Montessori extends far beyond the classroom. The approach to learning reaches into homes, families, communities, and the world at large. Montessori is for life...
Ruby and Emerald Casa Programs
Jr. Ruby Casa Program
(Infant Group: 13 -18 months)
The brain's basic structures are formed during the first year. Infants will develop trust in the adult when the feel some
sense of love and security in their environment.
This is a period where they learn through observation.
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Self-care: washing, dressing, toileting, and eating, according to each child’s individual capacity
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Care of the environment: cleaning, food preparation and food service; plant and animal care
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Large-motor activities (indoors and out): walking, climbing, running, jumping, balancing, climbing steps, and more
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Fine-motor skills: transferring objects, using tools and utensils, scooping squeezing, pouring, doing art work
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Language: Oral language, enrichment of vocabulary, pre-writing activities, describing actions and intentions, discussing pictures, conversations, music, and singing
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Social skills: Grace and courtesy, developing manners through interactions with peers, teachers, and adult-led small group games
Ruby Casa Program
(Toddler Group: 19 - 35 months)
During the first 3 years of life, your child develops more rapidly than at any other time.
During this phase, your child absorbs large amounts of information from the environment through observation and experiences. These are the years that lay the foundation for later learning—and the stronger the foundation, the more the child will be able to build upon it.
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Self-care: washing, dressing, toileting, and eating, according to each child’s individual capacity
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Care of the environment: cleaning, food preparation and food service; plant and animal care
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Large-motor activities (indoors and out): walking, climbing, running, jumping, balancing, climbing steps, and more
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Fine-motor skills: transferring objects, using tools and utensils, scooping squeezing, pouring, doing art work
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Language: Oral language, enrichment of vocabulary, pre-writing activities, describing actions and intentions, discussing pictures, conversation, music, and singing
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Social skills: Grace and courtesy, developing manners through interactions with peers, teachers, and adult-led small group games
Jr. Emerald Casa
(Preschool Age Group: 3 - 4.5 years)
The Montessori Early Childhood Curriculum follows a 3-year sequence. Because the teacher guides your child through learning at her own pace, her individualized learning plan may exceed the concepts she would be taught in a classroom environment in which all children learn the same concept at the same time. As children move forward, they develop the ability to concentrate and make decisions, along with developing self-control, courtesy, and a sense of community responsibility. In Montessori schools, academic growth is seen as just one part of children’s healthy development. The method nurtures their social, emotional, and physical growth, ensuring that they are, as Dr. Maria Montessori put it, “treading always in the paths of joy and love.” The Early Childhood classroom offers your child 5 areas of study: Practical Life, Sensorial, Math, Language, and Cultural Studies.
Emerald Casa Program
(Montessori Kindergarten: 4.5-6 years)
Montessori primary curriculum surpasses traditional Kindergarten curriculum. Students are introduced to progressively more advanced Montessori materials and lessons. They experience an important period in which their previous learning from working with concrete Montessori materials begins to become permanent knowledge. A Montessori Kindergarten student sees and feels their personal growth as they watch others learn information they have mastered themselves.
Kindergarten is the culmination of the Early Childhood program. Children exhibit the independence, critical thinking, problem solving, collaboration, and leadership skills that they have been practicing during their previous years in the Early Childhood classrooms, exercising them independently as they prepare to transition into the Elementary program.
Montessori trained teachers carefully observe their children in the Early Childhood environment, identifying their interests and abilities and developing personalized learning plans tailored to each child’s needs. They guide the learning, introducing new lessons and levels of difficulty as appropriate. The teacher offers the encouragement, time, and tools needed to allow children’s natural curiosities to drive learning, and provides choices that help them learn, grow, and succeed.
Montessori education is a learning model that encourages children's participation in learning activities, as opposed to traditional kindergarten, which mainly focuses on textbook learning.
This learning model promotes self-paced learning, where children take charge of their learning and actively participate in outdoor activities that improve their cognitive abilities.
This philosophy is premised on the fact that children are active learners, and given the opportunity, environment, and guidance, they can learn and develop with their teachers' influence.
