Outdoor Classroom Day

“The International Baccalaureate® aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect”. IB Mission. Creating a better and more peaceful world can be a big challenge. As a teacher What I have to teach to make them understand that? As a parent how can you support this idea? Sometimes we can … Continue reading Outdoor Classroom Day

Learning through the experience

Education is a natural process carried out by the child and is not acquired by listening to words but by experiences in the environment. Dr. Maria Montessori. The most well-known specialist in Education and children development from the last century to nowadays value the experience as a meaningful way to learn. Every time we teach a child something, we keep him from inventing it himself. … Continue reading Learning through the experience

Circles everywhere

At school we have been working the circle. When I have to plan a lesson I need to take into account many factors: the ages of the students, the curriculum (in our case matching New Brunswick curriculum and the IB Scope and Sequence), the timing, the activities,… Although it’s a “simple” content, it’s also a long journey. How can you teach what is a circle … Continue reading Circles everywhere