About Children’s Garden Montessori

Children’s Garden Montessori School follows the guidelines and philosophy of the American Montessori Society. Our curriculum is based on the fully prepared learning environment which provides teachers trained to observe, interact with, and present children with information and presentations of new materials. The Prepared Environment includes a diverse set of Montessori materials, activities, and experiences.  Our schedule  provides long blocks of uninterrupted learning time, along with individual, small group and whole class learning activities.  The classrooms  foster appropriate social interaction and auto-learning. We have clear ground rules that encourage children to respect themselves, others and the environment. Adults in the classroom role-model courtesy, and facilitate exploration and independent choices on the part of the child.  Children collaborate together on activities and projects, and we encourage children to take responsibility for their actions and their environment.

“The secret of good teaching is to regard the child’s intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination. Our aim is not only to make the child understand, and still less to force him to memorize, but so to touch his imagination as to enthuse him to his innermost core.”

From —To Educate the Human Potential— by Maria Montessori