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How do our programs work?
Our program from toddlers through elementary, operates on the
principle of freedom within limits. We have our set of ground rules
which differs from age to age, but is always based on core Montessori
beliefs-respect for each other and for the environment .
Children are free to work at their own pace with materials they have
chosen, either alone or with others. The teacher relies on his or her
observations of the children to determine which new activities and
materials he may introduce to an individual child or to a small or
large group. The aim is to encourage active, self-directed learning and
to strike a balance of individual mastery with small group
collaboration within the whole group community.
The three-year-age span in each class provides a family-like grouping
where learning can take place naturally. More experienced children
share what they have learnt while reinforcing their own learning.
Because this peer group learning is intrinsic to Montessori, there is
often more conversation-language experiences-in the Montessori
classroom than in conventional early education settings.

Our Program Emphasis
· Encouragement of intrinsic motivation, spontaneous activity, and
self-education.
· Provision of sensory education for intellectual development .
· Encouragement of competencies through repetitive concrete
experiences.
· Encouragement of cooperative learning through peer teaching and
social interaction.
· Provision of learning opportunities through physical activity and
outdoor work.
· Provision of learning activities for creative expression.

Our Curriculum
We run an integrated curriculum called the Readington curriculum
that seeks to form a unique broad and stimulating learning
experience. Our curriculum combines the Nigerian curriculum with
Montessori curriculum.

Our method of teaching emphasises on the following:
· Cognitive development .
· Teaching ratio 1:1.
· Teacher has unobtrusive role in classroom environment and
method encourage self-
discipline.
· Mainly individual instruction.
· Mixed age grouping (only in the Junior school) which encourages
children to teach
and help each other.
· Child chooses the order he or she will work in daily.
· Child discovers own concepts from self-teaching materials.

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