White Oaks’ programme of learning is structured so that the equipment our children use and the activities our children engage in help them develop concentration, coordination and working habits necessary for the more advanced exercises they will perform at later stages in their development.
Faster paced than our private nursery daycare, our preschool serving the Toronto area from Mississauga encourages the children to learn to work quietly and intently on their own tasks. They are encouraged to use the material with a sense of perfection and order. They are encouraged to develop concentration and self discipline.
Our Montessori environment or “Prepared Environment” contains Montessori-approved equipment and materials that are graded to suit the needs of the child. Get in touch!
Casa Subjects
Practical Life Exercises
Sensorial Materials
Exercises in hygiene.
Dressing
Care of Clothing.
Carrying & handling of the many Montessori materials
Using floor mats.
Tidying away work.
Looking after classroom pets and plants.
Taking care of books.
Preparing snacks.
Exercises which are designed to teach the child how to:
Ask for something
Welcome visitors
Wait one’s turn
Work cooperatively
Offer refreshments
Introduce oneself
Walk with a partner
Offer help to others
Behave at the table
Make eye contact
Behave in public places
Shake hands
Exercises for the development of fine and gross motor skills:
Rolling mats
Sweeping
Pouring liquids
Carrying chairs
Threading
Walking carefully
Cutting
Spooning
Carrying large materials
Visual Sense
Children learn to discriminate by size, length, dimension, colour, similarity and difference.Tactile Sense
Children learn to discriminate by touch. They match sandpaper and fabric of varying textures according to their similarities. They classify material from rough to smooth and learn to contrast and compare.Auditory Sense
Children continue the process of matching, classifying, contrasting and comparing this time using various sounds, musical bells and instruments.Complex Senses (weight, heat, shape, smell, taste)
Children explore all of the above qualities by using carefully designed materials and exercises which sharpen their senses at a time when they have a particular developmental interest in this work (sensitive period).The sensorial exercises are designed to prepare the child for more complex learning in Language, Math and Culture Studies.
Language
Math
Oral Expression & Listening Skills:
Rhyming words
Story telling
Nonsense words
Singing games
Opposites
Poetry
Animal families
Role playing
Nursery rhymes
Written Language (starting at age 4):
Pencil control
Phonetic blending
Letter formation
Word & picture matching
Sound & letter recognition
Sentence construction
Number value
Number sequence
Number symbol (1 to 1,000)
The 4 basic math operations
Odd versus even numbers
Skip counting (in early preparation for memorization of number facts).
Reading and recording numbers for all of the above activities.
"Our son really enjoyed White Oaks. We switched from another Montessori school that our son was not settling in as well, and we are happy for the change. Thanks to the staff, our son is much more advanced and mature..."
Jess Wui
"My son attended Whiteoaks for the complete Casa program. I was thoroughly impressed. He learned how to read, advanced in French and a number of other learning areas. I have nothing but great things to say about Whiteoaks! The program..."
Peter van Sluytman
"Most amazing school and facility in the entire GTA! My children have been attending white oaks since they were toddlers, the teacher have become surrogate parents to my children!!!! Thank you for everything you have done for our family and..."
David Walsh
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