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Purpose and Objectives
The purpose of the school is consistent with scientific
education that is committed to laws of nature with children.
The aim of this scientific teaching is to support the
children’s normal development as Dr. Maria Montessori
first discovered and reported this as the child’s true nature
in 1907. The school implements this scientific teaching by
allowing children to develop and learn naturally through
their free self-directed activity in an environment designed
for this purpose. The objectives of the school are consistent
with the following:
- To create an environment for children and teachers committed to laws of nature.
- To demonstrate a public commitment to scientific teaching in all its communication and associate with the surrounding community.
- To support communication with the parents to further scientific education in the home and society.
Policies and Procedures
1. Admission and employment are open to all qualified
individuals without regard to race, color, sex or
national origin.
2. The school meets all legal requirements for space and
facilities with regard to applicable health, zoning and
fire safety regulations.
3. The school meets all proper standards and
requirements of the state and local governments
applicable to schools that serve their particular age
level of children.
4. The school is committed to an advertising and
promotion policy of complete honesty in all public
announcements.
Physical Environment
The classroom contains an adequate number of concrete, manipulative materials maintained in an orderly, clean, attractive matter.
- The classroom provides lightweight, child-sized tables, chairs and other furnishings to enable children to care for their own needs independent of the teacher.
- The materials reflect reality and nature to enable children to accurately organize their perception of the world.
- The materials are readily accessible to children to enable free use according to individual interest.
A safe and protected outdoor space is provided to enable children to engage in vigorous motor activity and discovery of nature.
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Instructional Program
The purpose of the classroom is to enable children to develop and expand their natural ability to learn spontaneously through self-directed activity.
- Materials are structured and presented to enable self-teaching and independent activity.
- The child is allowed free choice of classroom activity and freedom of movement based on individual interest limited by the collective well-being and freedom of others.
- For young children, a full range of self-teaching materials are provided in the following areas:
Practical Life: Materials and activities relating to awareness of movement and care of the environment and self to enable children to develop independence, concentration, coordination and order.
Sensorial: Materials and activities for making accurate judgments and comparisons of size, shape, color, sound and texture to refine the senses for accurate observation and perception of the physical world.
Math: Materials and activities for the development of mathematical abstractions including numeration, place value, and the operation of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
Language: Materials and activities for the development of writing, reading, oral and written expression.
Cultural Subjects: Materials and activities to develop awareness of cultural subjects such as history, geography, science, art and music.
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- Montessori programs for children over six years of age enable children to continue exploration of the environment outside of the classroom and further independent study of advanced academic and cultural areas based on individual interest.
Teaching Staff
The teaching staff meets training and health requirements of applicable regulations and policies pertaining to the type of schools described in these criteria.
- The teaching staff is committed to following scientific teaching in all their interactions with children.
- Each classroom is supervised by a teacher skilled in scientific teaching for the age level of the children being supervised.
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