Montessori- inspired.
Christian- based.
Dr. Maria Montessori placed emphasis on learning through discovery with multiple children of various ages together in a prepared environment. This method encourages independence at an early age with the older children there to model for the younger children.
Maria Montessori
Teachers as Guides
The teacher is often called a “guide” or a “directress” because they observe and then help guide children to learning through their natural curiosity and exploration.
Practical Life
Practical Life: learning how to use everyday things, from pouring a glass of water, snapping, buttoning, tying, sweeping, dusting, polishing. The Practical Life area is the foundation of a strong Montessori education. In this area children strengthen fine motor movements, concentration, independence, and self-confidence. Everyday objects are used to help children master: care of self and the environment, movement control, and grace and courtesy.
Freedom in Movement
Montessori Method emphasizes freedom of movement around the environment within the boundaries of respect for others and the environment. “No one’s freedom should infringe upon another’s right to concentrate”. With this freedom, children grow more effectively by learning how to respect their bodies, control their movements, and respect others.
Emphasis on the Senses
Sensorial: engages the entire body in education using smell, taste, touch, sight, and sound to help children make connections that will help them retain information. The Sensorial area focuses on small qualities such as color, shape, size, weight, texture, sounds, or smell that are often overlooked. This builds sense of perception and discrimination between different qualities and patterns.
We are dedicated to providing young people a safe and nurturing environment in which they will learn to make ethical and moral choices over their lifetimes, as well as become well-rounded in mathematics, language, culture, and other standard lessons.
Our Curriculum
A Christian Education
Christian Education: learning about God through stories in the Bible, having a weekly memory verse, prayers, and related themes, such as: kindness, thankfulness, and forgiveness.
Cultural Studies
Culture area includes Geography, Zoology, Botany, Science, Art, and Music that are supplementary subjects. Through the study of these subjects, children explore their curiosity of the world and provide themselves opportunities to understand their culture and many others - ultimately appreciating differences between humankind. With hands-on experiments, they can begin discovering the world, how to take care of things, and appreciate nature. Art and music allows children to express themselves and gain understanding in a constructive way.
Language
Language: learning letters/sounds, phonetics, picture and word combinations, reading and writing. The Language area builds a strong literary foundation by exposing children to a variety of early-literacy skills using phonetic awareness. Language activities also include: vocabulary development, shape/sounds of letters, fine motor strengthening, matching pictures and words, practicing grammar, creating sentences, and reading.
Mathematics
Mathematics: uses strong visual representations to learn how to identify and understand what the number represents. The math area uses concrete materials for number and quantity recognition. There are six categories of mathematic activities: counting and decimal system, memory work, concrete abstraction, arithmetic tables, and geometry.