Montessori Preschool

So much joy for a job well done! 😊

Care of the environment in the Montessori classroom involves purposeful, real-world activities through which children develop responsibility, independence, and respect. By using child-sized tools to sweep, water plants, and organize the environment, children actively maintain their classroom and build a meaningful connection with nature. These experiences foster a strong sense of belonging and purpose that extends beyond the classroom into the wider world. Through Practical Life exercises, children acquire essential life skills while developing concentration, coordination, and a deep appreciation for the world we live in.

Quietly tucked away in Rome’s San Lorenzo district 🇮🇹 is the Casa dei Bambini, Maria Montessori’s first school, and it was a treat for a member of our school community to peek inside.

Dr. Montessori’s educational experiment integrated learning experiences directly into housing to support working families and everyday life. Simple didactic materials, child-sized furniture, closeness to home, and access to a garden turned the classroom into a true home away from home, without feeling institutional. Nothing grand. Just thoughtful design and deep respect for learning, families, and child development.

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Walking on the line is a classic Montessori activity that helps children build concentration, balance, coordination, and body control. Children carefully walk along a line sometimes carrying objects or moving to music, turning a simple path into a powerful experience, strengthening muscle movement and encouraging good posture.

The Golden Beads are a fundamental material, designed to introduce children to the decimal system, place value, and basic mathematical operations. Each individual bead represents a single unit; ten beads form a ten bar; ten bars make a hundred square; and ten squares build a thousand cube. For example, to represent the number 8,423, a child combines eight thousand cubes, four hundred squares, two ten bars and three unit beads. Through these concrete representations of units, tens, hundreds and thousands, children gain an understanding of numerical relationships. By manipulating the beads to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division, children develop a solid conceptual foundation for abstract mathematical thinking.

In the Montessori Environment, concentration and motor skills grow through free movement and hands-on exploration, especially for older infants.

Mirrors in the Nido environment help develop self awareness and motor skills.

The Object Permanence Box is a Montessori Activity which lets infants drop a ball into a hole and find it again in the tray below. It builds hand-eye coordination and problem solving skills, while teaching that objects still exist when they can’t be seen.

The Fabric Box in a Montessori Classroom supports the development of the tactile sense by allowing children to explore and differenciate between a variety of fabric textures.

We’re excited to kick off “Book an Adventure Week” with a special treat! 📚 Our students were surprised by one of our alumni who read “Pete the Cat Plays Ball”.

The excitement continues all week and will conclude with our annual Halloween Carnival, where our students will dress up as their favorite characters from cherished storybooks. We look forward to seeing their wonderful costumes as they parade into school with big imaginations!