Our Curriculum

The curriculum that has been developed by ICME and the staff at the model Modern Montessori School in Amman , Jordan , is the foundation of the high standard of education we provide. It sets out attainment targets at each level following the structure of a well established international curriculum provided guidelines for the content of syllabus using Montessori pedagogy.

The rationale for planning our unique Montessori curriculum is based on a set of guiding principles formulated by Maria Montessori:

		The students engage in active learning.
		The environment is carefully structured providing relevant, appropriate and stimulating experiences for the different age groups.
		The students are given freedom within the structured environment to choose spontaneously and follow their own interests.
		Learning is integrated across all stages of the curriculum.
		The contents of the curriculum reflect the student’s own culture.
		The students are vertically grouped where appropriate.
		The Montessori teacher is flexible and bases decisions on observations thus ensuring that the individual developmental needs of students are met.
		The Montessori teacher aims to develop autonomy, independence and self discipline in the student.
		The Montessori teacher acknowledges sensitive periods of learning.
		Through the Montessori didactic materials, there is indirect preparation for later learning (age group 2.5-9 years).
		In a Montessori setting, there is mutual respect where students, parents and teachers work together.

Curriculum Offered:

		IB Program	(Grades 11-12)
		IB Bridge Year	(Grade 10)
		IGCSE	(Grades 9-10)
		Lower-Senior Curriculum	(Grades 7-8)
		Junior Curriculum	(Grades 1-6)
		Nursery and Kindergarten 1 & 2	Montessori Curriculum (Age group 2.5-6 Years)

In the Operations Manual, there is a fully comprehensive Montessori curriculum for children aged from 3 years (Nursery) to 16 years ( Senior School ).

Early Years Education
Foundation Stage

Curriculum for Nursery and Kindergarten 1
(for children aged from 2½ to 5 years)

1. Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Montessori Curriculum	Learning Goals Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
	Children will develop:
Exercises of Practical Life Materials and Activities Life Skills Care of Self Care of the Environment Social Skills Circle Time Activities and Games	Motivation
	continue to be interested, excited and motivated to learn
	Self-confidence
	be confident to try new activities, initiate ideas and speak in a familiar group
	Concentration
	maintain attention, concentrate, and sit quietly when appropriate
	Autonomy
	have a developing awareness of their own needs, views and feelings and be sensitive to the needs, views and feelings of others respond to significant experiences, showing a range of feelings when appropriate
	Social Skills
	have a developing respect for their own cultures and beliefs and those of other people form good relationships with adults and peers work as part of a group or class, taking turns and sharing fairly, understanding that there need to be agreed values and codes of behaviour for groups of people, including adults and children, to work together harmoniously understand what is right, what is wrong, and why consider the consequences of their words and actions for themselves and others understand that people have different needs, views, cultures and beliefs, which need to be treated with respect
	Independence
	dress and undress independently and manage their own personal hygiene select and use activities and resources independently
	Motor skills
	have a developing control over their actions, gross and fine motor movements
	Positive self-image
	understand that they can expect others to treat their needs, views, cultures and beliefs with respect
	Self-discipline
	be able to complete activities and return them to the appropriate place
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2. Language and Literacy

Language and Literacy Materials	Learning Goals Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
*Listening*	Children will be able to:
Telling and reading stories, nursery rhymes, action songs, finger-play rhymes Songs, poems Verse speaking	Enjoy listening to and using spoken language Explore and experiment with sounds, words and texts Listen with enjoyment and respond to stories, rhymes, poems and songs
*Speaking*	Children will be able to:
Discussing pictures Discussing projects Drama Circle Time Montessori Farm Montessori Games	Use language to imagine and recreate roles and experiences Use talk to organise, sequence and clarify thinking, ideas, feelings and events Sustain attentive listening, responding to what they have heard by relevant comments, questions or actions
*Vocabulary*	Children will be able to:
Stories Pictures for discussion Language Cards	Extend their vocabulary, exploring the meanings and sounds of new words Interact with others, negotiating plans and activities and taking turns in conversation Know that print carries meaning
Sandpaper Letters Language Work Books 1 and 2	Link sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet
Pink Level Materials Language Work Book 3	Hear and say initial and final sounds in words, and short vowel sounds within words
Blue Level Materials Language Work Book 4	Read a range of familiar and common words and simple sentences
Green Level Materials Language Work Books 6 to 9	Recognise and read some of the different spelling patterns in the English language
Writing Exercises Language Work Book 10	Attempt writing Write their own names and other things such as labels and captions and begin to form simple sentences, sometimes using punctuation Use phonic knowledge to write simple regular words and make phonetically plausible attempts at more complex words
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3. Mathematics

