Primary (VPK/Kindergarten)
Welcome to our VPK and Kindergarten classroom! We value our class as a loving, nurturing environment where our children are free to explore different interests and subjects, while being gently guided by our knowledgeable teachers. Our classroom prides itself on allowing a child to build independence and confidence in their abilities while being assisted in a loving and reassuring manner. Our classroom shelves include areas such as Practical Life, Communication and Language, Sensorial, Mathematics, Science, Geography, and Humanities.
Practical Life offers a wide variety of everyday materials for the child to use to gain concentration, coordination, independence, and sense of order on needs for later academic achievement. Activities include many of the tasks children see as part of the daily routine at home. Through these tasks, children develop skills to care for themselves, for others, and for their environment. Independence is the ultimate goal in the classroom because through independence, and lessons in grace and courtesy, the human potential of the child is fulfilled, and the result is joyous.
Hand in hand with independence is communication. This is carefully fostered in the VPK/ Kindergarten classroom. The Language Curriculum guides the child through sequential activities that develop skills in sound discrimination, prepare the hand for writing, encourage the development of written expression, and lays a foundation of phonetic skills that prepare a child for reading.
With Montessori math, children are introduced to math concepts and experiences using concrete materials, which introduce abstractions through hands-on use of materials. Each material isolates one concept, is self-correcting, sequenced, precise and orderly, and allows for many repetitions. Each concept builds one upon another throughout the curriculum to develop and expand the child's mathematical understanding and experience.
The world of children is home, school and anywhere their family takes them. The Montessori environment exposes a child to world-wide traditions and cultures, to science nomenclatures and experiments, to music and art, through hands-on activities and active explorations.
We are very excited to share our classroom with our children, while exploring and expanding their knowledge!
