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Welcome to

Montessori Happy Minds

Bilingual Educational Program

English/Arabic  -  English/French

7023 ARMOUR BEND SW,

EDMONTON, AB, T6W 4S8

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Bambini Program:
19 months - 3 years old

The Bambini program is an excellent way for younger children to become comfortable with the Montessori environment and to develop in an atmosphere of respect and special understanding. Bring your toddler to a safe, calm, and peaceful environment. Our role is to assist in helping each child grow and develop their own unique personality in a safe and loving environment. The safe space is designed to meet the developmental needs of the youngest members of our community. Our guides model and interact with our infants through speaking, singing, rocking, holding, and smiling. We want each child to feel safe, loved, and nurtured. Our Zumbini music program will manifest with classical music being played, songs being sung, movement encouraged, and instruments being played. Montessori programming for this younger age group focuses on independence, confidence, and self-help skills, which prepare the children for the Casa Early Childhood program. The emphasis is on practical life and sensorial activities where children can enhance their fine and gross motor abilities, concentration, and visual acuity. The activities offered set the foundation for future learning in language, mathematics, and cultural studies. Additionally, our daily music program songs and movement activities. Key components for this program: * Introduction to Mathematics * Practical Life-Sensorial * Language Arts * Introduction to French * Music * Zumbini * Art and Drama * Yoga in my school * SportFun * Grace and Courtesy

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Casa Program (full-day and Half day): 3-6 years old

The children are very absorbed in the immediate environment, they start to focus inward and become aware of choices. The children are drawn to whatever objects and actions allow them to achieve personal satisfaction and develop personal interests and skills. The children will enter the social associative stage move forward to co-operative play. The children will have the time, materials, and space to construct individually or with peers, participate in long-term and short-term projects and share their creations with friends to open opportunities for peer learning. Key components: * Mathematics * Culture and Science * Practical Life * Sensorial * Language Art * Second Language Arabic or French * Music * Zumbini * Art and drama * Yoga in my school * SportFun * Grace and Courtesy * Peace Education * Meditation

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Cosmic Program (OSC):
6-12 years old

The children begin to look outward from themselves, show interest to work with others on a project of mutual interest, show genuine interest in their local community and their culture, the attitudes, beliefs, practices, customs, and social behavior of the people around them. We are open from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm, providing care for OSC children before school, after school and during school closures (spring break, summer holidays, etc.). The approach we follow with school-age children is to adopt a “living curriculum”, fostering a flexible framework that assumes that learning is a natural process occurring through self-directed experience, optimized by a supportive environment guided by positive adult interaction. Key components: * Culture and Science * Practical Life * Sensorial * Second Language Arabic or French * Music * Zumbini * art and drama * Yoga in my school * SportFun * Grace and Courtesy * Peace Education * Meditation * Coding.

Montessori Curriculum

Classrooms are provided with full set the Montessori materials supported with unique set of Montessori booklet curriculum to master learning.

 

A wide range of materials provided in Montessori early childhood programs offer experiences in developing motor skills, independence, senses, and intellect.

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Learning Style

Our program at Montessori Happy Minds is inspired by the Montessori, the Reggio Emilia, and Walldorf approaches.


Happy Minds is Bilingual! 

Happy Minds values diversity and honours the children’s families’ social and cultural practices and traditions. We strive to develop and strengthen a sense of well-being and belonging in a caring learning community by involving our children’s home language, including educators from different backgrounds in our program, and offering bilingual classes, English-Arabic and English-French, in our Casa programs. Our Bilingual classrooms are provided with English/Arabic, or English/French complete sets of Montessori Materials.

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