The greatest sign of success for a teacher... is to be able to say, The children are now working as if I did not exist.

Practical Life allows children to practice daily life skills and develop fine and gross motor coordination. Activities include pouring, buttoning, lacing, scooping, spooning, threading and sewing. 

Children are also taught to care for themselves, others, and their environment. Additional Practical Life activities include preparing and serving snack, caring for classroom pets, tending to plants, and tidying up.

The Sensorial Area teaches spatial reasoning, gradation of size and color, refinement of the senses, visual and tactile discrimination, and introduces the foundations of geometry. 

Materials in this area include Dr. Montessori's iconic pink tower, red rods, and geometric solids. Sensorial materials are fundamental to the math materials in the Montessori classroom.

The Montessori classroom effectively introduces writing, phonics, word building, and reading in the Language Area. Letter sounds are taught using a tactile experience with sandpaper letters. Children then learn to build words using the moveable alphabet. 

This scaffolding prepares children for reading. Advanced language materials teach parts of speech and basic grammar rules. 

The Math Area of the Montessori classroom is extraordinary! Children are presented with math materials that make quantities tangible and concrete. These materials include the number rods, the sandpaper numerals, and the bead chains. 

Children learn to manipulate values concretely before they are presented with  mathematical abstraction. Advanced Montessori math materials teach place value, addition, subtraction, early multiplication and division. 

The Cultural Area introduces children to the scientific exploration of geography, geology, biology, botany, chemistry, physics, and environmental science. Topics for scientific and cultural inquiry are limitless. 

A governing principal of the Montessori method is that we "follow the lead of the child." When the children show an interest in a particular topic, the Montessori guide creates engaging opportunities to elevate their curiosity.   

The Outdoor Classroom is a natural  extension of the indoor Montessori environment, where opportunities for learning and development abound. Children spend extended periods of time outdoors every day. The Montessori method encourages children to have meaningful  experiences in nature. 

Our commitment to developing the whole child extends to health and wellness through nutrition, physical activity, and interactions with the natural world.