Sensorial and Mathematics Materials	Learning Goals Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
	Children will be able to:
Pink Tower Broad Stair Long Rods Knobbed Cylinders Knobless Cylinders Baric Tablets Sensorial Work Books 1, 2 and 4	Use language such as ‘more’ or ‘less’, ‘greater’ or ‘smaller’, ‘longer’, ‘shorter’ ‘ heavier’ or ‘lighter’ to compare two objects, numbers or quantities
Geometric Cabinet Geometric Solids Constructive Triangles Sensorial Work Book 3	Recognise and name 2-dimensional geometric shapes Recognise and name 3-dimensional Use everyday words to describe position
Large Number Rods Sandpaper Numerals Number Rods and Cards Cards and Counters Mathematics Work Books 1 and 2	Say and use number names in order in familiar contexts Count reliably up to 10
Spindle Box	Recognise numbers 0 to 10
Snake Game Small Number Rods Short Bead Stairs Addition Strip Board Subtraction Strip Board Mathematics Work Books 4 and 5	Use the vocabulary involved in adding and subtracting and understand the concepts Find one more or one less than a number from 1 to 10 Begin to relate addition to combining two groups of objects, and subtraction to ‘taking away’
Seguin Board A Mathematics Work Book 3	Count reliably up to 19
Seguin Board B Mathematics Work Book 6	Count reliably up to 100
Golden Bead Materials Mathematics Work Book 7	Use developing mathematical ideas and methods to solve practical problems
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4. Knowledge and Understanding the World

Sensorial Materials	Learning Goals Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
	Children will be able to:
All the sensorial materials Sensorial Work Book 5	Investigate objects and materials by using all of their senses as appropriate Look closely at similarities, differences, patterns and change
Cultural Materials	Learning Goals Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
	Children will be able to:
Nature Materials Nature Table Leaf Cabinet Tree Cards Wild Flowers Cards Flower and Plant Parts Leaf Parts Animal Books Farmyard Animals Wild Animals Parts of Animals Life Cycles Habitats Animate and Inanimate Cards Fruit and Vegetable Cards Classification Folder (Plants)	Find out about, and identify some features of, living things, objects and events they observe Find out about their environment, and talk about those features they like and dislike
History Time Lines Time Line of the Day Time Line of each Child’s Life Time Line of the Events in children’s own country	Find out about past and present events in their own lives, and in those of their families and other people they know
Geography Materials The Elements Land Forms Globes	Observe, find out about, and identify features in the place they live and the natural world
Puzzle Maps Continent Folders Projects on homes, journeys, food, our country, weather and climate	Begin to know about their own cultures and beliefs and those of other people
Science and Technology Experiment with water, air, light, heat and electricity and magnetism	Select the tools and techniques they need to shape, assemble and join the materials they are using Ask questions about why things happen and how things work Find out about and identify the uses of everyday technology and use information and communication technology and programmable toys to support their learning.
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5. Physical Development

Outdoor Environment	Learning Goals Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
	Children will be able to:
	Move with confidence, imagination and in safety Move with control and coordination Show awareness of space, of themselves and of others Use a range of small and large equipment Travel around, under, over and through balancing and climbing equipment

6. Creative Development

Creative Materials	Learning Goals Knowledge, Skills and Understanding
	Children will be able to:
Art and Craft Activities	Explore colour, texture, shape, form and space in two and three dimensions Respond in a variety of ways to what they see, hear, smell, touch and feel
Music and Movement Activities	Recognise and explore how sounds can be changed, sing simple songs from memory, recognise repeated sounds and sound patterns and match movements to music
Drama	Use their imagination in art and design, music, dance, imaginative and role play and stories Express and communicate their ideas, thoughts and feelings by using a widening range of materials, suitable tools, imaginative and role play, movement, designing and making, and a variety of songs and musical instruments.
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