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Children education with immersive theatre

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Some of children lose interest in study result from a mundane teaching method or monotonous environment example of traditional education of primary school in Taiwan. Taiwanese students would stay in class for a whole day even they learn different subjects, watching videos and images to learn such as science, art or music. Moreover, playground is the only place that pupils can have activities.

Interest on learning is important for children because this factor can help them find their value or meaning in the courses. Moreover, that would also influence their development of career in the future or confidence.

Through the conception and design of an institution the age of children is from five to eight because this range of pupils start to have self-conscious and have a golden period to developed a healthy habit. The site of this project is on white cliff in Dover, which provide convenient element for parents and a vast place for students.

for example, Taiwaness students always stay in one classroom to study different subjects, have many tests and practice a lot of exercises. Teachers usually want pupils sit   on the chair and be quiet. Moreover, playground is the only place that students can engage in activities, but they don't have adequate time to do. Because this situation, more and more students don't like to go to scool and learn, and they star to feel pressure, even mental illness.

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feeling of traditional education of education in Taiwan

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Feeling of different ways of education in Montessori and Steiner Education

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-The features of Steiner Education

- The aim of lessons is practicing students’ feeling and artistic senses.

- A lot of outdoor activities .

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With more schools and homes adopting Montessori philosophies, "Montessori" has become a word that is often thrown around in parenting and teaching circles. However, while it is widely known to be an alternative childhood educational model, there is still an air of mystery around it. With this comes a lot of misinformation that can make things rather confusing for newcomers.

Montessori can be hard to define even for those who have applied its principles at home or have kids that attend Montessori schools. Nevertheless, this article will attempt to demystify it by delving into the various aspects of the Montessori method.

What is the Montessori method?

The Montessori method of learning is a child-focused educational approach that was developed by Dr. Maria Montessori in the early 20 th century. It involves child-led activities, classrooms made up of kids of varying ages, and teachers who encourage independent thinking in their students. According to Dr. Montessori, children tend to learn better when they get to choose what they learn. Here are some of the main foundational principles of the Montessori method to give you a better idea of what it's all about:

Montessori classrooms comprise of mixed ages as well as mixed skill levels, typically divided into year groups ( for example, 3-6-year-olds, 6-9-year-olds). This encourages peer learning as younger kids get to learn from observing older children, and older kids hone their knowledge and gain useful skills by guiding their younger counterparts.

Experiential learning

Children in Montessori environments learn by working with materials that are specially designed for Montessori classrooms. Unlike in typical classrooms where children sit and listen to a teacher, students in Montessori schools learn to read, write, and solve math problems using concrete materials.

In addition to science, math, and language, Montessori classrooms also incorporate the following academic areas:

Practical life: These are everyday life skills taught to children from a young age. The range from basic skills such as pouring water and gardening, to more complex skills such as budgeting.

Sensorial: This area focuses on learning through senses, with the help of materials that are designed to help children refine their sense of hearing, smell, etc.

Freedom within limits

Children in a Montessori environment get to choose what to work on and where to see, under the guidance and supervision of a teacher. This doesn't mean a child gets to draw all day, but he/she can choose from given options for a determined amount of time.

A brief history of the Montessori method

In 1907, Dr. Maria Montessori, an Italian scientist, educator, and physician, opened the Casa dei Bambini (Children's House) to provide quality education to children from low-income homes in Rome. Instead of sticking to standard teaching methods, she decided to test her child-oriented educational theories.

Although the children were initially unruly, they soon exhibited great interest in taking part in hands-on learning experiences. Dr. Montessori observed that the children gradually started to exhibit calmness and a sense of caring for their surroundings. She also noticed that they gained knowledge from their environment and were independent thinkers.

Using these observations as well as her earlier experience working with children, Dr. Montessori designed special learning materials for the children, any of which are still being used in Montessori classrooms today.

What is a Montessori environment?

A Montessori environment is defined as an environment that is designed to ensure the highest level of independent learning and exploration by a child. This environment features a variety of activities as well as a lot of movement. A Montessori teacher is tasked with maintaining the ambiance and order of the environment.

The Montessori environment allows a child to explore their full potential with the help of uniquely designed materials that range from abstract to concrete and from simple to complex, suited for each child's age and ability.

The pros and cons of a Montessori education

Pros

It emphasizes hands-on learning

A Montessori education gives a child the freedom to explore and move around their environment. Students essentially take charge of their learning with the help of uniquely designed learning aids.

It encourages independence in children

Since the majority of the learning in a Montessori setting is self-directed, children become independent and confident in their abilities a lot faster than in normal school environments.

Social interaction is important

The Montessori classroom encourages freedom of interaction by grouping children of different ages in the same learning environment. This way, children naturally teach one another, learn from one another, and develop crucial life skills such as acceptance, compassion, empathy, and inclusion.

It encourages a love for learning

This unique educational philosophy aims to cultivate a love of learning. Children who are brought up in a Montessori environment tend to view learning as a worthwhile life-long process rather than a burden that comes to an end with graduation.

Cons

As a result of the reliance on high-quality learning materials as well as in-depth training on the use of these items for children, Montessori programs are expensive. This discourages a lot of parents from enrolling their children in Montessori schools.

Some people consider Montessori schools to be limited to the white and privileged. This could be because most of them are most often private, and they also tend to charge tuition and regulate admissions. This makes them unfairly inaccessible to underprivileged students of color.

Some consider the curriculum as lacking in structure

A Montessori education has a less- structured curriculum that may ideally work well, but it can also create a lot of room for some subjects to be overlooked.

