A childhood free of boundaries and a world that is limitless, this and a self-interpretative environment is what Blue Blocks, the self-learning preschools offer its students. At the core of Blue Blocks is the renowned Montessori philosophy and pedagogy. Blue Blocks chooses to concentrate on one of the most important forms of self-expression Writing.
Writing provides the scope for such communication and develops both physical and mental skills. Every child feels an inner urge to communicate at around 2½ years of age and every child explodes into writing at around 4 years if he/she is given the right kind of support at the physical and psychological level. At Blue Blocks, the right kind of support is provided at the physical and psychological level for writing there are seven steps that they take the children through, to ensure the writing is an interesting and enjoyable activity rather than a forced or uninteresting one.
The 7 Steps of Writing Science the Montessori Way includes:
- Preparation at the Physical Level
- Preparation at the Psychological Level
- Oral Phonetic Analysis
- Sandpaper Letters
- The Movable Alphabet
- Metal Insets
- Explosion into Writing (Graphic Self Expression)
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