THE CURRICULUM
The curriculum is divided into four core areas of study: Practical Life | Sensorial | Language | Mathematics.
The study of art, music, geography, history, botany, and science are interwoven into the four areas.
Language: Language in the Montessori classroom incorporates the spoken and written language with the learning of sounds and alphabet. Creative language is explored while learning reading and cursive writing.
Practical Life: This provides for refinement and coordination of movement, order, repetition, and small muscle control. In addition, the children learn to care for themselves and their environment. This area also includes lessons in Grace & Courtesy.
Sensorial: The sensorial area offers sensory education of all the senses for reality based classification of the child’s impressions of the world. The language lessons in the sensorial area are given to aid in secure concepts and to give language to the child’s experience.
Mathematics: The mathematics area explores the base 10 system, linear counting, and exploration of all four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; along with the basics of the decimal system, clock and fractions. Beginning with concrete work with manipulatives, progress is made towards abstract concepts.
