FAQ

There are five main curriculum areas in a Montessori education:

1. Practical Life – Purposeful everyday living exercises are designed to develop independence, confidence, coordination, concentration, order, and a sense of responsibility.

• Care of Self – self-care is any activity that will help a child become independent in taking care of their bodies. Montessori teaches self-care by providing materials that demonstrate skills and tasks like brushing their teeth, buttoning clothes, washing hands, etc.
• Care of the Environment – Keeping a clean, orderly classroom is important in a Montessori environment. The practical life activities teach children how to take care of the space around them from watering plants to sweeping up crumbs after a snack the children are taught to appreciate the school environment.
• Daily Living Skills - The exercises of practical life provide the foundation for all other activities in the Montessori classroom. Through exercises in daily living such as pouring and scrubbing, sewing, sweeping, or practicing grace and courtesy. This creates a well-rounded child presentable in a positive way to society.
• Grace & Courtesy – Grace and courtesy lessons are essentially teaching the children what it means to be polite and how to appropriately communicate their feelings. These lessons are demonstrated by the teacher to show proper etiquette (asking a question, using quiet voices,
walking in the classroom, choosing a work, using materials appropriately, hanging up coats and backpacks).

2. Sensorial – Sensory materials instruct the child to learn through use of the five senses. Incorporating the senses brings about greater understanding for identification, comparison of size and shape, gradation of colors, sounds, scents, and sizes.

3. Language – Early language skills taught are matching, sorting, rhyming, opposites, classification, and sequencing. When ready the children learn to read phonetically using the sandpaper letters. These letters are used as a foundation in both reading and writing.

4. Math- Math begins with materials that teach numeral recognition, association of symbol with quantity, and one to one correspondence. Then we move on to the process of operations which is addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. Next is the memorization of math facts. Finally, these two disciplines are used together to form the foundation for working complex math problems.

5. Art – Two forms of art are used. Free form, where the child uses their own creativity to make what is uniquely their own. Teacher directed, where a sample is provided, and direction is given to create a

EXTRA CURRICULAR – Science, Geography, Cultural Studies, Grace and Courtesy, Spanish and Music are offered once a week.

Cultural Studies – Montessori cultural exercises focus on allowing children to experience their place in the world and gain an appreciation and respect for different diversities. These exercises explore cultures, while teaching that all beings are fundamentally related. These areas of learning helps children discover the world around them and understand their own significance in it.

Cultural Studies explore a variety of topics such as: Geography, Zoology, Physics, Botany, History, Art & Music

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