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Howard Ln
Anderson Mill
Pre-Primary
Journey to Independence
18 months - 3 years
Our Pre-Primary program is designed to have a variety of different hands-on Montessori materials and Music activities that strengthen developmental connections within the brain, develop gross motor skills, and concentration.
This includes self-care skills: hand washing, self-feeding, self-dressing, and toilet training. We focus on language development including Spanish through our daily interactions and Montessori lessons, as well as guided fostering of relationships with peers and adults.
An Environment Conducive to Learning
Where so many early childhood programs are chaotic and overwhelming, parents are often surprised to see the peaceful tone of our toddler classroom. The calm atmosphere and lack of distraction helps her to develop impulse control and concentration, planting the seeds for learning in this classroom and beyond.
Not a Classroom, A Community
Our students grow together into a close-knit, caring community. When children work, learn and grow together, they learn much more than any of them could learn alone!
Help Me to Do it Myself
Your child has a natural drive to be independent which we encourage by creating an environment where everything is just the right size for her to do things on her own. Child sized tools that fit her tiny hands allow her to prepare a snack and serve it to friends. A miniature broom empowers her to clean up on her own. She is taught the skills of self-care and toilet training. Your child learns a set of concrete life skills and self-confidence – but, more importantly, develops the belief that she can choose to make a genuine impact on her world.
My daughter is currently enrolled into the toddler classroom (18m-3yrs) and I absolutely love it! I’ve never had a complaint Ms.Lucy is the best you can tell she loves what she does my daughters hair is always done and sometimes you’ll see some of the boys with their hair nice and combed it’s sweet to know how much your child is loved she’s learned so much and it shows I can’t wait to enroll my son! Thank you
- Carlos S., Parent
A Beautiful Environment
Our bright and sunny toddler classrooms are specially designed for your child between the ages of 18 and 36 months. It is a world scaled down to your child’s size. Here, your child paints, cooks, waters the garden, sings songs with friends and plays with materials that develop fine and gross motor coordination.
Absorbing Language
We surround your child with rich and stimulating conversation to support this once-in-a-lifetime period of rapid language development. Your child, trying to blow bubbles, might be encouraged with “Blow! Can you make the air move just like the wind?” Your child’s mind effortlessly absorbs the new vocabulary, which plants the seeds for reading, writing and self-expression in the future.
A Joyful Experience
Maria Montessori once said, “One test of the correctness of the educational procedure is the happiness of the child.” Take a peek into our Toddler classroom and you will see children who are happy, engaged and deeply connected to their friends and teachers. As a result, your child develops a deep affinity for school and a true love-for-learning.
Enrichment Activities
Spanish Immersion
Montessori Oaks is thrilled to introduce our Spanish Immersion Curriculum for our youngest learners, ages 18 months to 3 years. This immersive experience aims to introduce the beautiful world of the Spanish language through Montessori principles, promoting not only language acquisition but also cultural awareness and cognitive development.
Music
In the Montessori view, music is like language; it is an aspect of human expression integrated into daily life. From birth, children delight in and respond to music. Often this delight is expressed through movement. The practical life exercises build foundation skills in whole-body and fine motor control of movement and hand-eye coordination children can use to participate more effectively in musical activities and exercises.
Sports
Objective: To introduce young learners to the world of sports, emphasizing play-based learning, the development of motor skills, teamwork, and sportsmanship.
Sports Focus: Soccer and Basketball
Ready to Move Up
Sometime between the ages of 2 1/2 to 3 years of age, your child’s language skills and self-expression will develop rapidly; he will express a growing confidence in independence and a keen interest in broader concepts; he will want to know what lies ahead, outside of the Toddler Classroom. At this point, he is ready to move up to the Primary Program, for children from the ages of 3 to 6.