Montessori Primary

Our Primary classrooms consist of "hands-on" learning as Dr. Maria Montessori believed was needed to nurture the exploration and engagement of learning through the senses. This type of engagement strengthens motivation, supports attention, and encourages responsibility through play. Uninterrupted blocks of time allow complete immersion in an activity from selecting that activity to finally cleaning up that activity. These cycles allow for development in coordination, concentration, independence, and a sense of order in your child. Learning materials are displayed on open shelves for easy access to play and then put away. Child-sized utensils and furniture such as sinks are accessible so students can prepare, eat, and clean up their meals independently. The Primary classrooms offer your child 5 main areas of study: Practical Life, Sensorial, Math, Language, and Cultural Studies.

 

Practical Life

Learning daily life skills such as getting dressed, preparing snacks, setting the table, and caring for plants and animals. Appropriate social interactions such as saying please and thank you, being helpful, listening without interruption, and resolving conflict peacefully are also learned.

 

Sensorial

Learning through the senses allows children to classify their surroundings and create order. These skills are necessary in math, geometry, and language.

 

Math

Hands-on activities help learn numerals and match them to their quantity, understand place value and the base-10 system, and practice addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

 

Language

This helps develop needed skills for writing and reading using hands-on materials to learn letter sounds, combining sounds to make words, building sentences, and how to use a pencil.

 

Cultural Studies

The study of history, geography, science, art, and music to learn about their own community and the world around them. They will discover similarities and differences among people and places to help appreciate the diversity of our world and respect all living things.