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The Montessori material presented to your child embodies both traditional and unique Montessori
subjects such as Practical Life, Sensorial, Culture, Language and Mathematics.
The Practical Life materials are simple distillations of everyday activities undertaken by adults. The
area is specially designed for your child to gain functional independence and self-confidence. These
exercises go far beyond their visible purpose. Practical Life develops your child’s concentration, fine
and gross motor skills, orderly work habits, perseverance and precision.
The Sensorial materials provide your child with the “keys to the environment” and give your child the
opportunity to be familiarized with abstract concepts (for example, dimensions and shapes). The
Sensorial materials widen the scope for your child to become an independent thinker. The ability to
understand and construct abstractions allows your child to progress in cultural and intellectual knowledge.
Children need to be exposed to their physical and cultural environment. The Culture materials are
presented as exercises to give your child the opportunity for exploration pertaining to all aspects of
the world. Your child will be exposed to science, history, geography, art and music. These activities are
provided to your child for a continuous learning experience.
Language is integrated into all aspects of the Montessori classroom from playing listening games, to
reading stories as well as recalling experiences. From an early age, your child is exposed to precise
language for concepts and qualities. Your child is invited to express and articulate his/her thoughts
and experiences to further develop his/her language skills. Reading and writing skills are learned
through specially designed phonetic material.
In Mathematics, your child is presented to concrete, “hands-on” mathematical materials and exercises
which allow him/her to easily grasp the concepts of numeration, the decimal system, place value and
the four operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication and division).
“In the words of the child: I hear and I forget,
I see and I remember, I do and I understand ...”
– Dr. Maria Montessori
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