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The Primary Community
The Montessori Primary Community offers children 3 to 6 years the opportunity to explore their environment while striving towards independence, self-awareness, self- discipline, respect for each other and a deep love for learning.
The Montessori primary program is an opportunity to nurture the child's individual development within the context of a group setting. The child will emerge with a
set of skills - social, emotional and academic - while more importantly knowing how to function within a group.
Children have extraordinary powers of the mind, as they possess a once-in-a-lifetime
ability to truly absorb information and concepts from their surroundings, like a sponge. Children learn by doing with their own hands. Independence, coordination, order, self-discipline and concentration are developed. Children work individually and cooperatively with materials that engage their curiosity.
Children in our primary environment are engaged peacefully and purposefully in a wide
range of activities. We support the child’s natural drive for independence by encouraging him to choose activities of interest and concentrate without interruption. All the while, the teacher is giving academic presentations to independent students or small groups based on academic levels while also meeting the needs of the whole group.
The children learn conflict resolution, to act politely in all situations and learn to be kind and helpful to their friends. The result is a cohesive community of young children.