Montessori Education and Child Care

In the Montessori preschool program, our students learn in a prepared environment made up of five distinct areas:

1. Practical life

This area enhances the development of task organization and cognitive order through care of self, care of the environment, exercises of grace and courtesy and coordination of physical movement.

2. Sensorial

This area enables the child to order, classify and describe sensory impressions in relation to length, width, temperature, mass, colour, pitch, etc.

3. Practical life

This area makes use of manipulative materials to enable the child to internalize concepts of number, symbol, sequence, operations and memorization of basic facts.

4. Language arts

This area includes oral language development, written expression, reading, grammar studies, creative dramatics and children's literature. Basic skills in writing and reading are developed through the use of sandpaper letters, alphabet cut-outs and various presentations allowing children to link sounds and letter symbols effortlessly and to express their thoughts through writing.

5. Cultural activities

This area exposes the child to basics in geography, history and life sciences. Music, art and movement education are also part of the integrated cultural curriculum.