our environment.