Montessori Method
The Montessori Method of education is a unique approach to learning. Rather than “teaching” the child concept, an environment is designed to stimulate the child’s interest and facilitate his or her understanding and learning capacities spontaneously—with little or no adult intervention.
The Montessori classroom is a child-size world. Whatever is in the world outside can be incorporated meaningfully in the Montessori classroom. To a child, the world is unmanageable—it is too big, too complex and too confusing. By careful selection of materials by the directress, an environment is set up that allows the child a place to explore life on a level he or she can understand.
The materials or exercises are designed to stimulate independent exploration. This prepared environment entices the child to proceed at his/her own pace from simple activities to more complex ones. Through this process, the child’s natural curiosity is satisfied and he/she begins to experience the joy of discovering the world about. Materials and curriculum center around Practical life, Sensorial, Language, Math Geography, History, Science, Art, Music, Drama and Dance.