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A. Taylor Heads Teachers' Assoc. Allen Taylor Thornhill School will head the Vaughan Teachers‘ Association for 1964- 65 as president. Vice-president will be Martin Van Bemmel, Powell Road School; secretary. Miss Dianne Dyson, Charles Howitt School and treasurer, Mrs. Willa Redman, New Pincl Grove School, 7 . -r. -,L___- Superintendent J. R. Mac- Donald told Vaughan Township School Area Board, Thursday evening. that both organiza- tions perform a valuable ser- vice in the school system by providing a liason between the staff and the administration by providing a ‘chan e1 for com munication and-in ponsoring in- service training activities. v-v ,,,,,,,,, Peter Kurita, B‘Aq Kleinburg School will head the principals' association for the next year and will be assisted by vice- president, Miss Audrey Leary. Powell Road School and Secre- tary. William Hazell, New Pine Grove School. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Doner and Mrs. Fred Doust had din- ner Thursday with Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Doner of Stouffâ€" ville and Miss Beulah Heise of Preston. who was also visiting the Doners. Correspondent: Mrs. Chas. Milsted Telephone 886-5201 Mrs. Annie Hilts from Faith View Home at Preston, is visit ing her son-in-law and daugh‘ ter. Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Hood ley. Mrs. Beulah Jones spent some time with her daughter-in-law. Mrs. Harry Jones of Toronto, whose mother passed way this past week in Toronto‘ George Boynton Junior has resumed his studies at Ontario Agricultural College at Guelph for his second year. John Farquharson and Maur- ice Farquharson enjoyed a couple of days duck hunting in the north. Mr‘ and Mrs. Arthur Clark of King's County, Nova Scotia. visited Mr. and Mrs.’ Jack Gamble Thursday. Walter Brillinger, Misses [00“ over OCCUPEHCY "1 Jean and Vera Brillinger and Thornlea 5911001 at 3559 Bay- Mrs. Melvin Henderson attend-lVieW Ave., north 0f Highway 7- ed the official opening of the! Here 140 children ranging in new Steckley Funeral Home atiage from three to eight are Barrie Wednesday night. ;being taught not only their The junior women’s sewingithree “R‘s“ but such extras as circle of Heise Hill met on French. music and rhythmic Monday night at the home of dancing, by the world-renowned Mrs. Bruce Eade. Montessori method. George Cober has been conâ€" fined to his home with a bad knee. Mrs. Lorne Ruegg spoke and showed her pictures of their work in the far East to the WMS ladies at the United Missionary Church on Tuesday evening. Mrs. D. C. Henry of Toronto spent the weekend with the Milsteds. Mr. and Mrs. S. N. Doner and Mr. and Mrs. Fred Doust spent Sunday with relatives at Cree- more. ‘ Mrs. Blanche Read has been spending a few days in Brace- bridge. Harry Kruse spent the Thanksgiving weekend at his cottage near Parry Sound. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Stickley and Mr. and Mrs. Levi Diller of Scarboro spent last weekend at a cottage at Eagle Lake near South River. uun nun nus. u . ULALA‘AnJK and Mr. and Mrs: Ijevi Diller A ““9 5.81159 M touch is '19- of Scarboro spent last weekend V9109“ “’“h boxes contammg at a cottage at Eagle Lake nearlswatches of materials of dif- South River. iferent textures, two samples of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Milsted‘leach- Blmdfqldedv the ch11“ attended a gathering Saturdaylsorts out the pieces. placmg the night at the home of Drs. wwmatching ones together. These C. and M. Arkinstall of New- boxes also vary in their diffi- market for their son and his culty, the first one having such bride. Dr, and Mrs. William different materials as silk and Arkinstall who leaves October corduroy. 15 for Brussels enroute to the‘ At one conveniently small Congo. liable, a three-yearâ€"old sat com- GORMLEY French e THE LIBER m 'en AL, Richmond )l‘I Mr Jeremy is six years old. Hepletely absorbed for more is a pupil in the Toronto Mon- than half an hour, intently tessori School which recently shaking one after the other, a took over occupancy of the set of capped cylinders. They Thornlea School at 8569 Bay- contained varying amounts of view Ave., north of Highway '7. dried seeds and produced difâ€" Here 140 children ranging in ferent tones there being two age from three to eight are of each tone. He was develop- being taught not only theii ing a keen sense of hearing by three “R's" but such extras as