Programs

Infant Classroom

The Infant Classrooms are enhanced with high-quality materials and stimulating activities that promote brain development. Infant curriculum includes opportunities for visual and tactile stimulation, language development, small and large motor development that is appropriate for even our very youngest learners. Babies are held, loved, and nurtured by our caring staff that understand the needs, and appropriate care of infants. Both the daily schedule and monthly lesson plan are posted on the classroom's Parent Information Board. Parents also receive a daily, personalized, written information log that highlights each detail of your babies day.

Toddler

The Montessori Toddler environment is carefully prepared to aid the toddler in achieving independence. Children who are now comfortably walking leave the nest and move to a space that fits their growing physical needs. There is an observation area for adults, minimal furniture, tiled floors, maximum natural life, selected art placed low on the walls, and defined spaces to challenge the coordination of movement. A toddler toileting area encourages beginning training and bathroom independence.

At this stage, we stress social interaction with other children, development of language and practical life skills, and music and movement activities. The curriculum also includes activities that allow the young children to develop fine and gross motor coordination and visual discrimination through the senses and learning materials. This curriculum prepares the toddler for advancement to the Pre-Primary and Primary class.

This structure helps to develop confidence as they learn how to hang up their own coat, pour their own water, and clean up their own spills. A growing conviction of "I can do it" grows within the child as they explore their learning environment and engage with a wide range of educational materials designed just for them.

Pre-Primary

The Pre-Primary class is an environment prepared to meet the developmental needs and high energy levels of children who are transitioning from toddler to pre schooler. Of particular importance in this program is preparation of children for the larger works of the primary classroom with a focus on self-care including grace and courtesy, internal self discipline and the ability to make choices in the classroom.

In addition to being exposed to math materials that help the children develop an awareness of numbers, counting and basic math operations, at this stage the children also have access to a special language area with materials to develop the preliminary skills for writing and reading. Specially-created materials in the Pre-Primary room serve to give the children a sense of satisfaction and become more independent in their learning.

Primary

The Primary classroom, for age group three to six years old, is carefully designed for children to "learn by doing." It is a calm, structured space constructed to meet a child's individual needs. Here, your child experiences a blend of freedom and discipline in a space especially designed for his or her optimal development.

During these formative years the social, physical, and intellectual functioning of the child is unified. The most important function of the Primary program is to provide children with an early and general foundation that includes a positive attitude towards school, inner security, and a sense of order. That foundation goes on to include pride in the physical environment, abiding curiosity, habits of concentration, initiative and persistence, the ability to make decisions, self-discipline, and a sense of responsibility to other members of the class, school and community. This foundation enables them to acquire more specialized knowledge and skills throughout their school career.

The primary curriculum is divided into five basic areas:

  • Practical Life - Practical Life is the cornerstone of the environment. These lessons are presented first to the child to form a foundation for the other areas of the environment. Practical life exercises are the child’s introduction to the prepared environment of the Montessori classroom
  • Sensorial - Through the sensorial area, the child is given the facilities to make clear concepts and classifications for all the information she has gathered thus far through her sensory perceptions. The sensorial materials help to order the child's mind by isolating and emphasizing one quality at a time (i.e. size, gradation). Through the physical manipulation of materials in this area, the child begins to categorize and order the objects in their world, leading to increased understanding of their role in the universe.
  • Language - Language exercises are offered to the child initially as an aid to the child’s own developmental process for language. By age 3, the child has already mastered basic spoken language. When the child enters the Primary Montessori classroom, the materials of language offered to the child will simply add to the foundation the child has already made through self construction. During the primary cycle, she will go through three stages of language: expansion of vocabulary, writing, and reading.
  • Mathematics - By nature, everyone is mathematical. We are all born with a mathematical mind, which isn't something that we create, but something we need to awaken it into consciousness. Through exercises offered to the child, the child prepares for the emergence of the mathematical mind that exists within him.
  • Cultural Activities - Cultural areas include art, biology, geography, history, music, science and foreign language. In the primary program, children will be exposed to these cultural activities within the realm of their prepared environment.

Summer Session

Our summer session offers a range of fun and stimulating sessions in sports, arts, outdoor education, academic enrichment, and field trips. With our full-day program, each week features a new learning topic. Students have room to play and grow with access to our full-size, indoor and outdoor playground, and child-maintained herb garden. We are pleased to offer you the flexibility to plan an enriching and exciting summer for your child!

Hours: 7:00 a.m - 6:30 p.m.

Summer hours are identical to those of our Academic Year, providing our families and students consistency. Children Zero months to twelve years of age can attend for partial or full days depending on family schedules.