For Children ages 18 months – 4years 

My Program

I am pleased to offer a Montessori Preschool Program in a nurturing environment in my home.  I will provide a well balanced program with plenty of educational equipment to stimulate the love of learning and enhance concentration.  My program includes activities in nature, music, language arts, culture, math and everyday practical life.  These activities are carefully selected for children to attain success and therefore build self confidence, independence, and a sense of pride.  Nature walks and daily outdoor play with a park nearby. The program also includes daily circle time with fun songs, stories and games.  Because of my love of music, I will include my guitar music during circle time on a weekly basis.  I will provide nutritious snacks.

The Montessori Classroom

The Montessori classroom fascinates both children and their parents. It is truly amazing to observe. The classrooms are normally bright, warm and inviting, filled with plants, animals, art, music and books. The prepared environment allows children to meet their needs through individual, spontaneous activities. Supervised by the Montessori Teacher, the child's sensitivities guide his choice. While building concentration and self-discipline, the children work with scientifically selected materials to learn new skills. Basically, the child educates him/herself.  There are five areas of interest in the program:  Practical life, sensorial learning, math, language, geography and cultural. Each area includes intriguing, concrete, most often self-correcting materials which allow the child to attain success, hence building self-confidence through competency. Montessori classes are organized to accommodate an age span, which allows younger students to experience the daily stimulation of older role models, who in turn blossom in the responsibilities of leadership. Children not only learn with each other but also from each other. Since the basis of the Montessori approach is that children learn most effectively through direct experience and the process of investigation and discovery, days are not divided into fixed time periods for each subject. Instead, teachers call upon the children as they are ready for lessons, either individually or in small groups. The age range of children in the same environment also fosters cooperation and mutual help among the children. The opportunities for freedom of choice, movement and communication help develop inner discipline. The child's freedom to repeat an activity develops concentration, which is the basic foundation for education.