Full Day Kindergarten (Aspens Classroom)
A full day of kindergarten allows students to establish and refine their academic skills in reading and comprehension, writing, critical thinking, and mathematics. During the classroom work period children select work from the Montessori materials on the shelves around the room or from assigned activities in their workbooks. They are able to develop good works habits and refine their academic skills and resource programs in our full-day Kindergarten program. Homework is introduced to the kindergarten students as a way of reinforcing continuity between home and school while developing good study habits. We help with the development of writing skills through our Writer’s Workshop Program. Children develop a sense of completing task and projects which is a focus for this group. In the afternoon, the focus shifts to more enrichment studies. There are cultural study presentations in Science, Geography, Zoology, or Biology with specific follow-up activities.
Resources include Library skills, P.E., Art, Music Appreciation, Spanish and Sign Language. The Montessori curriculum follows the child. Following the child is one place where Montessori differs considerably from traditional education. Rather than following a set simultaneous sequential curriculum, where every child learns the same things every day regardless of their knowledge or aptitude, a more flexible approach is taken. Each child is assessed and begins within the continuum of the ages 3-6 curriculum meaning they are taught at the level they are at for each curriculum area.
There are 3 parent/teacher conferences (September, January and May) during the school year to discuss the progress of your child.