About Rainbow Montessori Pre-school

Evelyn de Rougemont qualified from London Montessori Center. The Rainbow Montessori Pre-School was founded in 1996.

As a Pre-School we are catering for children from 2 to 5 years.

We are a children's house situated in Main Street, Brooklyn, Waterkloof, Pretoria (South Africa).

This environment provides a warm and friendly atmosphere in the security of a beautiful old house. Our play areas are located in a private garden.

How you can prepare your child

As parents preparing your child for the transition from home life to the pre-school can be quite an event.

Feeling secure and confident comes from you. Encourage children, invite them to tackle and deal with "real things", this is what children really want. Being driven to seek out experiences will enable them to become more independent and self-sufficient.

Let them help you wash and dry the dishes, sweep the floor, peel potatoes, make pastry, dust the furniture, dress themselves, comb their hair and so on.

Never mind if they break a cup or put their shoes on the wrong feet. It is the process that is the important part. Children are not and never will be "little adults", they live in a world apart from us and we are privileged to be allowed a glimpse.

The broken cup acts in Montessori terms as the "control of error" and it is this that is built into much of the Montessori equipment, so that the children see for themselves if something needs correcting. This avoids the loss of motivation and self-esteem which occurs when a child is told "that's wrong!".

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