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astray at markham montessori school adam snider of unionville here tries out walking the balance beam at the markham montessori school during the past school year the school is for youngsters between the ages of two and a half and six and a half by ted wilcox markham the montessori school in markham was the answer for both of diane barous prepublic schoolage children mrs baron of south street stouffville told the tribune that her little girl went in very shy and came out with all the confidence in the world her son meanwhile not yet fouryears old was the undisciplined type now she reports be is learning to pick up at home the reason for such successes as that in the view of donald greenhow founder of the school in markham could be summed up in this montessori motto help me to do it by myself a child in a mon tessori school learns through their own ex perience said mr greenhow we speak of the classroom as a prepared environment which facilitates children to learn the teacher becomes more of a helpful guide than a teacher the markham montessori schools single classroom on highway 7 just east of mccowan road is illustrative of what he is talking about one part of the classroom is marked practical life there using special equipment don greenhow the child learns to pour to fold to polish to button he improves co ordination develops habits of neatness and gains satisfaction from a job well done said mr greenhow mr greenhow himself is a former vice- president in a publishing firm he left his job in 1971 took a years montessori teaching course and opened the school in markham in 1972 today the school a registered nonprofit organization operates purely through the fees paid by parents there are no subsidies or grants said mr greenhow the cost to a parent for a halfday schedule for his child is 550 we rent space in this building pay two teachers buy supplies and pay insurance and thats it we break even he said the director of the school this year will be michelle brennan who has had 11 years nursery school experience besides being ad ministrator mr greenhow will act as- the other teacher the emphasis in montessori education is on learning rather than teaching mr greenhow explained learning is something one has to do for himself the learning mechanism is something that is there from the very beginning children discover the way things are he went on the ideal classroom tries to bring in a piece of the real world inside the classroom are plants a fish tank special tonal bells for teaching sound distinc tions red and white rods that teach a child the concept of number by experience and sand paper letters so the child can both feel and see as he learns a variety of other special equipment is included as well much of it developed by maria montessori an italian doctor educator an thropologist and physchologist who lived from 1870 to 1952 after graduating as italys first woman doctor according to mr greenhow she found herself by accident working with slum children and the mentally defective she got drawn into this and spent the rest of her life working with children with an emphasis on education her teaching method which she preferred to call an approach developed from her ex perience in working with children the mon tessori method was created by children as she saw their needs and developed special equipment for use in the classroom another important principle in montessori education is that it is a comprehensive rather than a narrow view of education mr greenhow said we try to avoid teaching subjects in isolation and to teach them as being connected to one another another concept is that there is no separation by age and a child proceeds at his own pace he said the school in markham takes youngsters from two and a half to six and a half years old furthermore move ment is stressed ca childs hands are the tools of his education- said mr greenhow and we are not a competitive system he explained learning is not by competing but by co operating with each other and right there you lose some parents as they are all geared up to competition mr greenhow took pains to explain that were not saying were better but different from other types of education a parent has to decide for them selves were not a miracle not the last word on education when asked if a parent could pursue montessorian concepts at home mr greenhow answered an emphatic yes a great deal can be done at home some of the special equipment we use could be made at home most important however is the parents attitudevbe f stressed a cldskciild be viewed as a person and a useful member of the family not as a possession oran object mr greenhow said let your child help do the dishes or the laundry share the norma household tasks with him he advised it doesnt require money but patience one concern of parents is that after going to montessori school their children will have problems adjusting to public school not so says mr greenhow i have tried to keep in touch with former pupils he said theyre happy they made the changeover easily they have such a good secure foundation that they are not nervous and have a feeling of security that enables them to get more out of public school for those parents interested there is a montessori school for the next age grouping through junior high age located on bayview avenue and is called the toronto montessori school amid the roar and stink of over 100 karts leslie mccann of scarboro is having a quiet little snooze in the pits beside the track she is watched over by the family dog zigmund annegret lamure housing minister distorted firiidingsym toronto ontario housing minister john rhodes was accused last week of ignoring findings of ombudsman arthur maloney that poor planning and confusion had occurred in assembling the land for the north project mpp james renwick ndp riverdale chairman of the select legislative committee investigating mr maloneys report also said the main issue was not whether x misled y but the atmosphere of uncertainty surrounding the buying of land prior