Canyon Park Montessori
Preschool in Bothell, WA 98021
Canyon Park Montessori began in 1985. It was started by Susan Askevold and her mother, Norma Scribner. Sue, our Director and Montessori Teacher, is actively involved in all of the childrens care and the administration of our program. Virginia (Ginny) Holzman, our Head Montessori Teacher, has been with our school for 15 years now. She brings many exciting ideas and activities to our classroom. Marybell Moctezuma is our childcare supervisor and has been with us for the past eight years. She speaks French, as well as Spanish, fluently, and will be assisting in the morning preschool. Dhunitha Yelamali joined as our Art room teacher. She received her Montessori diploma in Sep 2010. Besides her love of childrens art, she teaches cooking every other Thursday and assist Sue with administrative responsibilities. Lisa Schulte is our Bookkeeper and Secretary. She has been with us for the last 13 years. This is Canyon Park Montessori Schools 25th year of operation. We have a full care license for 34 children ages 3-12 years old.
We have a number of dedicated people working for us to bring an enriched program to your children. Bryan Stratton will be teaching music on Tuesday mornings. He will bring in a variety of instruments and songs to sing with the children. Marybell will bring a variety of Spanish, American and other cultural songs and dance for the children to learn on Wednesday mornings. Sylvia Reifers has been teaching Spanish with us for 23 years, coming every Wednesday at 10:30am with a variety of activities for the children, along with many Spanish stories and songs to help give the children an introduction to Spanish. Mr. C is in his 11th year of bringing us some silliness every Wednesday at 12:15 p.m. while teaching the children to sign over 800 vocabulary words. Pamela Cornells Move Over Mozart program offers a good introduction to piano for young children on Thursdays at 12:15 p.m. Maria Potter is our storyteller, who involves the children in her cultural tales and music during our enrichment program every other Friday at 10:30 a.m. We have a wonderful staff, and everyone has been very supportive of our programs and the needs of the children. We look forward to an exciting year!
- Child Ages:
- 3 years - 12 years
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Washington State Department of Early Learning
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday - Friday: 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m
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The Montessori philosophy is based on scientific observations made by Maria Montessori in the early 1900s. Her work with orphaned and poor children led her to develop specific tactile tools and methodology wherein the developmental needs of the child are met through an ordered progression of materials.
A child’s own biological and sociological needs will determine his/her choice of work (the child’s play is his work). The teacher then acts as a facilitator to assist in the use of materials and presentation of the tools. The child is very much his own educator as he learns by doing and observing the results of doing work that is selfcorrecting in nature.
A Sense of Order & Your Childs Work (Cubbies)
One skill and inherent element of the Montessori philosophy and curriculum, is the development of a sense of order. To help children with this, we practice orderly use of materials and their care and have set aside special places for your children to find their personal belongings and school work which they have created while at our school. Where one looks depends upon the source. Paper work done in the main Montessori classroom will be put in each childs individual file folder by that child. These may be found in the file cabinet in front of the front window. Art work is generally placed in their individual art cubbies which are in the art room (although gluing or painting work that is still drying may be on the art cart in the art room).
Extra personal belongings are stored in individual cubbies upstairs. Coats and shoes are kept at individual hooks in the classroom or upstairs (at days end). Parents and children need to check these areas daily as over crowding occurs quickly in our busy environment.
Ask your child to show you his/her folder or cubbie or place for coat and shoes you will be delighted to see the pride with which they do so. Encourage your child to assist in the retrieval of his/her belongings and work accomplished during their work time on a daily basis. This will assist in his/her learning to become independent. It will also benefit the childs independence to be responsible to hang up his own coat and remove his shoes when entering the school. They can more easily find their things when they are responsible for them.
The Philosophy of Our School
CPMS is dedicated to being a happy, healthy environment for the care and education of young children. Our materials provide handson experiences in all areas of learning and enable each child to learn order, concentration, coordination, and independence as they develop selfconfidence. Through the use of the Montessori Method, there is freedom to choose the work that suits a childs developmental needs. Main room shelves are filled with materials designed to meet these needs, and specific unit-enrichment activities are devoted to a central theme.
Our Goal
Our goal is to implement these philosophies in a friendly, safe, and balanced environment where children will want to explore and thereby develop the social, emotional, and physical skills that will enable them to be ready to meet the challenges of their future educational and social environments.
