Practical Life- Real Life Skills

The child develops fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination with activities in pouring, scooping, tonging, tweezing, polishing, folding, stringing/sewing, actual food preparation and flower arranging.

There are no better words to hear… “I can do it myself.”

The Sensorial Area-Exploration

Montessori materials are pleasing to the senses. The materials encourage exploration and discovery. This area enables the child to order, classify, match and grade relating to length, width, diameter, sound, color, pitch and taste. This provides the foundation for the development of memory, reasoning and a creative imagination.

Math-Concrete to Abstract

This area makes use of unique, hands-on Montessori materials. Children are given the opportunity to explore mathematics from the concrete to the abstract, making math enjoyable and understandable. Concepts of quantity, number, symbol, sequence and operations build on each other in incremental difficulty as a natural progression to understanding.

Language-Rich Vocabulary to Writing

Throughout the entire Montessori environment, a child is hearing rich language. They are learning the names of geometric shapes, artists, parts of animals & plants, geography, parts of speech and so much more! There is wonderful poetry, storytelling, songs and our unique Literacy Bag Program. Children are introduced to letter sounds using sandpaper letters. This progresses to the desire to want to read and write.

Science and Culture-Connecting to the World

In Montessori, there is a true connection between the indoor and outdoor world. Outside experiences and exploration are easily connected to the child’s indoor activities that expose them to geography, history, botany, animal classes, physical and natural sciences.

Our “Hands on Nature”, Director, offers outdoor nature activities and classes.

Music, Art and Yoga- Self Expression

The arts are viewed as integral components in the Montessori Curriculum.
They are part of the everyday activities of the children. Art is open-ended, appreciating the process rather than the product. Every child’s art is their creation.

Our, “Artist in Residence,” offers wonderful multi-cultural music, various instruments and African drumming. Singing, dancing and instruments are in the classroom every day.

Namaste, from our Yoga Instructor. Classes are offered in the Fall & Spring so we can have yoga outdoors on our beautiful school grounds.

STEAM – Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Math

STEAM has been integrated into the Montessori Curriculum for over 100 years.