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Thanksgiving Gratitude for Parents

Arbor View Montessori wants to extend a special thanks to all the parents who joined us for our Thanksgiving feast. We are thankful for all the great food you provided for our children. Parent’s support and participation make Arbor View Montessori School such a special place for your children to…

Montessori or Public Kindergarten?

Many parents who choose Montessori for their preschoolers want their children to continue Montessori through kindergarten if it is available.  Some parents look upon Montessori as a preschool preparation for public kindergarten.  These parents feel a Montessori school is a place where a very young child can be taken care…

Underpinning of Montessori

The basic belief underpinning the Montessori Method was the belief that the essential factor in the Montessori outlook is that it is not the adult who creates the child; it is the child who, through his experiences, creates a human being (Seldin, 1996, p. 8). Dr. Montessori felt that this…

February Calendar

Welcome to February. We have a busy month ahead of us and the staff and I would like to share some of it with you. Please make note of all the activities so you won=t be left out of things! Calendar Feb. 10th – Valentine’s Day Party {10:30-11:30} Feb. 15th-…

December Curriculum

Cultural Subjects: During the month of December, the children will be discussing different holidays as part of our geography studies. In the midst of all this excitement, we are still maintaining our regular curriculum as well as rehearsing for the Holiday Show on December 23 at 11:00am. A sign-up sheet…

The Color Tablets & Grading the Colors

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…