At Mountain Boulevard Montessori School, we believe a lasting educational relationship is the foundation to a lifetime of academic success. Our most basic educational principle is to provide those tools that will support our students to become well-rounded, successful citizens of the world. Mountain Boulevard Montessori School provides the best possible learning environment to foster a natural curiosity of learning for all of our students to reach their fullest potential.
Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world.
~ Maria Montessori
Our toddler program is designed as an age-appropriate environment that encourages independence, social-emotional learning, and the child’s natural drive to explore and learn new concepts. Toddler students work on the development of hand-eye coordination, fine motor skills, concentration, sense of order, balance and independence.
Our preschool program offers a wide range of academic materials and subjects to complement various levels of learning. Children are given guided choices for activities to suit their individual levels during uninterrupted work periods. The preschool program is the foundation of the language and mathematics academic portion of the Montessori method.
Our pre-kindergarten program is a more advanced learning environment which focuses on more sophisticated language and mathematics activities. Mathematics activities include addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Language activities include blends, digraphs, word construction, reading flow, reading comprehension, construction of sentences and sentence structure, etc.
Science
Hands-on, simple experiments demonstrate earth-science physical concepts such as magnetism, gravity, light and electricity. Investigation of natures constant elements such as volcanoes, earthquakes, as well as historical aspects of pre-historic creatures such as dinosaurs.
Sensorial
The development and refining of the senses through exploration of the physical world including smell, taste, sight, sound, touch and grading of size, shape and color.
Botany
The study of plants, life cycle of plants, parts of plants, classification of plant parts, how plants grow and care of plants.
Geography & Culture
The study of the Earth and its continents, puzzle maps, Earth’s land and water forms, weather systems, outer space, countries of different continent and various cultural traditions.
Language Arts
Phonetics, symbolic representation of letters, introduction to reading, reading fluency, introduction to Grammar, handwriting (formation and printing) and sentence analysis.
Mathematics
Association of quantity and number symbols, memory work, concrete abstraction, decimal system, arithmetic operations and geometric studies.
Practical Life
Development of practical everyday skills. Practical life activities promote concentration, order, coordination and independence with activities such as pouring, sweeping, buttoning, scrubbing and zippering.
Zoology
Study of animals, mammals & non-mammals, vertebrates & invertebrates, parts of animals, different species, life-cycles of animals and animal habitats & characteristics.
Mountain Boulevard Montessori is accredited as a satellite member of the American Montessori Society. We provide a full-range of Montessori materials and curriculum while adhering to the foundational tenets of the Montessori educational method.
