Science and Nature
The Science and Nature Curriculum is designed not only to help children discover facts but also to honor the sense of wonder they have about the world. Plants and animals abound in our classrooms. Through the care of our menagerie, through puzzles of flowers, leaves and plants, and through simple experiments, our children's lives become enriched. Our land and water work, introducing the concepts of Lake and Island, is closely connected to the Geography curriculum. Children learn about volcanoes, the layers of the earth, and our solar system.
Perhaps most clearly in the area of science, the power of the Montessori approach is based on an appreciation of the deep and subtle logic that structures play. The children's activities include Sink or Float, Living or Non-Living, Land and Water Forms, the Structure of the Earth, and Botany. Through exercises in channeled curiosity, the children learn some of the most basic elements of the scientific mind: they learning how to classify things, that they can predict the results of experiments, and that through controlled methods they can test their predictions.