pairing up the ones which French. music and rhythmicisounded alike. Developed in Italy by Dr. Maria Montessori in the early 1900’s. the Montessori method stresses the development of all the child's senses, and through this a fuller apprecia-j tion and understanding of the world around him. Colour sense is developed by the use of small coloured squares which fit into neat wooden boxes. Beginners start with a box containing only three or four colours and grad- uate to large boxes which may have six or seven different shades of red or blue. [llUle UL LHC audit. VVlLH LVVU ‘bells each producing the same. A further development of this adds bells which produce the isemitones. Even the sense of smell is ;developed. Each of a set of small plastic bottles when uncapped gives off a distinct odour and the task is to palr off the ones which smell the same. No-child’s activity is directed. He is free to take whatever equipment he pleases from the shelves which line the bright, attractive classrooms. T w 0 .teacher: in each room circulate 1‘} Montessori Private School Offers A Unique Educational Experience SENSORIAL DEVELOPMENT Jeremy was the envy of his classmates. “Oh, you lucky duck," breathed David. Laurel stood to one side, watching intently and eager to help. Other children paused on their way across the room to watch. , Jeremy was confidently working at a long div- ision problem, dividing 724 into 9,487,212. He ex- plained each step to me as he went along, with the other children putting in a word here and there too, all obviously longing to have their turn. Hill. Ontario, Thursday, Oct. 15, 1964 old Ch )Ol BY MARGARET McLEAN ks at the Mom ayview Avenue ‘onh dried seeds and prouucea onâ€" ferent tones, there being two of each tone. He was develop- ing a keen sense of hearing by pairing up the ones which sounded alike. A more sophisticated hear- ing game involves a set of bells which when struck produce the notes of the scale, with two bells each producing the same. A further development of this adds bells which produce the semitones. van the spncp nf smell is Work with numbers progresâ€" ses, using a variety of mater- ials, wooden blocks, cubes, beads, etc. A box of beads will have a set of half a dozen cards with it. bearing simple arithmetical problems, 5 + 2: etc. The child places on the desk a set of five beads wired together, then a card bearing the plus sign, then a set of two heads wired together, counts the total number of beads and writes down the an- swer 7 on a piece of paper. No-child’s activity is directed. drop He is free to take whatever 0010““ equipment he pleases from the etc._. shelves which line the bright, thelrp attractive classrooms. T w o boards teachers in each room circulate Hm giving assistance to individual beads? children when it is required. Eb “get . ea 5 LEARNING THROUGH 111mm,,"a an Prominent among the “play- things" are large wooden numâ€" erals and letters with a surface of sandpaper. As the child draws his finger around the form of the letter, the teacher repeats the sound the letter makes in the English lang- uage. Thus the child learns with his sense of sight, touch Ph and hearing, ( When. and only when, the child shows further curiosity about the letters, the teacher will show him simple, phonetic words which he then forms for himself. usually lying on a rug on the floor and getting his whole body into the act. Similarly with numbers, three and fourâ€"year-olds will be shown brightly coloured disks, some with numbers printed on them. On the desk top, they take pleasure in placing one disk under the number one, them. On the desk top, they take pleasure in placing one disk under the number one, two under the two, and so on, while the teacher helps them to count. Jeremy worked out his prob- lem in long division with a set of small test tubes each con- taining ten beads, several small bowls, into which he would drop his groups of different coloured “hundreds" or ”tens" etc., before placing them in their proper places in small peg boards. MANUAL SKILLS Much emphasis is also placed on developing the children‘s manual dexterity as a prep- aration for the acquisition of writing and an “explosion" into writing is not uncommon. Jeremy‘s fingers I noticed were quite nimble in picking up and placing the small beads he was using. about the Size of a small green pea. Also. he was quite ambidextrous. “Now I have to put all those beads back". he twinkled at me, and proceeded