>> Tati: ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE.
WE'VE GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY
FOR YOUNG KIDS IN DETROIT.
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS
OFFERING FREMONT SORRY PROGRAMS.
AND HERE TO TELL US ALL ABOUT IT
IS NICOLEcTURNER.
AND KATHLEEN FROM MAYBURY SCHOO
IN DETROIT.
KELLY STEVENS, AND SIMONE BERRY
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING US.
EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU'RE SOME OF
MY FAVORITEPEOPLE, EDUCATORS,
HERE.
FREE?
>> WE OFFER IT BECAUSE
REGULAR CLASSROOM AND
[INAUDIBLE].
>> Tati: CAN ANY CHILD REGISTER
FOR THE PROGRAMS?
HOW DOES THAT WORK?
>> ANY CHILD CAN REGISTER,
BETWEEN THE AGE OF 4-7 AT THREE
OF OUR LOCATIONS, SPAIN, EDISON
AND MAYBURY.
>> Tati: I WENT TO MONTESSORI AS
A KID.
DIFFERENT?
>> IT'S INDIVIDUALIZED AND THEY
CAN LEARN AT THEIR OWN PACE OR
WORK IN SMALL GROUPS.
[OVERLAPPING SPEAKERS]
>> AND ONCE THE WORK IS
INTRODUCED TO THE CHILD, THEY
CAN GO SELECT THE WORK ON THE
THEY WANT.
>> Tati: I REMEMBER THAT, I
COULD WORK -- EVERYBODY ELSE
MIGHT START DOING SOMETHING ELSE
BUT YOU COULD DO WHAT YOU WANT
AS LONG AS YOU WANT.
SO TELL US ABOUT THE
DEMONSTRATION.
>> THIS IS THE KNOT CYLINDER.
IT'S HANDS-ON, WORKS ON ALL OF
THE SENSES AND WILL PREP THEM
FOR PENCIL GRIP.
SO WHEN THEY PICK THE KNOBS UP,
THEY PICK THEM UP LIKE THIS AND
TAKE THEM AND SIT THEM DOWN.
THEY DON'T HAVE TO SET THEM IN
ANY ORDER.
>> Tati: THEY CAN DO IT HOWEVER
THEY WANT.
>> YES.
>> Tati: AND TEACHES THEM TO PUT
THEM BACK IN THE RIGHT PLACE.
EVERY CYLINDER HAS ITS OWN SPOT.
THERE IS CONTROL OF ERROR.
IT'S LIKE A TEACHER TEACHING.
AND EVERYTHING IS ON THE SHELF
FROM SIMPLE TO COMPLEX.
>> Tati: SO THE MATERIALS ARE
TEACHING THE STUDENTS.
>> Tati: YES.
WHAT ARE THE CLASSROOMS LIKE?
>> WE HAVE THE PRACTICAL LIFE,
OUR LARGEST AREA OF THE
CLASSROOM, AND THAT'S WHAT WE
START OFF, WITH TEACHING THEM
SKILLS SUCH AS POURING,
TRANSFERRING, THEN WE HAVE OUR
AREA WHERE YOU SEE THE PINK
TOWER AND THE CYLINDER KNOBS.
AND THEN NEXT THE MAT AREA.
THEY'LL LEARN THINGS SUCH AS THE
SKITTLES FOR TEACHING FRACTIONS.
AND WE HAVE LANGUAGE.
WE TEACH THE SOUND FIRST.
LETTERS.
>> Tati: T, M,
SO YOU WOULD SAY [MAKING SOUND
OF LETTER T].
AND I WOU GO...
>> Tati: SO TELL ME WHAT ELSE
ARE THE CLASSROOMSLIKE?
ARE THEY COLORFUL, BRIGHT?
>> THE CLASSROOMS ARE VERY
NATURAL, AND WE ALLOW REAL LIFE
CLASSROOM, SO WE DEVELOP THE
WHOLE CHILD.
EVERYTHING IS VERY AUTHENTIC A
NATURAL.
CLASSROOM.
>> YOU CAN SEE HOW COLORFUL THE
MATERIALS ARE, AND THEY'RE OUR
COLOR IN THE CLASSROOM.
>> Tati: YOU KNOW WHAT I
REMEMBER, LEARNING TO CUT IN
MONTESSORI SCHOOL AND WOULD CUT
CARROTS AND CELERY, DO YOU STILL
DO THAT TYPE OF STUFF?
>> YES, WITH REAL ONES
>> NOT PLASTIC.
THERE'S GLASS AND REAL LIVES.
>> REAL FLOWERS, REAL PLANTS,
REAL ANIMALS.
>> WE BRING NIGHT THE CLASSROOM
AND TAKE THEM OUT INTO THE
ENVIRONMENT AND LINK WHAT THEY
CLASSROOM.