Programs
ToddlerTODDLER PROGRAM
“The most important years for learning are birth through age six, not of university studies.” - Maria Montessori. Toddlers (18 mos. to 3 yrs.) begin building the foundation for whom they are to become. Their character, self-esteem, purpose in life, social skills, and learning processes begin to form. Our first mission is to make sure children end their toddler period with their curiosity intact, for it is an essential life tool and is fragile at this stage. Our environments act as little societies in which the child is an active participant. All materials are designed to appeal to the child’s natural curiosity and senses. Children are placed in multi-aged environments, enabling each to proceed at an individualized pace, establishing an educational focus at a time when the child is building a foundation for life. SCHEDULE (this is a year-round program)
Short Day: 8:30am-11:45am Full Day: 8:30am-3:00pm Extended Day: 7:00am-5:30pm |
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Primary
PRIMARY PROGRAM
Primary children absorb their environment, language and culture. Dr. Montessori named this quality “the absorbent mind”. She also recognized the motto of the child to be “help me to do it myself”. This period focuses on learning to be independent. The materials and method are designed to support this natural drive, enabling the child to become competent, and therefore, confident with a genuine love of learning. Primary children are engaged in practical living skills, sensorial exercises, social skills, art, music and Spanish as well as mathematics, language, nature studies, history, geography, and the arts. Active learning leads to coordination, concentration, order, self-confidence, respect, and independence. SCHEDULE
Short Day: 8:30am-11:45am Full Day: 8:30am-3:00pm Extended Day: 7:00am-5:30pm |
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Lower ElementaryLOWER ELEMENTARY
Lower Elementary (a multi-age environment) curricula responds to three important stages: (1) the transition of the child’s mind from concrete to abstract reasoning, (2) the birth of a moral sense, and (3) the intensification of the drive to explore the natural and social environment. The child at this stage of life shows a growing capacity for tackling problems, for reasoning, socializing, and harnessing the imagination. As children develop in these elementary years, the Montessori curriculum focuses on physical, social and moral development, as well as, cognitive development. Our curriculum centers on sparking imagination with impressionistic stories to introduce large scope, complex concepts. (Five Great Lessons) This cultural-based curriculum integrates history, geography, mathematics, science, biology, language, literature, art, music, and foreign language. This interdisciplinary approach helps children build creative and critical thinking skills. SCHEDULE
Full Day: 8:30am-3:00pm Extended Day: 7:00am-5:30pm |
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Upper ElementaryUPPER ELEMENTARY
The Upper Elementary (a multi-age environment) is the age of metacognition; thinking about thinking. Students use their concrete base to move to abstraction and begin learning advanced concepts in math, chemistry, physics, and earth sciences. They also search for patterns and rhythms in all subjects. Students have the words and experience to move forward. A child who has completed our Montessori elementary program will have developed competence in social and cognitive areas, developed an appreciation of art, music, and his natural and physical environments, and a respect for self and others. She/He will have learned that one may use both concrete information and one’s own imagination to explore the world, while understanding the importance of taking responsibility for one’s own work and creating a personal code of morals. The student will have experienced first hand the value of working cooperatively in a community where there is trust. Elementary children continue this experiential approach, while expanding into the larger community. Children become researchers; the rich and extensive curriculum engages and challenges children in their continual quest for knowledge. SCHEDULE
Full Day: 8:30am-3:00pm Extended Day: 7:00am-5:30pm |
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