to do so with both hands, picking two beads up at a time. ll don’t think he'll be using beads much longerl. “How long do they use beads?” I asked. “Before long they find the beads a nuisanceâ€"they can see the answer without them" an- swered the principal of the school, Mrs. Helma Trass who was my guide. Later, she showed me Jeremy’s Metropol- itan Achievement test papers (which North York uses to grade children). Much of Jer- emy’s work was on the grade 3 level and he was able to do simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and short divis- ion in the conventional manner, through his fascinating “play" with the beads. Many little girls were en- grossed ln pouring small pitch- ers of corn, rice or barley into small cups. and picking up in- dividual grains with their fin- gers when any seeds spilled. From this the children? graduate to pouring water, and develop a steady hand at it. Both boys and girls were often to be seen in the small, well-l equipped kitchens which are a; prominent feature of every‘ Montessori classroom. Here; ‘they poured out water to \vash‘ not only their own hands and lfaces. but using real soap. iwashed up small dishes and ‘dried them carefully. | HOUSEHOLD TASKS ! At another table. an intent §three'-year-old sat. shoeless. as she carefully waxed her little red shoes and spent the next 20 minutes polishing them to a .high gloss. Another little tot was busy :with a can of Brasso bringing a ismall brass jug to a gleaming iiinish. All these homely activities are offgred to the child to help make the child more independ- ent while at the same time} giving him a sense of accomp-s lishment and developing his manual skills. In all teaching situations, the emphasis in the Montessori method is “show the child, don’t tell him". The teachers spoke very little and when they did in a ve1y quiet voice, barely labove a whisper. The resultâ€"the children lis- tened intently when the teacher did speak, and none of them raised their voices enough to disturb a concentrating neigh- bour. FRENCH FOR THREE-YEAR-OLDS Even in the French class this method was used as much as‘ possible. In a very few mom- ents, using a cardboard cutout of a toy soldier, the teacher taught the children to under- stand and say, in French, “Tu- tu" is on the chair. under the chair, on the table. “Tu-tu" goes to the blackboard, to the ‘table, etc. The children begin French at three years and although Mrs. Trass laughingly admitted the three-year-olds sit and stare at their teacher who speaks noth-. ing but French to them as if she is a creature from outer space. by Christmas they can understand what she is saying. In the French class when I entered a dozen five-year-olds were singing ”En Passant Par Lorraine" gaily, When the lteacher held up a card bearing :the letters “ch" and repeated ‘the sound in French, they came up with “Chaise", “chat” and “chien” (chair, cat and dogl as words with the same sound. “chien” (chair, cat and dog) as words with the same sound. The younger children spend half a day at the school, coming either in the morning or after- noon. This year, 40 children stay all day and instruction is given up to grade 3. The child- ren all progress at their own pace and eventually, the school will bring children up to high school entrance. All the teachers have taken Montessori training in Europe for at least a year. One teacher who had previously taught pub- lic school here for six years. came back this year after a year in Italy, to teach at the Toronto Montessori S c h o o 1. Only Montessori trained teach- ers are employed in these schools â€"â€" which are spread throughout the world. The in- dividuals take the training at their own expense. but such is ‘the growing interest in the ‘method that teachers are now ‘more readily available. ‘ Mrs. Trass. the principal is ‘a member of the Association lMontessori Internationale and ‘has ten years’ experience as a ‘Montessori teacher in Holland. [plus three years in Canada. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllll“lllllllllll\lllllllllllllllllllllllllfil Capacity of the p r e s e n t school is only 150, but with 140 enrolled this year, the school may well have to expand before too long. STAFF 0F 10 Along with the principal, Mrs. Trass and a secretary, the staff includes six classroom teach- ers. a French teacher and a music teacher. Music is taught by the Carl Orff method. 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