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Touch Base with Teachers Often The teachers enjoy engaged parents. Feel free to communicate as often as you like about your childʼs progress. Schedule a time via the teacherʼs school email. Nap time is a perfect time for the teacher to speak with you. Come in to meet in person or by phone. We respectfully ask that you refrain from talking at drop off or pick up time, as that is an important time for the teacher to be with the children.
Parent/Teacher Conferences Once in the fall and once in the spring a formal conference is scheduled. Parents and teachers sit down together and discuss the childʼs academic progress and emotional growth. A formal report will be provided.
Open House Each spring the children are proud to host an open house. This evening is for the children to share their beautiful Montessori environment with family.
Reading with Your Child The sensitive period for language development is between birth and age six. What better time to start reading aloud to your child than when he is in the sensitive period for language acquisition? Reading aloud to children facilitates their readiness for formal reading instruction in four areas: oral language, cognitive skills, concepts of printed words, and phonemic awareness. Development of these skills provides a strong foundation to support literacy development during the early school years.
A nightly routine of bedtime stories forms close bonds between parent and child.