Toddler class (18 months to 2 ½ yrs old)

Infant class (6 weeks old to 18 Months old)

Summer Programs

Sensorial activities gives the kindergarteners a strong foundation in math and help makes associations between Geometrical solids like the Cube, ellipsoid, trapezoid, parellogram….” with objects in the classroom.

Science is a wealth of discovery in the Montessori classroom which includes discussions, listening, experiments (air, water, light, magnets… entrance into the world of the dinosaurs, the solar system…) and field trips. Abstract experiences become concrete at every step (naming parts of a fish entails bringing in a fish for the child to touch, feel and name. We cater to the needs of ‘what’? In the room by naming everything (parts of a horse, flower, fish…). The Science fair at the end of the year reflects a love for learning and the ability of the children to sequence. The increase in self- confidence and language skills is very evident.

In Geography and cultural study units the kindergartens work on more advanced concepts – continents, land forms, map building – they discuss peninsulas, isthmus, and archipelagos with ease and help the younger children find this on the globe. A lot of creative writing and lifestyles exposure to everyday objects form different countries gives them a respect for our environment and the importance of peace.

Art takes many forms and is related to every area of the classroom – creating maps, globes, prisms, illustrating stories………. Different mediums – clay, chalk, paper mache, soap, yarn, and tiles are offered to the child to experiment with.

Music is part of the child’s everyday ‘life’ and is combined with dance, movement and language skills.

French, Japanese and Spanish are part of our curriculum, taught as oral languages emphasing vocabulary and pronounciation.

Noviwoods Montessori offers a well rounded summer program focussing on academic, sports, science and social skills.

We take pride in the fact that the kindergartners are developing ‘life skills’ that help them be successful even beyond their school years. They are learning to make choices, use time management techniques, problem solve, work cooperatively and finish tasks within a reasonable period of time. They are learning how to learn and become life long learners. We see the kindergarten year as a year that leadership skills blossom and is the most fruitful year of the Montessori experience.

• Use decoding strategies by analyzing words & recognizing similarities and patterns.
• Analyzing words & recognizing similarities and patterns.
• Use sign words effectively.
• Pre – reading strategies are utilized to identify and predict.
• Exposure to pattern books, easy reading and poetry.

• Reproduce upper and lower case letters with some reversals without a model.
• Write 1-100
• Learn spelling, high frequency words, grammar, and capitalization.
• Writes personal & fiction stories, thank you notes and journals.

• Demonstrate active listening in a variety of situation.
• Follow oral direction
• Listen without interrupting and respond appropriately to other ideas
• Sustain focused listening throughout discussion
• Resolve conflicts constructively.

• Speak with confidence on the circle.
• Speak in complete sentences
• Speak at science fairs using appropriate body language
• Contribute ideas & response to topic.

• Emphasis on conceptual learning and the use of manipulatives to understand the relationship between concrete or symbolic representation.

• To understand sets, word names and symbols.
• Read numbers and recognize place value.
• To group a given number of objects by 10’s.
• To recognize, write, order the 100 board.
• To work on static and dynamic addition using the decimal system.
• To add numbers in column or horizontal form.
• To work on static & dynamic multiplication.
• Write the calendar.
• To estimate which set is more, or less.
• To read number words.
• To identify the number before/after/between given numbers.
• Compare & identify halves, thirds, fourths using concrete objects.
• To divide a set into equal shares.

• To compare temperatures using terms – warmer/colder/the same.
• To identify coins (penny nickel dime) and state the values of the combination of these coins.
• To exchange coins (e.g. 10 pennies to a dime)
• To make change.
• To tell time by the hour & half hour.
• To read the calendar & know the days in a month and year.
• To find visually and compare objects that are same/shorter longer than a given object.
• To estimate & compare weights (heavier/lighter) using a balance scale.

• Discover & compare properties (sides/angles) of triangle, square, rectangle & circle
• To visualize & sketch geometric shapes.
• To identify geometric solids, sphere, cone, pyramid, rectangular, prism, triangular prism, cylinder, cone, ovoid, ellipsoid and discover many shaped polygons.
• To discover and verbalize many shaped polygons using the constructive triangle materials, trapezoid, parallelogram, rhombus etc.
• To use relationships of near, far, inside, outside on top etc.
• To construct & color graphs.
• To work on the monomial, binomial & trinomial cubes which helps discover abstract mathematical relationships & conduct sensorial exploration.

• Discriminate between Living and Non living.
• Classify animals into common groups and by countries.
• Describe & learn life cycles of insects and animals.
• Describe and locate major body organs.
• Make & memorize parts of flowers, horse, frog, tree etc.
• Classify vertebrates & nonvertebrates, plants & animals.
• Physical science
• Classify objects by smell, texture, shape & color.
• Measure objects using terms- length, width & height
• Separate mixtures
• Describe & predict and present science experiment for the science fair.

• Describe water as a liquid & solid.
• Describe daily weather & seasonal changes.
• Describe and understand land froms – Lake, island, Peninsula, isthmus, archipelago etc.
• Identify landforms on the globe.

• Working on life styles, homes, and animals.
• Climate of different countries.
• Identify hemisphere map.
• Identify countries & states of N. America, Mexico, Europe, Asia & Antarctica.
• To understand & sequence time lines.
• To understand their cultural traditions & compare them to other students.
• To compare family life today to families in other places and times (American, Indian, etc)
• To c
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• onstruct & follow rules in classroom situations.
• To orally express, opinions on issues involving honesty, fairness & rights of other.
• To problem solve conflicts in classroom situation.