OUR MISSIOn
Smart Start Montessori Home School utilizes the Montessori method in its mission to provide a superior education that meets the needs of the diverse families in its communities. Through our commitment to Montessori materials and training, we wish to provide an environment that encourages the balanced development of body, mind and spirit leading to the fulfillment of each child's individual academic and personal potential.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
Dr. Maria Montessori, an Italian medical doctor and educator, developed a method of education with a philosophy based on the natural development of children. Dr. Montessori saw education as an aid to life. Therefore, learning to prepare a snack and clean up afterwards is an important as understanding the concept of reading and writing skills.
Observers are always struck by the calm that prevails in the Montessori classroom, a self discipline that is obtained as a result of having children occupied and on task. Through carefully planned initial exercises, the child experiences success in his efforts and thus acquires a sense of security and confidence as an independent learner. Children develop the courage to be creative, self expressive and original in their attempts to express themselves.
The chief objective of the Montessori philosophy is to introduce children to the joy of learning at an early age and to provide a framework in which intellectual and social disciplines are equally emphasized.
In our environments, movement is the natural steady state for a young child because it is through motion that he learns.
We see children coming to grips with their environment, and we often call it play, but it is indeed work. The touching, the manipulating, the tasting, the smelling, the playing are all part of what children call “work”. Work is associated with playing and playing is associated with work. In other words, constructive movement as part of the processes of learning is constantly a part of the joy of learning in every activity the child works with.
Our program accepts the endless energies, the creative impulses, and insatiable curiosities of the children and gradually directs their efforts into rewarding channels. Children have a strong natural desire to learn. This desire can best be nurtured by allowing the child to choose his or her own activities and to work at his or her own pace. No one can produce a better lesson schedule than the one produced by the child's own interests. When they are ready for each step in their development, their enthusiasm for this next part of the program becomes obvious.
Observers are always struck by the calm that prevails in the Montessori classroom, a self discipline that is obtained as a result of having children occupied and on task. Through carefully planned initial exercises, the child experiences success in his efforts and thus acquires a sense of security and confidence as an independent learner. Children develop the courage to be creative, self expressive and original in their attempts to express themselves.
The chief objective of the Montessori philosophy is to introduce children to the joy of learning at an early age and to provide a framework in which intellectual and social disciplines are equally emphasized.
In our environments, movement is the natural steady state for a young child because it is through motion that he learns.
We see children coming to grips with their environment, and we often call it play, but it is indeed work. The touching, the manipulating, the tasting, the smelling, the playing are all part of what children call “work”. Work is associated with playing and playing is associated with work. In other words, constructive movement as part of the processes of learning is constantly a part of the joy of learning in every activity the child works with.
Our program accepts the endless energies, the creative impulses, and insatiable curiosities of the children and gradually directs their efforts into rewarding channels. Children have a strong natural desire to learn. This desire can best be nurtured by allowing the child to choose his or her own activities and to work at his or her own pace. No one can produce a better lesson schedule than the one produced by the child's own interests. When they are ready for each step in their development, their enthusiasm for this next part of the program becomes obvious.