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‘Casa dei Bambini’ or, ‘Children’s House’

Maria Montessori, the founder of the Montessori method of teaching children, established her first classroom in 1907. She called the room ‘Casa dei Bambini’ or, ‘Children’s House.’ She prepared it with objects relative to the size of its students (ages five and under), including small tables and chairs (a practice that is standard in pre-schools today), and learning materials of her design that children’s hands could easily manipulate and master. These materials, still in use in Montessori classrooms, are presented at developmentally appropriate times and contribute to the self-motivated and independent learning experience that is uniquely Montessori.

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Children’s House

Children’s House classes at Oak Meadow are multi-age groupings of twenty students, ages three, four and five, whose learning is guided by a certified Montessori teacher and a classroom assistant. Classes are balanced by gender and age. Children entering this program must be three years old by September 1 of the year they begin attending Oak Meadow. Students in our Children’s House benefit from the Montessori practice of a three year cycle of study with the same teacher.

Students learn by working with materials that offer concrete and tangible representations of abstract concepts. These materials which are organized around the classroom by area of study appeal to young children through sensory pleasing characteristics that promote curiosity, awaken the senses, and inspire self motivation. In the Children’s House program, students love learning because Montessori materials are so engaging.

Our students begin the adventure of acquiring knowledge through the Montessori Curriculum, which includes five areas of study: Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Math, and Culture (science, history, geography, art, music, and Spanish). Students also participate in physical education. The Children’s House program prepares children for readiness into the first year of the Lower Elementary program, our first grade equivalent.

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All Children’s House programs are five days per week. School day hours are:

 

 

Before Care

8:00 AM - 8:20 AM

Full Day (4 classrooms)

8:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Half Day Morning (1 classroom)

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Half Day Afternoon (1 classroom)

12:30 PM - 3:30 PM

After Care

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

After School Programs

3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

 

- Oak Meadow Montessori School - 2 Old Pickard Lane, Littleton, MA 01460 - 978-486-9874 - F: 978-486-3269
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