• Montessori encourages individualism and self-directed learning to create a greater sense of self confidence in the child and willingness to explore his environment.
  • Children learn the importance and are encouraged to respect others, classroom materials and their environment.
  • A mixed-age setting cultivates a sense of community as there are no awards or competition within the classroom.
  • Older children take pride in working with younger children to finish activities without adult assistance, if necessary.
  • A "prepared environment" provides order for children to work and enjoy freedom within the limits of the classroom to grow in a positive, supportive way.
  • Working in a Montessori classroom allows the child to gain these traits: concentration, order, coordination and independence.
  • Learning is a “hands-on” and activity based approach that emphasizes concrete learning with self-correcting materials.
  • Compared to various other forms of traditional education, Montessori graduates often score higher than their public and private school peers in all aspects of testing including: language (reading and comprehension), mathematics, meaningful social interactions with peers, stronger understanding of complex subject matter and overall respect for their environmental surroundings.
  • The Montessori method is meant to help children with all different types of academic abilities.