Lower Elementary Program
Age of Children to be Served
The Lower Elementary Program comprise of Grade 1, Grade 2, and Grade 3.
Lower Elementary Program Curriculum
The Lower Elementary curriculum includes: Advance Practical Life, Mathematics, Language Arts, Cultural and Science, Geography, Botany, Zoology, History and Conflict Resolution. In addition there are several science activities and experiments.
Practical Life – These activities refer to presentations and activities that provide students with opportunities to learn, practice, and develop motor skills, develop confidence in their abilities, develop independence and learn to get along with others. In the Montessori classroom, these activities focus on developing real-life skills which give the children ample interesting opportunities to learn and control their own movement, care for themselves and others, and practice grace and courtesies. In this way, not only do each student benefit from his/her participation in a Practical Life activity, but the entire classroom and the school community benefit from that student’s contribution.
Sensorial Activities – These assist the child in organizing and simplifying the learning experience. It creates an awareness of the environment and encourages mastery through repetition. Sensorial exercises also strengthen and refine each of the child’s senses and pincer grasp.
Language Arts – The Montessori Language Arts curriculum offers a unique and effective method of engaging children in reading, writing , literature, sentence analysis, and mechanics of the English language. Children are an integral and active part of each lesson, dissimilar to the method of teaching language in traditional schools where learning is passive and abstract.
Mathematics – A carefully sequenced progression of Mathematical activities from concrete to more abstract materials, simple to increasingly complex operations and lastly tools for memorization of facts, ensure the child’s whole brain development. The process of problem solving are first and foremost. There is movement, active participation, and opportunities to problem solve which stimulate all four lobes of the brain, and nourish the child’s interest. Mathematical concepts are learned with ease and true understanding because the materials and the lessons connect the hand and the mind in a crucial and powerful way.
Science – The goal of the Montessori science curriculum is to provide children with an opportunity to interact with, explore, categorize experiences, understand and inquire about the many forms of life, and energy surrounding them. A child gains thorough knowledge and gratitude through discovery, examination, and new vocabulary. For example, The study of Botany give children the opportunity to explore the world of plants, their unique features, parts, functions, and importance while learning new vocabulary. The curriculum covers lessons in Botany, Zoology, Physical Science, and Health Science.
Geography – The study of Geography is not just about landforms, but how they are formed, how they have changed, how they have been used and how they have influenced people and animals. Maps of countries become more than just names and capitals but become a subject to study history, flags, culture, people and many more limitless subjects which are at a child’s disposal.
History – The lessons offer a clear and complete picture of human history and children begin to understand and appreciate people, cultures, inventions, and the fundamental needs of human beings. They learn about early civilizations and are able to make comparison with those of today. They also learn the importance of personal timelines and how history of the family is constructed and preserved.