( Age 2 to 6 )
The Montessori Curriculum is fundamental with the philosophy. It is an integrated approach where diverse concepts are presented across the curriculum and in different ways as the child progresses. Children have abundant opportunities within different context to practice skills being learned, from concrete to abstract. These work to support the individual learning journeys for the unique child.
“The best instruction is that which uses the last words sufficient for the task”.
- Maria Montessori in “Discovery of the Child.”
These experiences allow the child to achieve a form of self sufficiency through care of environment, others and themselves. In activities of everyday life, the child learns most of our daily skills. Within the three- hour period of the work- cycle the child can experience independence and success. It also promotes the child’s sense of order, coordination, concentration and independence.
This is the area where the child can focus on their five senses, which allows the child to classify and understand their world.
Our math curriculum teaches the child to take the concept from concrete to abstract through manipulation, experimentation and exploration. The materials sequentially increase in complexity.
The language curriculum is a rich and full bodied one. It develops the child’s awareness of the sounds of speech and the corresponding written letters. Knowledge and Understanding of the world This is where the child is enabled to experience geography, history, art history, botany, zoology, landforms, maps, nomenclature cards and cultural folders
