The Montessori Curriculum

The five key areas of learning in the Montessori environment include: 
Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics and Culture. 

In addition, each term’s theme allow children ample time to study the subject; 
utilising related arts and crafts, music, math, language, cooking and baking which enhance the understanding of the theme.
Examples of themes are My Body, The Elements, Biomes, South Africa, Occupations. 

Every material in a Montessori classroom supports an aspect of child development, 
allowing children to develop their maximum potential and build a solid foundation for life-long learning.

Practical Life – the skills of daily living

Sensorial – exploring the world

Numeracy/Mathematics – from concrete to abstract

Language and Literacy – from spoken to written

Cultural and Environmental Studies- integrated into life

In our Montessori classroom we  design our environment to meet the needs of the child to be creative, to explore, to invent. 
The forms of creativity covered by the curriculum include, but are not limited to, art, baking, music and free play. 

Arts and Crafts

Baking and Cooking

Music

Play

Through play, children learn how to work in groups, to share, to negotiate, to solve conflicts and to speak up for themselves. Our play ground is well equipped (jungle gym, trampoline) and provides opportunities to develop gross motor skills and to encourage imagination (wendy house, sandpit, ball pond) and free play, under constant supervision. Play improves creativity, leads to happier children and helps kids build self-confidence