The integrated curriculum is designed to spark the interest of the child in knowledge, to nourish the child's creativity, and to inspire the child's discovery of the world.
The Elementary program builds on the foundation laid during the Early Childhood years.
Children will enter Elementary with core academic skills, work habits, and concentration that gives them confidence to meet the challenge of the Montessori Elementary curriculum.
The Montessori Language Arts curriculum is a comprehensive approach to reading and writing. Reading instruction integrates phonetics, reading comprehension, grammar, spelling, and vocabulary. In the writing area, emphasis is given to the child’s creative expression, as well as to in-depth research and integration of academic knowledge and skills. Within the Cultural curriculum students learn the inter-connectedness of science, geography, history, botany and zoology. Through Montessori Math students are introduced to complex concepts with concrete materials and later move into skill application with abstract lessons. As the child’s mathematical thinking and analysis grow, the curriculum exercises a problem-solving approach to stretch those skills.
In the Elementary program the students receive both individualized and group instruction in all subject areas. In addition to academic growth, the elementary child is learning to be part of a larger community. The student’s social skills are enhanced through cooperative group activities and students gain collaborative skills through dialogue, inquiry, and group discussions.
The students at this level are expected and supported to achieve their full potential in all areas and the resulting self-confidence reinforces their expanding efforts.
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