Our Curriculum
Toddler Curriculum
Preschool/Kindergarten Curriculum
Elementary Curriculum
The Prepared Environment
In order for self-directed learning to take place, the whole learning environment - room, materials, and social climate - must be supportive of the learner. The teacher provides necessary resources, including opportunities for children to function in a safe and positive atmosphere. The teacher thus gains the children's trust, which enables them to try new things and build self-confidence.
The Montessori Materials
Dr. Montessori's observations of the kinds of things which children enjoy and go back to repeatedly led her to design a number of multi-sensory, sequential, and self-correcting materials which facilitate the learning of skills and abstract ideas.
Foreign Language Instruction
As an added bonus, older children are introduced to a foreign language. Group Spanish lessons for preschoolers and kindergarteners involve singing Spanish songs and engaging in group discussion. For elementary students, conversational Spanish and/or French is introduced so the children can begin to read and write the foreign language. Each class features a teacher who is a native speaker, to ensure that children are properly pronunciating and using words in written and oral communications.