Conventional teaching methods assume children need incentives or the threat of consequences to motivate them to perform well. Montessori assumes the opposite—that children are naturally interested in learning. Just look at how very young children rarely get bored, enthusiastically explore new environments, ask endless questions, take incredible risks and automatically touch and taste anything unfamiliar.
 
The Montessori approach to education nurtures your child’s intrinsic desire to learn. Children learn by doing and through directed play, exploring sensory materials specially designed to translate abstract concepts into concrete understanding. Guided by one of three certified Montessori classroom teachers — referred to as 女导演 for their role as observers and sources of inspiration rather than lecturers — children work at their own pace, repeating and building upon sequential exercises until a skill is mastered. Mixed age groups offer the opportunity for cooperative learning, wherein more advanced students model skills for their younger peers, which more closely resembles interactions in the real world.

Montessori curriculum focuses on development in the following areas:

11项清单.

  • 实际生活

    • Care of self and environment
    • Grace and courtesy toward others
    • Independence and concentration/focus

  • 感觉

    • Refinement of senses for intellectual growth
    • Sight, sound, touch, taste, smell

  • 数学

    • Progression from concrete to abstract concepts
    • 实际材料

  • 语言

    • Spoken word and song
    • Phonetic reading and writing
    • 西班牙语
    • 图书馆的时间

  • 科学

    • Botany, zoology and life science
    • Hands-on lessons in school garden and with class pet

  • 地理位置

    • 世界文化
    • Flag- and map-making
    • Land and water forms

  • 艺术

    • Study of fine art and drama
    • Developing skills with various media

  • 音乐

    • 每天唱歌
    • 蒙特梭利的钟声
    • 音乐与动作

  • 电脑

    • Basic keyboarding skills
    • Montessori-designed software

  • 宗教

    • Opportunities for spiritual reflection and prayer
    • 道德发展

  • 体育课

    • 音乐与动作
    • Ability to move and play throughout the day
    • Ice skating and swimming (kindergarten)
    • 瑜伽

Extracurricular 活动

  • Kindermusic for Montessori
  • Little Racquets for Montessori
  • Taekwondo for Montessori
  • Tumbling for Montessori

Recommended reading for more information

吸收性思维 玛丽亚·蒙台梭利
 
Learning How to Learn: An American Approach to Montessori by Nancy McCormick Rambusch
 
Montessori: The 科学 Behind the Genius by Angeline Stoll Lillard
 
The Essential Montessori: An Introduction to the Woman, the Writings, the Method, and the Movement 伊丽莎白·G. Hainstock

玛利亚蒙特梭利

We discovered that education is not something which the teacher does, but that it is a natural process which develops spontaneously in the human being.

邮寄地址

34001 Cedar Road, Gates Mills, Ohio 44040
phone: (440) 473-8000

校区地址
An independent, Catholic, coed, day and boarding school in the Holy Cross tradition. Toddler-Grade 12.