Vancouver Montessori School Parent Handbook: Toys

Toys

Toys need to remain at home. Toys at school detract from the specially prepared environment at school.

Young children have not yet developed the social skill of sharing personal belongings. The classroom materials are community property and every child knows the procedure for taking a turn with them.

The Montessori materials are carefully selected and prepared by the Guides to suit many purposes. When your child is in the classroom, s/he is surrounded by a marvelous array of materials, experiences, sights and sounds, objects to manipulate in a variety of ways, exercises which will challenge, soothe, inspire, and inform. The richness of the classroom cannot be duplicated at home nor can the home environment be duplicated at school. They are two related but distinct environments.