Montessori Program
"Nurturing a child's heart, mind and body for life"
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THE METHOD
The Montessori method is an approach
to education in which children are given the freedom to explore an
environment designed to meet their developmental needs. Through the
teacher's preparation of the environment, careful observation, and
individual program planning, each child is encouraged to become involved
in concrete sensory-motor learning experiences. For over 75 years this
method, developed by Dr. Maria Montessori through her scientific
observations of children at work, has helped youngsters achieve their
fullest potential. They grow in independence and self-discipline.
Children are encouraged to work at their own pace. The result is a love
of learning and a spontaneous, insatiable curiosity children carry with
them for life.
OUR PROGRAMS
The Stella Montessori Program offers
an educational curriculum for children from 3 to 5 years. Stella’s
teachers are Certified by the American Montessori Association. This
unique program teaches students respect for others’ work and development
of social skills by allowing them freedom to work independently and learn
at their own pace. Programs include physical education, art and music for
all students. In addition, other programs offered include library,
computers, ballet, and foreign language for children in their kindergarten
year. Optional programs available are dance, swim and Wee Parlez, an
intro to French for the very young.
OLDER
TODDLER
Morning Session: 8:30-11:30 a.m.
All
day to 3:00 p.m.
Toddlers explore their
specially prepared environment with the guidance of the Montessori
teachers and are given the opportunity to follow their natural inclination
to gather and absorb information. They learn the beginning skills of
cooperation and self-reliance and are introduced to appropriate Montessori
and other Early-Childhood materials. We feel this class for 3 year olds
gets our youngest students off to a great start!
PRE-PRIMARY
Session: 8:30-3:00
p.m.
The environment designed for
4 year olds is created to take advantage of the child’s sensitive
periods. Dr. Montessori recognized these periods as times when children
have an intense interest in acquiring a particular skill. Exploring the
classroom areas of math, language, sensorial and practical life, the
children grow, each achieving his/her own special potential.
KINDERGARTEN
All Day Sessions: 8:30-3:00 p.m.
In the
program, 5 year olds move into the abstract world of ideas and concepts at
their own pace. Their “explosion” into learning continues at this stage
when all their previous knowledge suddenly fits together. Further
reinforcement of basic skills helps students take on the academic
challenges which prepare them for the first grade.
AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAM
Afternoons: 3:00-5:00 p.m.
Children are supervised in a
warm, loving atmosphere with activities different from those of a regular
classroom.
OUR ENVIRONMENT
Although the Montessori Program is
designed to meet the needs of children from 3 to 5 years of age, it is
accomplished in a multi-age environment that encourages interaction,
inclusion and shared learning. The benefit of this approach is the
learning that takes place between different age groups such as: leadership
skills and modeling.
MONTESSORI TEAM:
Christine Keppler
Rebecca Straub
Sr. Ritamary Fuest
Shloka Shroff
Ed Tormay
Montessori