Our Primary Curriculum is designed for preschool and kindergarten children ages 3-6 and is lead by two of our AMI-certified Montessori instructors. Children in the Primary program get to experience lessons in the following subjects:

• Practical Life Exercises – Exercises that teach basic skills in care of self and care of the environment, and which, at the same time, help develop the child’s fine motor skills and control of movements..
• Sensorial Exercises – Offers children a chance to increase their awareness and discriminate between the different sounds, sights, colors, shapes, tastes, smells, and textures of their world.
• Mathematics – As children interact with the concrete and manipulative they discover the meaning of quantity and gain an overview of the number system.
• Language – Activities will include language awareness, vocabulary development, and an introduction to writing and reading.
• Physical Geography – Materials are used to introduce geographical information.
• Cultural Awareness – Children gain awareness of the world around them by exploring other countries, their customs, foods, music, climate, language, and animals. This helps to raise their consciousness about other people, to gain an understanding and tolerance and, in turn, compassion for all the people in the world.
• Arts and Crafts
• Music and Creative Movement
• Science and Nature – In science the children’s natural curiosity is stimulated through discovery projects and experiments. The plant and animal kingdoms are studied to foster a love and appreciation for all living things.

A typical day in our Primary classroom may see our children preparing and serving food; caring for the environment through washing tables; expressing creativity through art projects; learning math with golden beans and skip counting; expanding their language through phonics, vocabulary, reading and writing; participating in community and cultural activities; and more.