Learning Everyday...

...Loving Every Minute!

The Montessori classroom is a learning environment. The beauty and design of the Montessori materials capture the child’s interest and include opportunities for individual, small group and full group activities in the following curriculum areas:

• Daily living
• Sensory Motor
• Language
• Math
• Nature and science
• Geography
• Creative arts
• Movement and music

Daily living activities give children the skills to care for themselves and their surroundings. But most importantly, they develop concentration, gross and fine motor skills, eye-hand coordination, order and independence.

Sensory Motor materials develop and refine sense perceptions. The child develops memory and reasoning power through the use of colors, shapes, dimension, texture and sounds.

Nature and science materials introduce the child to the concept of living and non-living things, to energy, to space and time.

Geography and cultural awareness materials help children grow in awareness of the world and other people. The children are exposed to a variety of cultures, customs, and celebrations.

Mathematics materials introduce number and quantity concepts in a concrete manner. Children can construct numbers, do simple arithmetical operations and visualize the order of the decimal system.

Language materials increase communication skills and help the child link everything in the world to the sounds and symbols of the spoken and written words.

Creative art materials help the child express himself. Children benefit from having a variety of art materials available to them at all times that they may use uninterrupted when they are inspired.

Movement and music. Children are born to move and to sing. Singing gives practice in language, new words, and poetry.