The Montessori Philosophy

• Developmentally-based, multi-year curriculum
• Educates the whole child
• Child-centered approach, self-paced and directed
• Multi-age communities
• Collaborative work through:
  • role modeling
  • incidental learning
  • leadership
  • self-esteem/leading others
  • sense of purpose
  • goal orientation
• Non-competitive, process oriented learning
• Practices freedom with responsibility
• Didactic (self-correcting) materials guiding the child from concrete to abstract
• Montessori certified staff