Montessori Method

Why Choose Arbor View Montessori Preschool for the New Year?

Exploring preschool and daycare options for 2024? The new year is the perfect time! Consider the benefits of enrolling in Arbor View Montessori Preschool program: Limited spots for 2024! Register now to secure your child’s place for the new year and save $200. Call 916-787-4004 to schedule a tour.

Why Choose Arbor View Montessori Preschool for the New Year?

Child-Centered Learning: Each child is respected as an individual and our teaching methods are tailored to their unique needs and pace. Fostering Creativity & Independence: Our classrooms are designed to stimulate imagination and independence. Traditional Montessori Curriculum: Language; reading and writing, Math, Science, Practical Life Experiences, Creative Arts, Movement and…

Language in the Montessori Classroom

At an early age the child meets the alphabetical symbols by using sandpaper letters. By using the material, the child sees the shape, feels the shape, and learns the sound of the letter, to which the teacher repeats the phonetic sounds of the letters before he or she learns the…

The Color Tablets

The child’s first introduction to color is a box containing six tablets–two red, two blue and two yellow. All the other tablets are the same size, shape and texture. They differ only in highly contrasting color. In this exercise, the child pairs the tablets and learns the corresponding names. This…

Sound Boxes

Preschool Sensorial Learning part 4 In this blog about sensorial Montessori curriculum we present Sound Boxes. At Arbor View Montessori we use Sensorial Materials in the Montessori classroom, which increases the child’s awareness and helps the child form more distinguished impressions of their surroundings. The Sound Boxes To help children…

The Red Rods

Sensorial Materials in the Montessori Classroom – Part 3 This is part three of a multi part blog about sensorial Montessori curriculum. At Arbor View Montessori we use Sensorial Materials in the Montessori classroom that increases the child’s awareness and helps the child form more distinguished impressions of their surroundings.…

The Pink Tower

Sensorial Materials in the Montessori Classroom – Part 1 At Arbor View Montessori we use Sensorial Materials in the Montessori classroom that increases the child’s awareness and helps the child form more distinguished impressions of their surroundings. This brings order and knowledge to the child, and helps him or her…

About Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and the founder of the Montessori method, which is the teaching method used at Arbor View Montessori Preschool and Child Care in Roseville California. She was born in Chiaravalle, northern Italy in 1870, the only child of middle class parents. Maria wanted to become…

Development and Milestones

Healthy Development Maria Montessori understood the early years of a child’s life are key to a child’s development. When children are able to grow with their social, emotional and educational needs being met, then you have an environment that is conducive to healthy development. This is the foundation of our…

Choosing a Montessori Preschool

Parents that decided they like Montessori for their children must think carefully about how to select Montessori school if they are to ensure that their children receive the actual the education they want. Some Montessori preschools do not actually follow true Montessori principles or structure. Parents can ask three important…