Program Information

Montessori Approach of Education

The Montessori approach envisions education as "an aid to life." Montessori is both a philosophy of child development and an educational approach, which respects each child's uniques personality. The core principles are drawn from the natural development of the child and designed to help each child with their task of inner construction. The method allows for modification to the needs of the individual, regardless of the level of ability, learning style, or social maturity. The focus of Montessori education continually changes in scope and manner to meet the child's changing needs and interests.

Activities in our Montessori Program are designed to be flexible enough to address each child's individual developmental needs. The program promotes the development of social skills, emotional growth, and physical coordination as well as cognitive preparation. The holistic curriculum allows the child to experience the joy of learning.

Program Goals and Objectives

An emphasis on cognitive structures and social development.
Teacher's role is unobtrusive; child actively participates in learning.
Environment and methods encourage internal self-discipline.
Individual and group instruction adapts to each student's learning style.
Mixed age grouping
Children are encouraged to teach, collaborate with, and help each other.
Child chooses own work from interests and abilities.
Child formulates concepts from self-teaching materials.
Child works as long as she/he wants on chosen projects.
Child sets own learning pace to internalize information.
Child corrects own errors through feedback from material.
Learning is reinforced internally through child's own repetition of activity, and feelings of success.
Multi-sensory materials for physical exploration and development.
Organized program for learning care of self and environment.
Child can work where she/he is comfortable, moves and talks at will (yet does not disturbs others); group work is voluntary and negotiable.
Organized program to help parents to understand the Montessori philosophy and participate in the learning process.