Learning Through Matal Method for Pre-School Children
Explore the Matal teaching method developed by Dina Stachel for pre-school children. Dive into strategies, activities, and the relationship between concepts and skills. Encourage child-centered learning, active participation, and problem-solving abilities. Create engaging group work and outings to foster a stimulating environment for young learners. Observe the world through sorting, sensing, and shaping activities.
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EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY: N6 MODULE 3: TEACHING METHODS
Students will be able to: Discuss in details the development of Matal as one of the teaching methods for pre- school children Discuss the strategies to follow under Matal method Describe relation between concepts and skills in the learning Units Construct their own activities under Matal
TEACHING METHODS Matal TEACHING METHODS PROGRAMMES Early Learning Resource Unit ( ELRU) Grassroots ( SA Pre- school Approach) PROGRAMMES Montessori
The universities of Israel discovered the major failure of maths and science
Child-centred Child stimulation Guided in their physical and social environment Children active participation
Children who can: solve their failures realistically be flexible accept criticism promote creativity sociable among others take responsibilities for their actions
DISPLAY Classroom as nature corner DISPLAY GROUP WORK Present activities in small groups (6 children) Group them according to your preference Allow children to solve their own problems Accommodate different perspectives Encourage close contract among children and teacher GROUP WORK OUTINGS Take them to different places OUTINGS Use window sills and corners Children need new experience Change display with time Discuss the outing before going Consider objects brought by children Lets them to be free to explore and ask questions Take along suitable equipment Explain objects before displaying Use big and colourful objects Display all the objects collected
Observing the world around us UNITS Sorting and classifying Sensing and knowing Shaping and relating
CONCEPTS Identity Variety and individuality Continuity and change Relationships between structure and action CONCEPTS SKILLS Sensory skills Spatial skills Measurement skills Classification skills Language skills SKILLS
CHAPTERS Chapter 1 CHAPTERS NAMES Observing objects in our classroom and in our home Observing properties characteristics of objects Observing materials Observing and describing objects Observing the sky and the weather Observing plants and animals NAMES Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6
CHAPTERS Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 CHAPTERS NAMES Me and my body Seeing and knowing what we see Hearing and knowing what we hear Smelling and knowing what we smell Tasting and knowing what we taste Touching and knowing how the skin feels Sensing and knowing NAMES Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7
Shapes of objects Solid shapes Linear shapes Lines and shapes Planar shapes
Sets CHAPTERS Classifying according to one characteristic Classifying according to two characteristics
Construct your own activity for each CHAPTER under UNIT 1(Observing the world around us) CHAPTERS Chapter 1 classroom and in our home 1(Observing the world around us) ACTIVITIES Chapter 1: observing objects in our CHAPTERS ACTIVITIES Chapter characteristics of objects Chapter 3 Chapter 4 describing objects Chapter 5 the weather Chapter 6 animals Chapter 2 2: observing properties- Chapter 3: observing materials Chapter 4: observing and Chapter 5: observing the sky and Chapter 6: observing plants and
CHAPTERS Chapter 1 CHAPTERS ACTIVITIES Take children out into the yard and ask them to examine the external view of the building Place cards of different colours and ask them to pick the specific colour Children put together the picture that is in pieces. Joins different pieces of paper Ask children to name the objects that are inside the bag by feeling them Take children outside to look at the sky and say what they can see Take children to the zoo and ask them about different animals they have seen ACTIVITIES Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6
This presentation talks about appropriate teaching methods for children from 0-6 years. We have talked about Matal method in details and seen that it has four UNITS and those units are furthermore divided into different CHAPTERS. For instance UNIT 1 has 6 CHAPTERS, UNIT 2 has 7 CHAPTERS, UNIT 3 has 5 CHAPTERS and Lastly UNIT 4 has 3 CHAPTERS The next presentation will be on Montessori method developed by Maria Montessori
