Montessori Method: The Basics!
Here's a quick read on the Montessori Method.
Find more details about how La Jolla Montessori School uses the Montessori Methods as well as Montessori Goals on our About Us page!
The Montessori Method​
1. The aim of Montessori education is to foster competent, responsible, adaptive children who are lifelong learners and problem solvers.
2. Learning occurs in an inquiring, cooperative, nurturing atmosphere. Students increase their own knowledge through self and teacher-initiated experiences.
3. Learning takes place through the senses. Students learn by manipulating materials and interacting with others. These meaningful experiences are precursors to the abstract understanding of ideas.
4. The individual is considered as a whole. The physical, emotional, social, aesthetic, spiritual, and cognitive needs and interests are inseparable and equally important.
5. Respect and caring attitudes for oneself, others, the environment, and all life are necessary.
6. Like all Montessori classrooms, The La Jolla Village Montessori School incorporates these basic characteristics at all levels. Dedicated teachers, educated in the Montessori philosophy and methodology.
7. A partnership with the child's family, considered an integral part of the individual's total development.
8. A multi-aged, multi-graded, heterogeneous group of students.
9.A diverse set of Montessori materials, activities, and experiences, which are designed to foster physical, intellectual, creative and social independence.
10. A schedule that allows large blocks of uninterrupted time to problem solve, to see the interdisciplinary connections of knowledge, and to create new ideas.
11. A classroom atmosphere that encourages social interaction for cooperative learning, peer teaching, and emotional development.