If you’re exploring preschool options, you’ve likely heard about Montessori — but what makes it different? Montessori education is designed to support the natural development of young children. Rather than traditional teacher-led instruction, Montessori classrooms encourage independence, curiosity, and hands-on exploration. At Community Montessori School, our classrooms are calm, beautiful, and filled with purposeful materials….
I feel fortunate that we live in a place where there is a definite changing of the seasons. As the summer days dwindle and the chilly air becomes the norm we are reminded that winter is on the way. For the children, the marking of the seasons is a time of observation and a natural…
It can be hard to imagine how a classroom works when there are 15-20 children ages 3-6 that are all doing their own “work” for 3 hours. In a Montessori classroom there are limited group lessons (these are usually limited to 3-4 children at a time when they do occur). Children get individual lessons from…
One of the this I love about working with children this age is that they MAKE me slow down and notice things I would probably miss. A 2 (or 3 or 4) year old does not care how fast they get to the corner, but they do care about all the rocks, flowers and animals…
Most children begin reading at some point during their primary years in the Montessori classroom. This usually starts after the child knows all of the sounds of the alphabet- (thank you sandpaper letters). We have found that it is easiest to show the child a few sounds at a time- naming the sound and then…
