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MONTESSORI PEDAGOGY CURRICULUM • Practical Life • Sensorial • Language • Math • Geograpy and Cultural Studies • Science & Nature • Art • Grace and Courtesy • Drama • Yoga • Spanish, French, and Mandarin • Parent and Me SUMMER PROGRAM

Geography and Cultural Studies

Geography is an important part of the Montessori curriculum.  Our program begins with the two hemispheres of Earth, and becomes more and more detailed as children learn about continents and then countries.  Children love to play with puzzles!  We have large, brightly colored wooden geography puzzles; each has a map of a particular continent:  children learn to reassemble the pieces, each representing individual countries.  The students learn the countries of Europe, Asia, Africa, North America, South America and Australia.  One day at the dinner table your three-year-old may inform you that you live in North America.

Supplementing our geographic materials, our Montessori community is filled with children and families from all over the world.  Families are invited to share their customs, lifestyles, music, art and food with the classroom community frequently.  On a daily basis, the children are learning about cultural differences and commonalities.  They come to share our wonder that so many paths, starting from so many far-flung parts of the globe, converge in our little school.