The Montessori Curriculum which is a form of Playful Learning addresses all areas of the child’s development; incorporating the four Main Themes of Aistear :
Communication:
Expanding vocabulalry
Expression through visual arts.
Interaction/Discussion/
Listening
Identity & Belonging:
Children will have strong self identities, and feel respected and affirmed as unique!
Co-operation, interaction
Curiosity/Persistence
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'Would you like some pizza for your dinner!'
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'We can balance like a tree!'
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' I am pouring very carefully. Look! I didn't spill any'
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' Oh! The small cube keeps falling, have to put it on very carefully now! '
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" I love painting my telescope black!
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'This telescope looks cool!'
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'That star is very sticky!'
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I can see baby Pluto the dwarf planet!
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' Mars has red sand! '
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'I can see Saturn with the rings
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'I'm going to space in my rocket!'
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'We can do these all by ourselves!
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' Number 10 is the bigges number!'
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'We love playing with our friends!'
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I like playing with the tool box!'with the tool box!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/108102_2500x1875_500.jpg)
'Woops that piece doesn't fit there!'
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'Yoga is great fun!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/108112_2500x1875_500.jpg)
'That girl has long hair like my sister!'
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Look at all those funny shaped triangles!
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Exploring & Thinking:
Learn about and make sense of the world
around them.Develop skills and strategies
for observing, questioning and investigating
Well Being:
Creative Expression
Active Learners
Confidence/independence
Enjoyment,Satisfaction Motivation
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I am building a funny clown !'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/108072_2500x1875_500.jpg)
' Mammy bear and baby bear are going for a picnic'
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' Lets do the cylinders together! Then we can take more blocks out!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/107992_2500x1875_500.jpg)
' We are decorating our telescopes with pretty stars"!
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/107907_2500x1875_500.jpg)
'We have gold and silver stars for our telescope!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/108002_2500x1875_500.jpg)
' I am putting loads and loads of stars on my telescope.'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/107967_2500x1875_500.jpg)
'Planet Earth is my favourite planet because we live there!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/107972_2500x1875_500.jpg)
' I can see the big big sun!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/107957_2500x1875_500.jpg)
'Jupiter is the biggest Planet!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/107962_2500x1875_500.jpg)
"This is a really cool telescope!"
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/107892_2500x1875_500.jpg)
'Look thats the smallest circle!'
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'I am counting and matching the smarties to the ice cream!'
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I am counting 7 spindles into my hand - thats a lot!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/108022_2500x1875_500.jpg)
' E is for Elegant Elephant!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/108107_2500x1875_500.jpg)
'Look ! I finished the cylinders by myself!'
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'We are pretending to be trees!'
![](https://storage2.snappages.site/rsu26o0q2y/assets/images/108017_2500x1875_500.jpg)
'G is for Goats are giggling! Thats Funny! '
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'I am putting loads of snow on!. Penguins love snow!'
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