Our School
A Montessori school, in many ways, is like a miniature society. Working in a prepared environment with some general expectations and limits, each student is empowered to learn naturally, on their own, at their own pace. Classrooms include children across a three-year age span, allowing them to live as a community, learning the importance of respecting the rights of others, the responsibility to help others, while nurturing their own individuality.
The materials the students use are didactic (they teach, while are also enjoyable) and self-correcting, allowing children to learn independently, building their self-confidence and self-esteem.
Objectives Of The American Montessori Academy
We want to help our students:
Enjoy the process of exploring and learning.
Develop internal character and strength, and instill a natural lifelong love of learning.
Become adaptable and creative in how they learn and live.
Acquire the fundamental skills needed to communicate through words, numbers, and symbols.
Enjoy and gain satisfaction through various forms of artistic expression.
Materials and Activities
The Montessori curriculum is rigorous. The pedagogy covers both traditional academic subjects such as mathematics, language, art, and culture, as well as subjects unique to the Montessori philosophy, including practical life and sensorial activities. The materials and activities provided in a Montessori environment are:
1. Practical Life
Montessori Practical Life exercises and materials help children understand the importance of taking care of themselves, and their indoor and outdoor environment. These exercises also help children develop independence, concentration, self-esteem, confidence, and coordination of movement.
2. Sensorial
The sensorial materials provide the first introduction to the refinement of all senses, differentiation between size, height, width, and breadth dimensions, as well as geometric shapes.
3. Mathematics
Manipulative materials and exercises in this area will help the child to grasp the concepts of numeration, place value, addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and introduce the decimal system.
4. Language Arts
All subject areas are integrated into the total development of language; from listening to stories, expressing experiences, and creative writing. The students learn to read by developing an awareness of sound isolation, and through the use of the Montessori phonetic language system.
5. Culture
Children are very interested to learn about the world that they live in. The Montessori classroom provides information encompassing botany, science, zoology, geography, history, and art.
6. Music
Students practice concepts regarding rhythm, tempo, and melodic direction through a number of fun activities such as group and individual singing, dance, and rhythm instrument-playing.
7. Art
The art program is integrated into regular Montessori exercises. The students learn basic skills such as cutting with scissors and pasting while exploring different textures and materials.
8. Physical Education
Students enjoy physical education and outdoor activities in our beautifully-equipped playground. Students are given the opportunity to demonstrate their achievements in motor development, movement, and introduction to organized games.