Our Programs

Montessori Principles:

Children pass through sensitive periods of learning that enable them to absorb specific kinds of knowledge more rapidly than at any other time in their lives.

Children require a highly interactive, hands-on educational environment to become self-motivated and successful learners.

Children develop intrinsic motivation and learn through problem solving and critical thinking skills. Each child’s path to educational success is unique.

Multi-age groupings allow for individual differences.  Older children help younger ones, while reinforcing their own learning.

Montessori Curriculum Areas:

Practical Life: These exercises are a hallmark of Montessori education.  They revolve around care of self, grace and courtesy, control of movement, and care of the environment.  Practical Life in Montessori is purposeful activity, develops motor control and coordination, and develops independence, concentration, and a sense of responsibility.

Cultural:  This area includes lessons in geography, history, biology (botany and zoology), science, art, and music.  Cultural education helps children develop a deeper understanding and appreciation of the world and promotes empathy and compassion for others.  As they explore, children develop skills such as observation, prediction, sequencing, questioning, organizing, comparing, and contrasting.

Sensorial:  These activities are designed to help children develop and refine their senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell).  Sensorial exercises teach perspective, discrimination, and order.  They help students learn how to organize their environment, classify objects, and use logic to make sense of the world around them.

Math:  The Montessori mathematics curriculum is an amazing and highly successful approach. This curriculum consists of remarkable hands-on materials, detailed lessons, one-on-one instruction, life application, and deep levels of understanding process, not just memorizing.

Language:  The Montessori approach to language and literacy emphasizes oral language development from an early age, building a strong foundation for learning to read and write. Montessori is a phonics-based approach that aligns with the science of reading.  MSP students are taught cursive handwriting.

Other things you will find at MSP:

• MSP ensures low teacher-student ratios, with the Toddler classrooms at 1:5 (in Entry North) and 1:6 (in Entry South) and then 1:12 in classrooms there after.
• At MSP, we not only foster relationships with children, but also their families.  Parents are invited to learn more about Montessori education.  MSP provides numerous workshops that explain Montessori philosophy and how things are done in a Montessori classroom.  Many of the workshops demonstrate the varied hands-on materials that are used to teach academic concepts.
• Scheduled conferences allow parents and teachers to work together to help children grow in academic confidence, as well as to develop discipline, and responsibility.  Our goal is to aid parents in providing a collaborative relationship between home and school.
• MSP’s open door policy for parents provides opportunities for families to observe.  We welcome and encourage parent volunteers at all levels.