Alpha Montessori School, Inc.

In a Montessori classroom the teaching materials are divided into four major categories, Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, and Mathematics. Each unit of work is specifically designed to develop skills, evoke a perception and/or convey a concept. As the child uses the various pieces of equipment his own latent potentials are touched and brought forth through a process of auto-education. Practical Life is the foundation for all activities in a Montessori classroom. It includes the mastery of caring for self, the environment and development of social responsibility. Sensorial develops awareness of the environment and ways we relate to one another. Through the development of the senses, refinement of perception and understanding is cultivated. Language includes conversation, articulation, vocabulary, writing, reading, grammar, literature, drama and foreign language. Mathematics the child is introduced to solid quantity and its proportion in various relationships. Our goal is to give the child a concrete frame of reference for later case of mental calculation. Alpha Montessori Classrooms also include Arts & Crafts, Cultivating the Spirit, Geography, Music & Movement, Nutrition, Science, Social Studies, Spanish, Virtues and Yoga.