Toddler Program Curriculum:
Our program for the toddler class offers an environment that contains the following:
Safe, closely supervised, clean physical space that includes an abundance of developmental appropriate material for the children to manipulate.
Staff that offers each child a total feeling of love, security and acceptance through consistent daily nurturing and personal interactions.
Staff that speaks with respect and clarity of vocabulary to all ages to further the development of each child's use of language.
Daily scheduled routine which allows each child to have maximum freedom of movement no manner what their level of physical development.
Carefully organized opportunities which allow a toddler to loam discipline through consideration and respect towards others.
Purposely arranged material which allows the toddler entering the Stage of Order to satisfy this need.
Continuous opportunities for a toddler to solely observe, choose and interact with any material and/or activity during the day which satisfies the need for independence from the adult.
Curriculum for 3 to 6 Class:
The school offers an individualized curriculum that is "child-centered". This allows each child to learn and develop at his/her own pace, all the while obtaining a sense of order, developing coordination, reaching higher levels of concentration thereby, becoming more independent mentally and physically. All of these developing characteristics result in the child gaining much more self confidence in his/her own well being.
The above characteristics are given opportunities for development through the following areas of lessons found in the Montessori environment:
PRACTICAL LIFE
Practical life exercises are the basic foundation to the development and growth of a young child. These exercises are some of the first introduced to the child when entering a Montessori environment. The exercises also satisfy a child's physical social and psychological needs occurring during this developmental stage.
SENSORAL
Sensorial exercises isolate and focus in on one sense at a time. Through this refinement of the five senses, the child develops better organized patterns of behavior as they mature to higher level lessons.
LANGUAGE
Through sensorial presentations, the pre-writing and pre-reading skills of each child are encouraged to develop further. Numerous opportunities for verbal non-verbal, outward and inward expressions of communication are given throughout the course of each day. With every child progressing towards writing and reading, the readers and workbooks from PRIMARY PHONICS and MODERN CURRICULUM PRESS are used to expand their capabilities.
MATHEMATICS
These materials are used in such a way that the child obtains knowledge in a sensorial fashion as when using other types of materials found in the environment. The materials are used to enable the child to take an abstract mathematical equation and work with it in a concrete form. The lessons cover the following:
Concept of numeration
Functions of addition
Multiplication
Subtraction
Division
Place value or Linear counting
COMPUTERS
Through daily use, the child develops their knowledge of the hardware and the many applications of software made available to them. The hardware and software is always being upgraded and updated to allow the child to learn what is applicable to today's technology. Through this approach, computer instruction is then always perceived as fun and challenging.
SOCIAL STUDIES
As with mathematics, these lessons of Geography, historical time events, cultures, holidays, etc., take an abstract concept and allow the child to work with in it a concrete form. The calendar, our solar system and ecological responsibilities are also covered in this area.
SCIENCE
Through sensorial experiences, some of the following topics are conveyed to each child:
Ways of helping the Earth's environment
Plants & humans and their parts
Living/nonliving things
Seasons
Life cycles
Physical sciences
ART
We encourage total creativity through all art form mediums used by the child. Coloring, painting, gluing, and clay are some of the mediums available to the children. Famous artists and their works are also displayed and discussed with the children to show there are no limitations to what they can create.
MUSIC
Singing, dancing to music, rhythm band instruments, experiencing high to low notes, matching notes and styles of music are some of the ways that music is imparted to the children.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Ample time outdoors using the playground equipment and gardening promote the children to develop their Gross Motor skills.
Wagner Montessori School6330 SW 40 Street
Miami, FL 33155
Map305-661-6434
www.WagnerMontessori.com
