The “Children’s House” Ages 2 years (and potty trained)- 4 years-old=
St. Matthew’s Montessori Preschool offers an enriching program designed to teach to the whole child. The class family atmosphere is centered around the Montessori culture of peace, with grace and courtesy. Students are loved and nurtured in a safe, consistent environment. This best enables growth through developmentally appropriate “work” selected during an uninterrupted block of time. Normalization, or the development of self-discipline by experiencing joy in accomplishment, is an integral aspect of nurturing a child’s “Sensitive Period”, the period of time Biologically when absorption of knowledge is wonderfully second nature to children.
The Montessori Method introduces five main subject areas bridging concrete manipulatives to abstract ideas because of the learning capacity that young children have that Maria Montessori described as the “absorbent mind”:
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Room 1
8:45-9:00 – Outside recess (weather permitting)
9:00-9:20 – Potty/wash hands, morning attendance, sharing, stories, calendar, group presentations
9:20-10:15 – Montessori work time: Practical Life, Sensorial, Math, Language, Geography & Science
10:15-10:30 – Potty/wash hands, group snack
10:30-11:00 – Outside Recess (weather permitting)
11:00-11:30 – Bible Lesson/Art project/Story time/Music/Poems
11:30-12:00 – Lunch (exercise grace & courtesy with prayer)
12:00-12:15 – Clean up/Potty
12:20-2:00 – Naptime/Quiet Time
2:00-2:45 – Montessori work time, other activities (art, music, story time)
2:45-3:00 – Clean up, prepare to go home or to daycare
Room 2
8:45-9:00 – Outside recess (weather permitting)
9:00-9:20 – Potty/wash hands, morning attendance, sharing, stories, calendar, group presentations
9:20-10:15 – Montessori work time: Practical Life, Sensorial, Math, Language, Geography & Science
10:15-10:30 – Potty/wash hands, group snack
10:30-11:00 – Bible Lesson/Art project/Story time/Music/Poems
11:00-11:30 – Outside Recess (weather permitting)
11:30-12:00 – Lunch (exercise grace & courtesy with prayer)
12:00-12:15 – Clean up/Potty
12:20-2:00 – Naptime/Quiet Time
2:00-2:45 – Montessori work time, other activities (art, music, story time)
2:45-3:00 – Clean up, prepare to go home or to daycare