PrePrimary

"The child should love everything he learns,
for his mental and emotional growths are linked."
~ Maria Montessori

Preschool Curriculum

Preschool Montessori & Academic Program Outline

Practical Life Skills - Develops memory, attention span, concentration, coordination, and motor control. Skills taught are used in every day life such as: buttoning, zipping, pouring, tying, spooning, sifting, stringing, sorting, snapping, cleaning, etc.
Sensorial - Anything that involves the five senses. Some skills associated with Sensorial materials are visual perception, depth, color, height, width, taste, touch and fine motor control. A variety of materials are used to develop these senses such as: knobbed cylinders, rough & smooth boards, variation in texture materials, etc. A broad variety of shapes from a square to a rhombus to various types of triangles such as a right angle triangle to an isosceles triangle.
Phonics and Vocabulary Enrichment - Introduced to beginning, middle and ending sounds. Sounding out three letter words; then moving into spelling and reading.
Math - Includes counting, number and quantity recognition. After progressing with these concepts, students move into the four operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
Science - Includes subjects such as plants, animals, weather, continents, planets, etc.
Social Studies - Includes self, manners, families, school, neighborhood, community helpers, etc.
Computer Technology - basic operations of a variety of programs.
Spanish - Concepts taught include counting, colors, greetings/farewells, clothing, parts of the body, food, etc.
Music - Explored daily by the Montessori lead teacher and assistants..
Physical Education - a structured P.E. class conducted twice a week.
Optional classes include Karate (minimum age 3 years), Dance (minimum age 3 years), Piano (minimum age 5 years)

Daily Schedule

6:00am - 8:30am

8:30am - 11:30am

11:30am - 12:30pm

12:30pm - 2:30pm

2:30pm - 3:00pm

3:00pm - 6:00pm

Arrival Students/ Daycare

Circle Time

Group Lessons

Morning Snack

Outside/Recreation

Montessori Lessons

Spanish

Physical Education

Music

Lunch and Clean-up

Nap Time

Circle Time and closure of the day

Departure of Students/Daycare