Montessori Early School

The Academy Early School recognizes that from birth to age six, children are extremely sensitive to language, making it an opportune moment to introduce the enriching experience of a second language. All Early School students study French by listening, remembering and physical participation, establishing the cognitive mechanisms to be multilingual in any language as they develop.

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Physical education not only provides exercise and develops motor skills, but encourages cooperative play through organized games and physical activities. The program focuses on physical, as well as social, intellectual and psychological growth enabling spatial and body awareness and social skills.

The Early School music curriculum includes singing, reciting rhymes and poetry and movement. Students are introduced to signing and pitch, rhythm, beat and inherent musical patterns.

Art is incorporated throughout our Early School curriculum For Kindergartners, our art program is built upon three basic principles: creating, looking at, and living with art. The course encourages exploration, creativity, and self-expression, while developing basic visual arts skills and concepts, and vocabulary that build self-confidence. Lessons often support students’ academic studies for truly cohesive and comprehensive learning