We have immediate openings for the 2011-12 school year. The VPK at Montessori Village Green consists of a supportive Montessori Curriculum which allows children to master skills in the areas of language, mathematics, science, geography and practical life. The preschool offers a morning and afternoon VPK session. The preschool also offers an extended day program for full day VPK students as well as 3 and young 4 year old class which is tuition based.
Contact the Corporate Director, Michelle Sutton at 733-0442 ext 103 to enroll.
Our classroom
offers a prepared environment, multi-age groupings, independent
learning, hands on discovery-based learning, and a warm and comfortable
positive learning environment. Each child is treated with respect
and kindness.
Our Montessori preschool is committed to the whole child using
the Montessori educational philosophy. Montessori teaches the
children values of self-respect, appreciation of uniqueness and
the recognition of dignity within each person. Our teachers give
lessons on treating everyone with kindness, peacefulness, compassion,
empathy, responsibility and courage.
Learning is on an individual basis as each child progresses at
his or her own pace. A child that learns and masters a skill
quickly will move on to the next level while a child that needs
more time to master a skill will be able to do so without feeling
pressured. All lessons are sequenced moving from concrete to
the abstract.
"LOOK
AT THE CHILD. The most important period of life is not the age
of university studies but the period from birth to the age of
six...for that is when intelligence itself, her greatest implement
is being formed."
Maria Montessori
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Practical
Life
This area is usually the first area the younger
child is introduced to in the classroom. Unlike many traditional
programs where young children may be unable to sit and follow
through with a lesson, our prepared Montessori environment quickly
engages the child. Practical Life lessons are important as they
teach care of the classroom environment, concentration building,
and completion of a lesson. The children build hand strength
and control, hand- eye coordination, a sense of order and feelings
of accomplishment.
Sensorial
Materials
The sensorial materials teach heightened perception,
focused observations and fine discrimination and classification.
These skills play a major role in helping our children to develop
their sense of logic, concentration, coordination, order and
independence.
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Language
Exercises
Language skills are a very important part of
a child's life. Without the skills to communicate, a child would
be frustrated by the inability to express himself/herself. The
language area consists of developing oral language, writing,
reading and creative expression. Our goal is to give the child
a love of reading and the skill to express himself.
Math Exercises
Montessori materials are designed with precision
so that the child learns multiple concepts with hands-on activities.
Each new math concept is isolated and presented in a way that
gradually moves the child from the concrete to the abstract.
A child will master one math skill before moving on to the next
lesson.
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