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Programs
Toddler Program
18 Months to 3 Years of Age
This is a good opportunity for your child to begin attending school if you are interested in a program that can stimulate and begin socialization skills. Children are able to separate from their parents in a positive, enjoyable way and benefit from new experiences where their needs are met in a loving and secure atmosphere.
The goals for this classroom are helping the children be happy and productive, working by themselves or with each other, promoting independence, respecting their environment and others, experiencing music, stories, art and promoting large and small motor development. Along the way we help your child to succeed in toilet training. Smiles and hugs are part of our every day activities, too!
Primary Program
3 to 5 Years of Age
Dr. Montessori described the classroom as a “graceful living space”, a prepared environment designed to offer beauty, order and reality to the child.
Montessori teaching methods apply to all the senses- cubes, spheres and cylinders, bells, cards and counters, golden beads, prisms, sandpaper letters, movable alphabets, and puzzle maps.
These unique materials can help your child understand what is learned- by associating an abstract concept with a concrete sensorial experience. Hands and mind work together- doing rather than merely observing.
Our curriculum includes: Practical Life Activities, Sensorial Materials, Cultural Activities, Language and Communication, and Mathematics.
Children are free to move about the classroom and choose work that is of interest to them. Our teachers are specially trained to guide each child individually through the curriculum. Each progress is monitored daily and parent conferences are scheduled twice during the year, along with progress reports.
Kindergarten/ Elementary Program
5 to 7 Years of Age
By the age of 6, a child is ready to understand many things in the abstract, and to organize knowledge in a personal way.
From the child’s direct experience with concrete materials comes understanding. Out of understanding comes abstraction and deduction. In our Kindergarten/ Elementary Program, children focus and excel on the joy of learning and are encouraged to reach their full potential. The Montessori “cosmic curriculum” includes language, Mathematics; from concrete to abstract. Cultural subjects that include Botany, Zoology, History, Science, Geography, Art/ Art History and Music.
With primary basics they develop greater fluency and understanding in reading, writing and math. Here the Montessori child does it all- individual learning, social interaction and a oneness with the natural environment!
Enriched Activities Included in the Curriculum! Music, Spanish, Computers, Art and Physical Fitness
Music
Spanish/ French
Learning a foreign language plays an important part of the Montessori experience. The children learn vocabulary and conversational skills through singing and games. Twice a week our Language teacher provides the children with stimulating materials from flash cards to work sheets.
Computers
The computer age is upon us and our children! Montessori classrooms are striving to expand their curriculum to include computer education for their students; therefore, our Primary and Kindergarten/ Elementary classrooms are equipped with computers that are used as a tool for story writing, comprehension, math and even some fun games. Now there is plenty of Montessori computer software that the children will not only benefit from, but enjoy tremendously!
Art
The foundation for art and drawing is the same as that for writing: exercises that develop the muscles for the fingers and hands for holding pencils and making controlled movements. In addition, the development of the senses through the sensorial exercises aids the child’s awareness and artistic appreciation of his environment. Montessori’s approach to the arts is a good example of her indirect approach to learning, which leads to increased creativity.
Physical Fitness
We realize the importance and necessity of physical fitness as part of every child’s
well-being. Children enjoy creative movement and are offered lots of opportunities fro a wide variety of physical skills such as bicycling, throwing, and catching a ball, balancing on a beam, running, climbing, dancing, marching, etc.
The world of a child is a wonderful world."
