I have known about this for awhile now but sadly havn't had much time to investigate it much. I took some time the other night to start going through some websites and I read about this in futher detail. It is amazing and I am very proud to see such a great improvement.
Olga, the director of the Mykolayiv (Nikolaiev) baby house is a saint. She strives so hard to improve the life of these children and I am delighted to see how and where donations are spent. Last year a seminar organized by the new Ukrainian ministry for youth and sports, the Mykolayiv Baby House received the mandate to carry out a pilot project of a Montesorri class.
The Montessori classes are based on the teaching method elaborate by Maria Montessori .
In short, the philosophy of this pedagogy is to let the child learn by itself at his rate/rhythm in a suitable environment and with specific toys. This represents a drastic change (in other words a 180° turn) of the educational methods within Ukrainian orphanages.
After successfully finishing the first Montessori indoor class room last November (2006), Director Olga Ivanovna at the MBH decided to extend Montessori project and build an outdoor Montessori playground for the children. That playground includes a pool and many different pedagogical outdoor toys and sensotherapy areas. This project costs a total of 12,900 US$ In order to complete Montessori certification in spring 2008 Nikolaiev Baby House needs a kit of special Montessori educational toys. Cost to buy those Montessori toys (called “standard” kit) is US$ 1,000 Before final Montessori certification NBH staff needs to attend a final training course in Kiev which costs for travel and subsistence US$ 300
donations can be made at the link above.
Thursday, October 25, 2007
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