Primary Program
2 1/2 year olds - 6 year olds
Practical Life
Practical Life activities are most suited to the young child entering a Montessori class. The child's entire focus is in doing activities for himself. There are materials to button, buckle, and lace so that he learns to care for himself. The classroom is truly his own to care for, with plants to be watered, and tables and chairs to be washed and moved at will. The children do not 'play house' because they have a real house to care for. Children acquire coordination and a longer attention span with the exercises of Practical Life.
Sensorial Materials
Using sensorial materials, children work with color, shape and sound, to isolate and highlight sense impressions, one sense at a time. This allows them to classify and sort the hundreds of impressions they have absorbed since birth. With this work, children develop keen perceptions which prepare them for reading and mathematics.
Language Arts
Language is an integral component of the entire Montessori curriculum, since all thoughts, ideas, and concepts can only be understood and clarified through oral and written communication.
In Montessori classes, language is presented in a context or body of information, rather than in isolation of other material. In both oral and written form, language is viewed primarily as a vehicle to communicate ideas and feelings, whose form alters with the purpose for which it is used.
Curriculum includes:
Language Arts
Math: Material
Cultural (Science and Social Studies)
Spanish
Art, Music, PE, Drama