French Immersion Program
 

 Toddler (18 smonths to 2.5 years)
 

“Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.”  Maria Montessori


The Toddler Program is based on the Montessori Method of Education and its philosophy.
The environment specifically meets the need of children of this age group in that it promotes sensorial education and independence.  Children learn by repetition, exploring and doing.  They are allowed the freedom to explore areas that interest them.  They engage in practical life exercises that develop their fine motor skills, hand-eye co-ordination, concentration as well as developing independence in the care of self and others. The children learn to respect each other and to interact by building social relationships—sharing and caring.

 

 Pre-School (2.5 years to 4 years)

 
“I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.” Confucius

Our Pre-School Program is a true Montessori environment.  The classroom is equipped with learning materials that cover all areas of learning – Practical Life Exercises, Sensorial Education, Mathematics, Language, Cultural Education, Music, French and Art.  The teacher is a certified, experience Montessori teacher.

Based on Maria Montessori’s philosophy that children learn by doing and through repetition, lessons are introduced in a concrete way and are repeated, through the Three Period Lesson, to help the student thoroughly understand the concepts introduced.  This helps them to successfully complete a Cycle of Activity.  The students learn through activities that involve exploration, manipulations, order, repetition, abstraction, and communication.  Learning is accomplished in an atmosphere that encourages creativity and independence, always being cognizant that children need to enjoy the experience of learning

 Junior and Senior Kindergarten (4 years to 6 years)
 

“The essential thing is for the task to arouse such an interest that it engages the child's whole personality.”

Montessori classrooms are designed to help children fully develop their unique potential through a carefully prepared learning environment that meets their individualized needs. Developmentally appropriate hands-on Montessori materials facilitate learning in a hierarchy from simple to complex and concrete to abstract.

The Junior and Senior Kindergarten Programs are designed, following the Montessori Method of Education, to successfully meet the development milestones and academic expectations for this age group.

The curriculum continues the Pre-School Program with the goal of meeting the developmental needs of the whole child.  The academic program includes French, Music, Art, Physical Education, Geography, History, Science, Zoology, Language Arts and Mathematics.  Students are also taught social skills in manners and etiquette.

 

 Elementary (Grade 1 to Grade 3 )

  

 

Each Elementary classroom has a full-time accredited guide, and an assistant. The Elementary Lower elementary (grades 1-3). These multi-age groupings combine all three grades.

A key feature of Montessori education, multi-age groups allow children to progress at their own pace in both social and academic areas and to both learn from, and help, one another.

The Elementary program builds on the Early Childhood experience, with the same uninterrupted work periods and the child's own questions providing the basis for exploration of the world.

 The Montessori curriculum is built around the five great lessons given at the beginning of each year: creation of earth, coming of plants and animals, the arrival of humans, language, math and invention.

Each year the new students gather for these five group lessons. The older children come if they like, or hear them from afar, experiencing them differently each time dependent upon their own growth in understanding. The teacher designs each lesson using stories, music, impressionistic charts, experiments, and games. The idea is always to inspire, not to require.

 
 

Please contact the administration office for further information.