Is Montessori right for you?

Whether or not Montessori is right for your little one will depend on the kind of educational approach you prefer. Montessori caters to all children, as it offers opportunities to learn verbally, visually, kinesthetically, and aurally. That said, it is important to consider your child's personality, as well as trust your instincts.

Final Thoughts

The Montessori method is an alternative form of education that has been consistently proven to be useful in developing a child's independence and confidence.

That said, before you decide to introduce it at home, you need to make sure that it is something that your child needs. Every child is different, and different learning environments will suit them differently. If you intend to take your little one to a Montessori school, you will also want to do your research thoroughly beforehand, both online and in-person.

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The Montessori Method - A Brief Introduction

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The Montessori Method: A Brief Introduction With more schools and homes adopting Montessori philosophies, "Montessori" has become a word that is often thrown around in parenting and teaching circles. However, while it is widely known to be an alternative childhood educational model, there is still an air of mystery aro

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This education make students to focus on gardening, daily life and experience

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- Physical development
- Feeling the world

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I visited white cliff in Dover

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White cliff in Dover

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The site of project /
- Near city center ( 8 mins by car) : convenient

-A grassland on the white cliff : children have a large place to learn and play.

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Beginning of thinking

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Beginning of design without any reference. Therefore, this was obsoleted since I don't how to apply reference on project.

I still looking for a way to make project with logic and using reference.

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The beginning of concept model. However, this concept without any reference, so this is a process.

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according to voice and sun

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Relastic model can let me to explore.

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The project was gre a t l y i n s p i red by Montessori and Steiner
education. The two educations have the similar goal which is
creating an environment for children who may find enthusiasm and
joy to enrich childhood and knowledge.According to their subjects,
the lessons could be classified by three spaces: academic, garden,
and activities area.

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Analysis Montessori and Steiner Education

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Analysis Montessori and Steiner Education

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According the lessons of Montessori and Steiner Education
there lessons can be classified to three sections: academic area, sensory area and practical life area.

Key elements of the design including classroom, furniture,
playground, garden, materials and colours.

I started to realize that I need to analyse the information such as different educations and then I can according these infromation to read  paper, journal and website.

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The process of design the garden

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The first version of garden's corner

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The process of garden design

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Version 2 of garden

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Green - patio
Red - performance room, playground
Blue - reading room
Yellow - drawing room

The reason of choosing this four colours is that I read "A Note on Adults' Color–Emotion Associations"

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Several versions of plans and sections in AutoCad

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the second version of garden's corner

“feel at home” is one of the concepts in Steiner
Education s i n c e Rudolf  Steiner think that children spend most of time with their family.
Therefore, he hopes that the decoration in
school can make children feel at home.

The majors elements of Taiwanese garden are
Gazebo, fake mountain, bridge/water and the
shape of circle.

Different way of planting provide for children to plant because I want students can experience several methods of planting and learn various plants such as raised box, soil and aquoponics.

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different categories of equipment in playground

reference: "Primary school playground and pupils physical skill acquisition"
and "Sensory processing"

Playground in primary school may affect children’s physical skills and different
advantages such as relationship and emotion (primary school playground and
pupils’ physical skill acquisition, 2022). The playground in this project has four
types of equipment for children in order to benefit them, including climbing,
jumping, balance which can practice their coordination and gross motor.
Therefore, equipment in playground combines with the elements of circle to
design.

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the design of balance's equipment and monkey bar

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Furniture (locker) combine with teaching tool

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Furniture (locker) combine with teaching tool

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Using peg board not only teach children mathematics (1961) but also help
students understanding geometry and variety of shapes and practice students’
fine motor skills. Therefore, one side of locker is combined with peg board.
Children can play in there. Therefore, more places could be used but also
children can usually play.

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Children learn alphabet from some images

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The concept is from the book of Steiner Education .
Steiner School use illustration and pictorial to teach children learning alphabet.

Therefore, thare are some unevenness texture which from the from  of alpabet on the ball.

This way can stimulate children's touching and also they have some memories abot alphabet when they learn.

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Montessori and Steiner Education value coorportation and disscusion with peers . Therefore, this table can be a dining table for eating when it is seperated, but children can engage in activities when every piece combines together.

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3DMax to build the pjoject and then use vray to render

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learning street : Exchange children’s knowledge which idea from Herman Hertzberger

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furniture combine with children's toy-building blocks.
This idea is from open-ended free play which can stimulate pupils' creativity.

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Timber building blocks

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Colourful timber of building blocks

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First version
This way to assemble each piece block because children don't need screw to combine them togethrt so that this is more convenice for pupils.

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The final version of connection, which have disscused with Ben.

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The picture show how to connecteach piece together.

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The first physical model of chair

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1:5 Children Chair of Process (building blocks)

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1:5 Children Chair of Process (building blocks)

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Making children chair of 1:5 model

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Material is cardboard and colourful paper

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Stop motion of chair
This video can teach how to assemble each piece.

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To make sure the stucture of chair

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The carbord of chair

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1:1 physical chair
The material is laminate

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the video about painting

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L-Learning  (ladder +shadow=L)
through
P-Play (shadow+ colourful "D"=P)

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All of  the hand sketchs are used Procreat to draw
(including .gif image)

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I learned lumion to render the video of interior design

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All of the rendering would be post-production (people, environment) after render in 3DMax

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I used Imovie to make a video, which can let viewers to see the whole interior deisgns and feel walking in this building. Moreover, The video of lumion and the pictures of rendering would demonstrate together because this way can show the adequate atmosphere in this project.

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This video would be a stop motion