Elementary Curriculum
About the Elementary Curriculum
The Montessori Elementary Program offers individualized instruction which means that the child may work and be helped on an individual basis. Individualized learning establishes more intimate contact between the student, the teacher and the work. The teacher can become involved with the child in a way other than the “talk and chalk” stance before an entire class.
Montessori individualized instruction deals in the concrete. The program permits a variety of approaches, using at every turn dynamic and colorful manipulative which materialize abstract principles. These beautiful concrete materials are used throughout the entire curriculum, including math, reading, grammar, writing, spelling, geography, history, natural and general science.
Students design a one-week contract with the teacher to guide their required work, to balance their general work, and to teach them to become responsible for their own time management and education. The work of the 6-12 classes includes subjects usually not introduced until high school.
General Educational Objectives
1. Physical Goals:
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Developing a body whose movements are mastered and controlled
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Developing the fine coordination necessary for writing and manipulation of materials
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Learning sports which can be enjoyed into adulthood
2. Emotional Skills
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An awareness of one’s own feelings
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Sensitivity to and consideration for the feelings of others
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An awareness of one’s effect on others
3. Emotional Goal
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Developing a good self image
4. Intellectual Skills
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The mastery of the necessary tools or skills (such as reading, writing, etc.) in
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order to be able to pursue knowledge
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An understanding of how to find information and use various media
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To develop a strong work ethic and study skills
5. Intellectual Goal
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To become a learner who becomes independent of the adult
6. Content Goals
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An understanding of the evolution of life and a feeling of responsibility toward further evolution.
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An understanding that all people have the same basic needs and an appreciation for the variety of ways in which those needs are met.
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An awareness of the interdependence of humankind and nature, with a responsible feeling toward an ecological whole.
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An awareness of the interdependence of people and nations, with a desire for cooperation and peace.