SERVING CHILDREN AGES 6 WEEKS TO 3 YEARS OF AGE

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Practical Life and Motor

• Practical Life and Motor activities help the child refine fine and gross motor skills while helping him/her develop eye-hand coordination, visual acuity and manual dexterity.

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• These activities assist the child’s coordination of large muscles and help with the strengthening finger and hand muscles. 

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• The lessons help the child gain an understanding of object permanence and allow him/her to practice the ability of spatial organization. 

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• Lessons in these avenues help increase the child’s ability to concentrate and to follow sequential steps.

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• The child begins to develop a routine for self-care skills and to care for his/her environment. 

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Sensory 

• Sensory activities include indoor and outdoor lessons and present the child with experiences to use all of his/her senses.

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• These lessons offer an exploration of the child’s creativity and provide him/her with the opportunity to name, identify and match colors; match objects by color, pattern, and texture; and identify objects by using the five senses. 

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• The lessons also provide the child an opportunity to explore size, shape and form with hands on materials. 

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• A refinement of the child’s senses helps him/her to understand the impressions within his/her immediate environment. 

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Language

• Language activities support the child’s natural development of language. 

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• These activities use touch, facial expressions and singing as other means of communication. 

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• They help the child develop and expand his/her vocabulary, name colors, familiar objects and pictures, organize information and practice listening skills. 

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• Through practice and repetition, the child is exposed to rhyming, the beginning, ending and middle sounds of words, and the phonetic sounds of the alphabet.

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• These skills help prepare the child for learning to read. 

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Social

• Social activities provide the child with opportunities to practice routines and behaviors that are mindful of others. 

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• Daily lessons in this area help the child recognize and describe emotions in themselves and others. 

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• This avenue promotes peaceful ways of solving problems and conflict. 

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• Social activities help the child understand and follow instructions, share materials, and expand his/her social skills.    

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Cognitive

• Cognitive activities offer experiences for the child to expand his/her ability to focus, think and concentrate.

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• These lessons encourage and feed the child’s natural curiosity and introduce problems that the child can learn to solve on his/her own.

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• These activities help the child develop logic and to plan and carry out a project. 

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Cultural

• Cultural activities come through exploration of the natural environment and the increased awareness of time as it is lived throughout the year with changing seasons and cultural celebrations. 

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• Life is lived in the Montessori environment and it is shared with plants and animals that are studied and cared for by the children. 

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Art, Music, and Motion

• Art, Music, and Motion are daily activities that occur in the Montessori classroom.

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• They are effective ways to introduce and reinforce such concepts as fellowship, fun, discovery and expression.