Montessori Curriculum
Our Montessori curriculum nurtures deep understanding by guiding children from concrete hands-on exploration to abstract thinking. Using scientifically designed materials, learners build knowledge through concrete experiences that form the foundation for lifelong learning.
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"What the hand does, the mind remember." - Maria Montessori
Practical Life
Practical Life involves everyday activities that help children care for themselves, others, and their environment. Through tasks like spooning, pouring, and dressing frames, children develop self-help skills while fostering independence, responsibility, and self-confidence.
Grace and courtesy lessons nurture empathy, self-regulation, and respectful social interactions, while control of movement activities strengthen balance, coordination, and concentration, laying strong foundations for writing, reading, and problem-solving.
Sensorial
Montessori Sensorial learning helps children explore and refine their senses using hands-on materials that highlight qualities like color, texture, shape, or sound, one at a time. These thoughtfully designed materials guide children to discover independently, notice subtle differences and patterns, and sharpen their observation skills, building a strong foundation for thinking and learning.
Mathematics
Children begin their math journey by exploring quantity using hands-on materials like number rods, counters, and golden beads, making abstract ideas concrete. As their understanding grows, they are introduced to number symbols and written numerals, progressing from 1–10 to larger numbers and basic operations. This concrete-to-abstract approach fosters strong number sense, logical thinking, confidence, and a solid foundation for everyday problem-solving.
Language
Language learning unfolds naturally, beginning with rich conversation and sound awareness, then developing into reading and writing through a strong phonetic approach. Children explore letter sounds using tactile materials like sandpaper letters and the movable alphabet to build real words. This hands-on, engaging process fosters confidence, a love of language, and aligns with New Zealand’s structured literacy approach, giving children a strong foundation in phonics, decoding, and early writing for a smooth transition to primary school.
Cultural
Cultural activities help children understand the world through hands-on experiences, stories, and real-life connections.
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Geography – Where People Live: Children explore land, water, continents, and countries using puzzles, globes, and maps, learning that the Earth is made up of many different places and people.
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Science & Nature: Children investigate plants, animals, seasons, weather, and simple experiments, discovering how things grow, change, and how to care for living things.
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History: Children learn about time through routines, calendars, and discussions of the past and present, including important figures and celebrations.
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Culture & Diversity: Children explore food, music, dress, and traditions from around the world, fostering respect and curiosity for how others live.
Art & Drama
Children engage in art and drama through a variety of creative experiences. They explore different art mediums such as crayons, pencils, paint, pastels, and clay, discover the techniques of real artists, and get creative with their own artwork. Through finger puppets, story baskets, and role play, children develop imagination, self-expression, and confidence while bringing stories and ideas to life.
These experiences also support early language development, both verbal and non-verbal, as children practice mark-making, storytelling, and expressing ideas through movement and dialogue.
Music & Movement
Our music and movement sessions happen daily, giving children opportunities to sing rhymes, dance to action songs, and explore instruments, beat, and rhythm. These opportunities support gross motor skills, coordination, and language development, while fostering creativity, self-expression, and a love of music.