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Mission and Curriculum
It is our mission to provide quality care to children in a safe, healthy, nurturing and loving environment. The Kinderland Montessori School curriculum supports the development and learning of each child.
Our goal is to provide appropriate activities to develop each child socially, emotionally, physically, linguistically and cognitively through the guidance of our highly trained staff.
Our program is designed to build self-confidence and promote curiosity, initiative, and love of learning.
Our curriculum is built to bring the world into the classroom. We provide Montessori materials and highly academic teacher-directed activities for their academic development; as well as process-based Art to allow the child to nurture their creativity; along with Music & Movement to promote gross motor development. We provide a comprehensive curriculum that starts with exploration and experimentation while incorporating broad-based learning experiences that provide the foundation for academic success and lifelong skills.
The school has a rich and broad bilingual curriculum in both English and Spanish and covers the following areas of concentration:
• PRE READING AND READING
• PRE WRITING AND WRITING
• SCIENCE
• MATH
• COOKING
• ART
• MUSIC & MOVEMENT
• SMALL GROUP LEARNING ACTIVITIES
• GROUP TIME
• OUTDOOR PLAY
• LARGE MOTOR SKILL BUILDING
• QUALITY LITERATURE
• FIELD TRIPS
• GARDENING
• YOGA
Philosophy
Kinderland Montessori School’s philosophy is one that acknowledges and respects the uniqueness of each child in a bilingual environment. It also supports the belief that a child’s strong sense of self esteem comes from experiencing success within an age appropriate environment enhanced by a rich, stimulating academic curriculum. We are interested in helping each child to fulfill his potential.
The curriculum engages children’s learning in all developmental areas with Montessori materials, text books, as well as with other didactic materials, while at the same time allowing for individual differences in learning styles and encouraging creativity through a variety of experiences.
Our overall goals for the children in our program are: a strong sense of self-confidence and self-esteem, development of the whole child with emphasis on social/emotional skills and independence while at the same time preparing them for the academic challenges in the future.
Specifically, These Include:
DEVELOPMENT OF SELF CONFIDENCE AND SELF ESTEEM
• Positive identity and self respect.
• Trust.
• Empowerment to make choices.
• Taking initiative.
• Mastery.
• Expressing creativity.
• Willingness to risk.
• Feeling autonomous and self reliant.
• Expressing needs, feelings and ideas.
DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL/EMOTIONAL SKILLS
• Problem solving and conflict resolution
• Cooperating in play and work
• Developing trust in peers and adults
• Belonging to and participating in groups
• Becoming a leader and a follower
• Expressing feelings
• Developing good listening skills
• Making friends, being friends and sharing friends
• Having fun!
DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE CHILD
• Social/Emotional skills.
• Communication skills.
• Language development.
• Physical skills.
• Intellectual abilities/Cognitive skills.
• Creativity.
THE VALUES AND GOALS WE USE TO IMPLEMENT OUR PHILOSOPHY
• Maintain a SAFE, supportive, and stimulating bilingual environment.
• Facilitate learning through Montessori materials as well as academic exercises.
• Respect children’s uniqueness and recognize and celebrate individual differences.
• Create a trusting, predictable environment.
• Development of an environment that says “YES” to exploring, experimenting, discovering, and having fun with friends and being a child!.
• Emphasis on the “process” (which is the immersion in the “doing”) rather than the “product” when it comes to ART.
• Use of positive language.
• Model empathy and compassion.
• Encourage children to take risks.
• Help children make a balance of choices.
• Keep a sense of humor and create laughter.
• Provide a “child-centered atmosphere” which evolves from the interests of the children as well as successfully planned and implemented units provided by the teachers therefore the child feels in his/her comfort zone at all times.
• Cultivate curriculum which is continually developed and revised to ensure a variety of developmentally appropriate bilingual experiences for children.
Our Facility
We have 4 primary classrooms, each classroom has two teachers: one teacher speaks English and the teacher's assistant speaks Spanish.
We also have one toddler classroom for ages 24-36 months.
1 nest classroom ages 3 to 24 months.
1 lower elementary classroom & 1 upper Elementary classroom.
We have lovely outdoor grass areas with large trees that provide shade and 3 safe playgrounds for each age group. Beautiful gardening area and orchard. Children love being outdoors, and when they see ours, they hardly ever want to leave!.
