{"id":107,"date":"2011-05-17T13:10:45","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T13:10:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foa.wpengine.com\/?page_id=107"},"modified":"2015-02-12T02:35:01","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T07:35:01","slug":"indoor-classrooms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/environment\/indoor-classrooms","title":{"rendered":"Indoor Classrooms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2485 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-large-class1-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Inviting Primary Classrooms\" width=\"270\" height=\"151\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2488\" src=\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/a-large-class22-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Large Welcoming Classrooms Create Warm Learning Environments\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/>The Montessori indoor environment is striking, beautifully adorned, and artfully created. Upon entering a Montessori classroom it is evident that the classrooms are designed to meet the needs of the children of a particular three year age-span. The classrooms provide freedom in movement and in choice.\u00a0 Dr. Montessori observed that children\u00a0experience sensitive periods during which certain needs and sensitivities are met. These needs are clearly defined within Montessori&#8217;s Planes of Development.\u00a0 \u00a0The Montessori classrooms are designed to meet the needs and characteristics of children in each plane of development through a multisensory approach to learning.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>What is most characteristic of our system of education is the emphasis placed on environment. To assist a child we must provide him with an environment which will allow him to develop freely.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Dr. Montessori, <em>The Secret of Childhood<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1950 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-content\/uploads\/toddler7-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Toddlers Working In Montessori Classroom\" width=\"270\" height=\"180\" \/>At Five Oaks Academy, the classrooms are designed to be bright, beautiful,\u00a0 warm and inviting; they are designed to\u00a0elicit a feeling of the\u00a0comfort\u00a0of home. The spatial layout of the classroom is open, with ample work space at tables and on rugs. In each classroom you will find plants, animals, art and music, as well as the materials and shelves that house the curriculum areas. In addition to the curriculum areas, the classrooms are well balanced to allow space for individual work, community meetings, food preparation, quiet reading areas, and libraries, and\u00a0areas \u00a0for conflict resolution. At Five Oaks Academy, each\u00a0 indoor classroom environment\u00a0 is nestled on the edge of the woods, with large windows providing natural sunlight and beauty as well as access to the lush outdoor environments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Montessori indoor environment is striking, beautifully adorned, and artfully created. Upon entering a Montessori classroom it is evident that the classrooms are designed to meet the needs of the children of a particular three year age-span. The classrooms provide freedom in movement and in choice.\u00a0 Dr. Montessori observed that children\u00a0experience sensitive periods during which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":300,"featured_media":1949,"parent":103,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-107","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/300"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/107\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/103"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/foastatic.local\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}