Montessori education comes from the famous Italian early childhood education thinker Dr. Maria Montessori, who believes that educators must believe that children have unlimited potential, so she specially made a lot of teaching aids, such as small furniture, glass, ceramics and other small objects, for children to practice their senses.
There are not many early education institutions in China that implement the Montessori education concept, and New Baby-Friendly is the first early education institution to introduce this concept into China. New Baby-Friendly was founded in 2003 by Montessori Education and is headquartered in Shanghai. Montessori education has cultivated countless celebrities around the world, such as Microsoft's Bill Gates, Google's co-founder Sergei Brin have received Montessori education, and the former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and British Crown Prince Charles have chosen to let their children receive Montessori education, so they are called the "cradle of leaders".
The new baby-friendly all-round baby course divides early education learning into eight modules: language education, cognitive ability, fine motor skills, motor fitness, social behavior, mathematical logic, music, and labor and beauty, of which the first five are learning content before 24 months, and eight modules are studied together in 24-36 months, respectively, to cultivate children's different abilities. 20-72 months is an important stage for children to learn independent living, and they can participate in the New Baby-Friendly Children's Home curriculum, which includes "Montessori Enlightenment", "Sensory Integration Movement", "Orff Music", "Montessori Aesthetic Education", "Happy English", "Montessori Mathematics and Physics", "Pinyin Literacy", to cultivate children's self-care and independent ability, learn collective life experience, and prepare for kindergarten.
There are not many big sports activities in the classroom, and there is no American-style early education university in the classroom, but the number of new baby-friendly families is strictly controlled at 6-8 pairs. Every day after class, the teacher will send the day's lesson plan to the parents, so that the parents can consolidate the teaching of their children when they go home. In terms of environment, all stores of the new baby-friendly are equipped with anti-fall mats, and air purifiers are equipped in the classrooms, and the disinfection is more stringent like other early education centers.
Montessori education, as an international brand, is unambiguous about the qualifications of teachers. All teachers must have a college degree or above in preschool education and preschool education, and need to participate in Montessori education and training, and obtain the "Montessori Early Education Certificate" before they can take up their posts. In addition, if the child has attended an early education center in a Montessori educational institution, Montessori Education will issue a "Montessori Learning Certificate" to the child, and there are three Montessori kindergartens in Shanghai, without which the child cannot be enrolled.
Although the current share of Montessori early education in China is not very high, it is more restrained than the American early education fun mode, which is more suitable for domestic babies. The price is slightly lower than that of American education, 190-220 yuan/class. It is worth mentioning that due to the high popularity of the Montessori concept, but there is no unified standard in China, many small institutions in Shanghai are also named Montessori early education centers.