to expropriation mr renwick also pickering sa that mr rhodes criticizing mr maloneys report at a july 7 press conference had had a strong impact on the legislative committee he asked- why mr rhodes op linda milne 16 of markham clears one of the jumps at the junior international horse show held in thornhill last weekend linda captured third place in theteam event annegret lamure 1 mi in en house for liiseum ignored greenwood greenwood residents the open house held at were worried about in- the old greenwood school creased traffic and to display plans for the streets clogged with cars new pickering museum as they viewed the am- was rather a disap pointment to the organizers only about 50 people showed up over the two nights the plans were on display and some of the local people were rather apprehensive about the plans bilious plans the plans were ex tremelywell presented according to pickering councillor jack an derson he also said that although one building is now on the new site the pickering museum will not move to its new home until 1978 had not given maloney similar formation a month before since he knew then the main thrust of the report mr rhodes had said at that press conference that the ombudsmans i staff had omitted crucial information and made factual errors in drawing up their report he presented an additional 94page rebuttal to the report before the com mittee last week mr rhodes insisted that the committee should investigate only the specific charges made by the ombudsman that 44 landowners were misled by government agents he said he could not answer for the way the government has handled land planning from the beginning since he was not in the cabinet when the north pickering project was announced march 1 1972 it is possible that at least five ontario cabinet ministers responsible for housing over the last five years could be called before the committee in order to delve into past land planning mario petti is carefully shaving the tires of his birel kart in preparation for a race in the 100 cc class mario comes by his interest naturally his father owns the goodwood t kartways standing by is hugh sinclair on the right a raccoon can be loveable r i yet mischievous owner finds norman brown has his hands nil trying to control his rambunctious raccoon winnie who has been living with the browns for about two months fa not above giving norman a nip in the neck when she gets overexcited trash bin on main st bat winnie a pet raccoon cwned by norman brown c annegret lamure cant wait to get in there 4 a u it is rather unnsnal to see a raccoon checking out the offerings in a iain- get by annegret lamure stouffville most parents tend to be something less than enthusiastic when their children bring home a new pet but not martin m brown he was ab solutely delighted when his eighteen year old son norman came home with a young raccoon even when it became apparent that the animal named winnie was bent on taking the house apart bit by bit his enthusiasm wasnt dimmed ive wanted a raccoon all my life said mr brown and then added regretfully of course when i got one my wife didnt like it not that he blames her too much apparently little winnie has the bad habit of chewing the braid trimming on the couch you know how they grab something and then run with it explained mr brown the braid was chainstitched but the raccoon didnt care winnie doesnt just restrict herself to unravelling couches either- it turns out she also has a passion for unpacking garbage tearing apart- piles of newspapers oh theyre mar vellous little pets said mr brown explaining that the raccoon was really a very friendly little fellow she only bites for something to do he said winnie thrives on a variety of foods but the mainstay of her diet is dry dog food since raccoons have no saliva glands she dips every chunk in her water dish the patting underwater motions that accompany this ritual serve a useful purpose in the wild they dislodge stones on the bottom and expose crayfish to the sensitive probing paws the raccon enjoys for claremont secondary plan consultant hired claremont there is a lot more groundwork to be done said pickering councillor jack anderson when speaking about the terms system since the water table would drop and residents wells would go dry according to mr i anderson fishing for candy as well recounts mr brown who is in the habit of treating winnie to a sweet every once in a while id put the candy in my shirt pocket and the next time i wore that same shirt shed go right for it he said proudly mr brown admits that winnie like all raccoons is nosey they get into everything you have to watch them all the lime he said because v of her mischievous nature winnie is supposed to be living outside in a six foot pen with a nestbox and all the comforts but in ac tual practice she resides in the house as one of the of reference regarding a tnifk hnn nnaioil family the raccoon secondary plan for ruck p follc norman all arouiid town during the day and sleeps curled up beside him on the pillow at night that is she did until a few days ago at the moment winnie belongs to a friend of normans t im kind of mad thai- he gave it away said claremont in view of this pickering council has decided to hire a con sultant to study various criteria one of the con siderations is population growth claremont could end up with a population in the area of- 10001200 people a huge jump from the present iso odd residents if a subdivision is and biting allowed in the developer the necks of unsuspecting would have to provide a family members community water whitevale regional council recently approved a bylaw ban ning all heavy truck traffic from whitevales main street all heavy trucks except those making deliveries in the area will no longer be allowed to mvrowuntingt use the 5th conion l this is thefrd time between brock rd and ta ding pet has been placed- i with someone else i butmiexpectlher back shortly said mr aitona rd v truckers can use the brock rd to get to hwy 2 according to pickering councillor jack an- derson brown he sounded oddly happy r