At Arbor View Montessori School, we Integrate botany curriculum lessons about edible seeds, roots, stems, fruits and vegetables. Montessori teaches with a hands-on sensorial method, different from traditional preschool and day care programs. Our Fun Food and Botany curriculum begins with activities that teach your child how food grows, from…
Arbor View Montessori cheers Prince William and Kate for choosing Montessori for their child. Traditional Preschools and Daycare are good, but if you want the best for your child, choose Montessori. The People Magazine article below, Raising a Future King the Montessori Way, by Diana Pearl and posted January 6,…
At Arbor View Montessori, our job is to provide you the very best care and education for your children. During the formative early years, our highly qualified staff nurture and educate children in a warm, clean and caring environment where natural curiosity is nourished and grows. Our children excel in…
Montessori teaching strategies are very effective at every level, in teaching children to “learn how to learn.” It is a system that focuses on teaching for understanding, using concrete materials to prepare children for future abstract academic. It is these sensorial impressions that become the foundation for a lifetime of…
Children up to six years old see the world in very concrete ways. They learn about their environment through what they see, hear, touch, taste and smell. In a Montessori education children work with learning materials that can be experienced through the senses. Between three and six years old, children…
Carrying the water in a pitcher and pouring it into a basin helps the child to perfect his coordination. At Arbor View Montessori Practical Life Exercises involve the use of water with which most children naturally like to play. As children become absorbed in an activity such as pouring water,…
At Arbor View Montessori School we understand that young children of pre-school and even toddler age have a natural sensitivity for language development which follows closely on the years they learn to speak. By the ages of three, four and five they have a unique fascination for words, both spoken…
At Arbor View Montessori preschool and child care we teachers nurture the artistic spirit of the child and prepare a visually appealing art environment that sets the child’s creativity in motion. To confer the gift of drawing we must create an eye that sees, a hand that obeys, and a…
There are some key questions to remember when thinking about how to select a Montessori school. Before visiting any school, it can pay to contact the staff and ask these three questions to ascertain whether the school is truly a Montessori one. Parents who have decided that they would like…
Every child is unique and precious. Every child deserves the chance to reach his or her intellectual and social potential. Maria Montessori Maria Montessori, the founder of Montessori Education, understood how a good education unlocks and realizes children’s potential. She set up schools for children of all ages, from language…
