Practical life
lays the foundation for all other work to be done in the classroom. The
activities are everyday tasks that a child learns, to master the care
of self and the care of the environment. This helps the child in such a
way that concentration, coordination, independence and order are
developed.
Examples:
punch outs (pre-writing excercise), pouring, tracing, sorting, sewing,
and many more motor activities.
SENSORIAL
The goal is to
educate a child's senses. These materials help the child refine sight,
sound, touch, taste and smell. In addition, these materials are modeled
on scientifically based concepts such as the metric system, dimensions
and algebraic formulas.
Math is
separated into major categories: beginning counting, advanced counting,
the decimal system, rational numbers (fractions) and the operation of
addition, multiplication, subtraction and division.
The central
purpose of the math materials in the early years is to lay a foundation
for later cognitive development and to prepare for the gradual
transition from the concrete to the abstract.
Examples:
spindle boxe (counting numbers 1 to 10), teen board, ten board, decimal
system, forty five layout, hundred board, addition, multiplication,
subtraction, division, fractions.
LANGUAGE
Montessori
curriculum is an integrated approach that combines phonetics and whole
language (high frequency words). Language is taught through a variety
of multi sensory activities: visual, auditory, tactile and kinesthetic.
The child learns the sound individually with
"Three period lessons". When he recognizes all the sounds, he begins
the process of blending and building words and starts reading. Language
Materials consists of the pink, blue and green materials. three letter
short vowels words. (cat, sun, pet) Blue:
Basic blends Green:
Homograms and long vowels. think Fort bake cube
In addition to
the core curriculum your child will be engaged in delightful activities
that instill a lifelong love of science, history, culture, art, music
and movement.
Examples:
Geography: Children learn to recognize the seven continents, planets,
and land forms by color and shape.
History: Children explore the basic history, famous people, presidents
and holidays around the world.
ENRICHMENT
Music
Our Music
program at the Academy of Montessori International introduces musical
experiences through rhythm, songs, instrumentation, music notation,
dance and drama. Students will be exposed to various genres
of music while constructing a strong foundation for their musical
future.
We understand that through music, the student’s cognitive abilities are
fine tuned allowing them to embrace their academic experiences with
enjoyment and productivity.
Stretch-n-Grow
Stretch-n-Grow,
the world's largest netwok of children's fitness professionals is your
school's choice for fitness & nutrition education. Our objective is
to improve the level of fitness in your children and teach them the
importance of a healthy lifestyle, and the consequence of inactivity.
Each class is designed to help children gain strength, cardiavascular
wellness, improved motor development, spatial awarness and cognitive
ability.
Spanish Maria
Montessori believed that the best time in a child’s life to learn a second,
third, or fourth language is in the preschool and kindergarten years, “the
absorbent mind” stage of human development.
At the Academy of
Montessori
International, Spanish is taught as an immersion program. Spanish is not only learned in Spanish
class, but throughout the day as well. We sing, hold classroom conversations,
and give classroom directives in Spanish.
