MONTESSORI KINDERGARTEN & Playgroup MEILEN

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«Help me to do it myself!»

MONTESSORI KINDERGARTEN
& Playgroup
MEILEN

Highly qualified, competent teachers provide holistic support to children aged 3 to 6 in German, using selected, valuable educational games and teaching materials. This includes sharpening their perception and all their senses, as well as promoting precursor skills for school. The children also receive musical training, either for half or full days. Precursor skills include developing an understanding of quantities and numbers, building a large vocabulary, and social skills.

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Early Childhood Education

Present Education

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Focus on self-reliance

Social competence

Long lessons overwhelm children's ability to concentrate. That is why songs, verses, and learning content are only taught in short sequences. In line with our guiding principle, “Help me to do it myself!”, children are supported in their self-determined actions.

Feeling helpless when interacting with others leads to discouragement and can prevent learners from concentrating on the game respectively the learning material. Learning begins with language. On the one hand, this serves to acquire basic mathematical skills, but on the other hand, it also serves to teach children social skills as early as possible.
“The limits of one's own freedom are the limits of the freedom of others.”
Based on this guideline, we show them how to resolve and avoid conflicts.

Self-control

Teaching materials with self-control are preferred. They contribute to minimizing the paternalisation by our teachers.

Pedagogical concept

'Help me to do it myself!' is one of the key principles of Maria Montessori's pedagogy. Valuable didactic teaching materials assist children in developing their perceptual abilities, which are significant for academic learning. Here are our differences in teaching from public kindergarten:

Small groups

The groups are small and mixed in age. This strongly reduces competition among the children. Instead of comparing themselves to others, each child can focus on their own needs.

Necessary materials

All the materials needed to achieve the teaching objectives in kindergarten are available at all times. This allows children to learn at their own pace. Depending on the lesson theme, materials are exchanged or supplemented.

Own learning pace

The kindergarten allows unlimited learning at one's own pace, in contrast to the conventional, time-limited workshop teaching, which is no longer contemporary.

We accompany and support the children in finding their own learning rhythm.

Individual support

School hours

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
8.30 a.m. - 3.45 p.m.

Additional care on Tuesday and Thursday from
3.45 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Morning

Self-directed play and work with materials in the prepared environment according to Maria Montessori. Children are holistically and individually supported in small groups.

Forest day

Once a week we eat in the forest and spend the afternoon there.

Sports day

One afternoon per week, we go to the nearby Feldmeilen sports hall.

About us

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Esther Luginbühl

Certified Montessori Kindergarten Teacher

Clarita Kunz

MA Special Needs of Education, Owner/School Director

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«Learning with joy and on your own initiative»

Today's elementary school system is based on the principle that a child is an empty book that needs to be filled with knowledge. The older the child is, the more homework and exams they have to do. Are we children happy? No. We are stressed, we are afraid of the grades. Those who can't take the stress stay at the bottom of the league table. Others who are underchallenged pass the time by painting tables. We know how to hide a cheat in a water bottle or copy an essay from the internet. In Montessori kindergarten, I taught myself how to write when I felt like it. At elementary school, everything was prescribed. That spoiled my joy of learning. If children were at least given the freedom to decide for themselves in what order and at what pace they could learn, elementary school could also be a place of joy.

Leana Daetwyler, high school student

«Our children now go out into life with self-confidence, great independence and personal responsibility.»

As a family with three children, we consider ourselves extremely fortunate that our children were able to attend the Montessori kindergarten in Feldmeilen. We have the feeling, now that our eldest daughter has just started grammar school, that invaluable foundations have been laid there, on an intellectual, personal and social level in equal measure. With a lot of time and leisure, patience and the greatest motivation and competence of the staff, each child was picked up exactly where they were and fully recognized and supported. Without pressure, but with a lot of calm and passion. Each child was seen as an important member of the group and recognized in all its colourful personality, which now enables the children to go out into life with self-confidence, great independence and personal responsibility. The wide range of learning materials was fully available at all times, which motivated self-determined learning. Curiosity was aroused and experiences of discovery were experienced. A closeness to nature and responsibility for it were exemplified and highly valued. The children also learned a great deal on a social level. Respect, helpfulness, appreciation, acceptance and peaceful interaction with one another were discussed every day. Mathematical and language skills were encouraged at an early age and the children were given a lot of confidence. Small groups and the high level of expertise of the teachers enabled optimal and individual support. The children were able to learn in their own individual way and discover early on what was good for them and where their inclinations and talents lay. This harmonious environment gave us satisfied, happy, curious, enthusiastic and reflective children who are aware of their own resources and are now well equipped to go through life. As parents, we also felt completely supported. It was a wonderful and unforgettable time!

Parents S. and E. Frey with Liv, Leo and Ida

«Children receive holistic support»

Even before they start kindergarten, it is clear that children are at very different stages of development. Only individual support can do justice to this fact. Kindergarten children should receive holistic support as early as possible. Ideal support covers all areas of perception, motor skills, coordination, social skills and the foundations for learning at school. In the "prepared environment", all the games and learning tasks needed to achieve school learning goals are available at all times. As we know, every child learns differently, according to their own rhythm. Many children are gifted at school. They and slow learners must be allowed to work at their own pace. This helps them to learn faster and more sustainably. In the more than 15 years that I have been working here, several children have been able to start school earlier. I like the fact that the children are allowed to play and work independently. This creates a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

Esther Luginbühl, head teacher

«Very good mix of play and learning»

Our child and we as parents felt very comfortable at the Montessori Kindergarten in Meilen. There is a very good mix of play and learning. The atmosphere is friendly and calm. We also appreciated special moments, such as when the children were allowed to watch chicks hatch from eggs that had been incubated at the kindergarten.

Ingrid Heller, Otto's mother

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Monthly contribution

three examples:

2 half days Fr. 580.-
2 full days Fr. 950.-
3 full days Fr. 1250.-

On forest day, parents provide their children with a meal to grill at the fire pit.
All other meals are included in the price.

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We will tell you more about the kindergarten and answer your questions

Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
8.30 a.m. - 3.45 p.m.

Additional care on Tuesday and Thursday from
3.45 p.m. - 5.00 p.m.

Stelzenstrasse 57
8706 Meilen/ZH

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044 915 39 94