West End Montessori School - Quioccasin Road
Preschool in Henrico, VA 23229
West End Montessori (WEMS) sees its role as being assistants to the parents. Nurturing your children is the most important job we have. We understand that we are setting a life-pattern for your child by providing support for their intellectual and emotional growth at this point of life. We hope that each childs experiences at WEMS will allow them to develop a sense of self-confidence that encourages inquisitiveness, initiative and independence in learning for the joy of learning.
- Child Ages:
- 1.5 years - 13 years
- Rates:
- $$
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Virginia Department of Social Services
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- 7:45 a.m. - 5:30p.m.
Monday - Friday
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Maria Montessori based her method on the idea of following the child. If your child has been in the primary class, you have an idea of what this entails. Your child has been learning to be self-sufficient in his work and thoughts. The children in the primary classes are also absorbing information from their environment and ordering it in their growing minds. Their love of learning is blooming as they are trying new works and repeating their favorites. Montessori developed a method in which the child could grow in an independent and positive manner. Just as this ideal begins in the primary classes, it follows through into the elementary years.
Montessori said the goal of education is, the development of a complete human being, oriented to the environment, and adapted to his or her time, place, and culture (Lillard 3). She studied the children as whole human beings. Rather than educating just a part of the child, she believed that it was highly important to guide them to be self-sufficient people in the world that they live in. This begins in the primary classes. The children begin by learning basic practical life activities. These basics are the foundations not just for the elementary curriculum, but also for life in general.
