Montessori Philosophy

The Montessori classroom is specifically designed to meet the needs of the young child. It is a "house for children", where they have the opportunity to develop such qualities as self-discipline, self-motivation, independence, love of learning and social skills through work and play with specialized learning materials.

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The uniquely designed materials are developmentally graded and self-correcting so the child may learn through manipulative discovery, without fear of failure. The child grows in knowledge as his interests lead him from one discovery to another. There is motivation to do the work because it is freely chosen and it is fulfilling the needs of the "sensitive periods" of a child's life when he/she is strongly attracted to a particular area of learning; e.g. language, movement, numbers, etc.

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The Directress helps the child to perfect the natural tools for learning, i.e. the hand and the senses, by first demonstrating the activities and then giving the child as much opportunity as he/she needs to practice them. Her work results from observation of the individual needs and interests of the children in her care.