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Our Young Scholars - Primary
The Montessori Primary Community offers children 3 to 6 years old 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 childʼs 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. 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 learn to be purposefully engaged with a wide range of activities. We support the childʼs 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 independent academic levels while also meeting the needs of the whole group.
The children learn conflict resolution, to act politely in all situations and to be kind and helpful to friends. The result is a cohesive community of young children.
Important note about Montessori materials: The scientifically proven materials develop skills and reveal concepts through the childʼs use and exploration. They provide the opportunity
to perfect the practical skills of caring of self and the classroom environment. They enrich vocabulary and open the door to writing, reading, and the parts of speech. They also build on the childʼs natural interest in counting and introduce an understanding of the decimal system and the processes of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. These materials build a foundation of concrete experiences of abstract concepts assisting your child to deeper levels of understanding.