Preschool

This area focuses on everyday life activities and skills that promote independence, concentration, and coordination. Practical life exercises include tasks like pouring water, tying shoelaces, buttoning clothes, and using utensils, all of which aid in refining fine motor skills and instilling a sense of order and responsibility.

The sensorial area encourages children to explore and refine their senses. Through materials designed to stimulate sight, touch, taste, smell, and sound, children develop heightened sensory perceptions and a deeper understanding of the world around them. Sensorial activities help children differentiate various attributes like size, color, shape, texture, and sound.

The mathematics area introduces children to numerical concepts and mathematical operations through hands-on play. Montessori materials help children grasp abstract mathematical concepts by providing concrete and visual representations. Children explore numerals, quantities, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and other mathematical concepts at their own pace.

Language development is a crucial aspect of Montessori education. The language area includes activities that encourage spoken language, vocabulary enrichment, phonetic awareness, reading, and writing. Montessori materials facilitate the progression from recognizing letters and sounds to reading and writing words and sentences.

The cultural studies area encompasses a broad range of subjects, including geography, history, biology, botany, zoology, music, art, and science. These subjects are presented in a way that fosters curiosity and an understanding of the interconnectedness of all living things. Montessori education encourages exploration of the world's diverse cultures, natural phenomena, and historical events.

Stepping Stones is intentionally designed for independence and discovery. Students enjoy a social experience in an environment that fosters their unique physical and psychological development between the stages of babyhood and childhood. As self-reliance increases, so does a child's confidence in concentrating and completing work, respecting the contributions of peers, and participating in group activities. As students' language development and socialization increase, we provide intentional modeling and lessons in respectful interactions and simple conflict resolution techniques to build a caring community of learners.

Our Stargazer program provides a nurturing, child-centered, prepared environment that allows for the natural development of each student's physical, emotional, and cognitive skills. Our classrooms invite children into an exciting realm of ideas and discovery, where they are able to assimilate information through concrete, experiential learning in a non-competitive atmosphere. Students learn to respect the work of others, to quietly indicate their need for attention from a teacher, and to appreciate the value of others’ contributions in the classroom. They learn to share in the responsibilities of the classroom and manage conflicts peacefully. Together, we build a caring social community that inspires each child to respect and celebrate the unique gifts that we—and others—bring to the group.