Curriculum
Montessori aims to aid the children to help themselves by developing an awareness of reality as they experience it within themselves, in others, and in the world around them.  The child works in an atmosphere of freedom and responsibility.  Different areas of interest introduce them to the whole reality:

Practical Life
Activities in this area provide an opportunity to practice everyday life skills such as dishwashing, polishing, and the care of the environment including the care of plants and animals.  Food preparation may consist of cutting fruit for snacks or measuring and following the sequence of a recipe.  Basic exercises like pouring and spooning provide an opportunity to develop eye-hand coordination as well as control of balance.  Lessons and modeling of grace and courtesy are an integral part of the daily routine.

Children practice table manners and social conversation over snacks.  Whether tying or buttoning frames or by actually wiping up spills or cleaning an easel, the child expands his/her independence and self-esteem.  The tasks of hand and body produce a strong sense of self for the child.

Sensorial
Activities in this area provide the means for the young child to explore the world through their senses.  The world as a whole is compromised of patterns, symmetry and order.  The child may learn to discriminate and match sounds, smells, textures, or colors.  The pre-primary child may grade a series of ten cubes into a pink tower or discover that two triangles combine to form a square.  Such exercises introduce the child to the greater order of the world and provide a necessary base for further study in math and science.

Math

The toddler sees numbers all around him/her and is introduced to rote counting through songs and finger plays during group line activities.  Participating in such activities as setting a table for lunch or placing one snack by each chair introduces the pre-primary child to the relationship of number and quantity.

The sequence of concrete materials enables the child to work towards mastery of the concepts of numeration and quantity: First 1-20, then teens, and onward to 100.  Concrete manipulation of golden bead material introduces place value.  Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division are presented based on the child's readiness.

Daily activities present opportunities for simple problem solving.

Language
Children playingThe very young child is developing language and vocabulary skills at a rate faster than any other time of his/her life.  Names are given for all the objects in the classroom as well as vocabulary for the characteristics they are learning through their senses.  Story reading and group songs develop listening skills and self-confidence with verbal expressions.

The pre-primary child is offered the opportunity to use his/her ever-expanding vocabulary and language in small group discussions, large group sharing, and interaction with peers.  Children follow the sequence of reading by learning individual sounds associated with the alphabet, learning each sound's relationship to others in words, and finally reading short labels.  Isolating the difficulty between phonetic spelling and the ability to print allows a young child to construct sentences and even stories with the use of the moveable alphabet.  Prepared materials for grammar and syntax are available to complement each child's individual progress.

Geography and Cultural Studies
The goal is to introduce the child to the idea that they are uniquely connected to every other human being both by differences and similarities; that they live in a special time that is but a part of the whole history of mankind.  The idea that all life and all things are interconnected and part of a cosmic plan is brought to the child through cosmic education.

From the beginning, children are introduced to the riches of culture through posters, artwork, and food.  The world is brought to them through such objects as an African drum, chopsticks, or a Mexican hat.  Later, they will analyze continents and their own country through puzzle maps, landforms, dances and songs, and research.

The Arts
Classroom environments are natural and homelike.  The use of both professional and children's art hang at their eye level and stimulates interest.  Various forms of painting, drawing, and collage materials are available for free expression.  Holiday projects or activities such as weaving, knitting, or needlework may be introduced.

Physical Education
Dancing during exercise classThe goal of the school is to develop the physical as well as the emotional, and academic child.

Gross motor movement for children 3 months through 3 years is critical to their development.  Purposeful activities such as walking up and down stairs, walking on a balance beam, or simply climbing a small hill, encourages coordination, grace, balance and self-confidence.

Coordination and balance is further refined through line activities such as walking, heel-to-toe, or slowly carrying objects.  Large motor activities such as skipping, climbing, ball catching, and throwing is practiced indoors and outdoors in the playgrounds.  Simple group games with rules are also introduced.