Curriculum

Primary Program

The children in the primary classroom range from 3-6 years. Between 3-4 years, the child shows an interest in exercises preparing him/her for writing. Objects like knobbed cylinders, geometric cabinets, sand paper letters and metal insets all help in the refinement of the eye hand co-ordination. He can handle a pencil and is interested in reproducing the letters of the alphabet. The equipment the child uses at this stage will help him/her to develop the concentration and working habits necessary for more advanced exercises to be performed at the ages of 5 to 6 years. It is the intent of the Teacher to provide guidance and a positive experience allowing them to make choices within set limits. All this creates a viable atmosphere.

Each classroom is divided in 5 major areas:

Practical life

Practical life exercises involve taking care of the "self" and the environment. These exercises improve the coordination, working habits, concentration and attention span of a child.

Sensorial

The sensorial material in the classroom helps the child to become aware of details by offering him strongly contrasted sensations. The Montessori Sensorial materials help the child to distinguish and categorize all the new lessons she is taught.

Language Arts

Children are taught phonics with the help of picture cards, object boxes and sand paper letters. They form words with movable alphabet. A child as young as 4 years of age gets started on reading and writing.

Mathematics

Pre-math starts at the age of 2 when the cognitive curriculum activities are presented in practical life and sensorial curriculum. The children learn sequence, recognition, quality of numbers, addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Some children who excel are capable of doing decimal system and fractions at 5 years of age.

Cultural

In this class the children learn about history, geography including various land and water forms. They perform science experiments. Reading and writing skills are used extensively in these activities.Enrichment Program Every week we offer music, Spanish and Computer classes, gardening and nature study is also a part of the curriculum. Children do cooking and Art projects on regular basis.