Lower Elementary Classroom

Ages 6 to 9 Years Old

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Classroom

Following the Primary Program, children are enrolled in the Montessori elementary school program, which focuses on a child's growing awareness of the universe and the forces at work within it - a "Cosmic Education." Groups of children receive lessons and undertake follow-up work, allowing plenty of opportunity for each to exercise the increased interest in social interaction that typically develops at this age. The Montessori elementary school class structure and curriculum, then, responds to the characteristics of the age group.

There are two major developmental changes that mark this stage of development: the emergence of the reasoning mind and the interest in social organization and peer groups. The elementary child wants to know "how and why," using the imagination as a major tool to explore. With our "Cosmic Education" curriculum, we provide a variety of resources and materials to support the child's efforts to manipulate ideas and explore connections in concrete ways.
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