Edmonds Montessori

Edmonds Montessori provides Montessori style education, instruction, and empowerment for early childhood age children. Our course of study comes from the teachings of Maria Montessori; that the child learns from exploration. There are 7 elements that our curriculum is developed around. Practical Life: The skills of daily living Sensorial: Exploring the world Mathematics: From concrete to abstract Language: From spoken to written Cultural: Geography and History Foreign Language: Japanese class Art & Music: Integrated into the prepared environment Edmonds Montessori empowers its students to explore the prepared environment that centers around care of the person, environment, social relations, and movement. Our classrooms offer a multi-age environment for children ages 3-6. As a small school we strive to know our parents personally and our children as individuals. Classes are in session Monday-Thursday 8:30-11:30 and 12:30-3:30. We welcome you to observe, no appointment necessary through our one-way viewing windows. Edmonds Montessori will focus on providing a warm and pleasant environment where children are encouraged to explore, test their own ideas, and learn through trial and error. Developmentally appropriate strategies will be used to ensure children also learn to respect each other, the environment and materials. A key concept in Montessori education is respect of each child as an individual. Words, as well as actions, convey this respect, our teachers practice the art of “active listening” and “I-statements" to help children with their own feelings. As guides to understanding how to make good decisions and choices we can help children develop positive feelings about themselves, and other people in the world. At Edmonds Montessori, we encourage our students to explore their environment. We guide each child, providing consistency, and a sense of order that allows them to work at their own pace. The teachers, are kind, gentle, patient and repetitious.