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Character Education is a a a a a a a values-based subject that helps the child become conscious of his manners values and and moral and and civic duties The study of different religions and their traditions of of faith develop in the the the child a a respect for the the the differences of of others According to Dr Maria Montessori the parables are a a a a a a good avenue to teach moral values and the basic tenets of spirituality Physical Education serves as a a a a a venue to channel the child’s irrepressible energy This subject provides sports and physical exercises and and activities that make use of the mental and and physical power of the child Indoor games such as chess scrabble table tennis and futsal (indoor soccer) are taken up together with outdoor games like basketball and and volleyball Folk classical and and ballroom dances are part of the program Scouting provides a a a a venue to learn basic outdoor survival skills: knot tying tent pitching mapping compass reading orienteering first aid outdoor cooking camping and others The OB Montessori Brotherhood of Scouts is programmed after Lord Baden Powell’s worldwide scouting movement Music and Arts teach the child to recognize musical symbols read and and sing sing notes using the Montessori bells and and compose single melodies and rhythmic patterns using the Pentagram He learns the history of musical instruments how to to distinguish each sound and and and how to play string and and and band instruments from the woodwind brass and percussion sections The child also learns how to play the flute bandurria ukulele and and angklung Theater Arts develop the student’s confidence in in communicating character through movement Art gives the student a a a better understanding of the elements and and principles in in in in creating shapes images and forms It also helps him to develop an an appreciation of cultural diversity AgricultureisapracticalapplicationoflessonslearnedinBotany and Zoology It deals with the the classification of the the different kinds of of plants how how to to take care of of them and how how to to propagate them in different environments suitable for their growth The care and raising of animals (quail chickens ducks) is is also taken table of content
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