Spring Bilingual Montessori Academy
Preschool in Kensington, MD 20895
For over 40 years, Spring BMA has protected and encouraged children, and at the same time challenged and stretched them to the limits of their intellect and imaginations. Children arrive at Spring as 2 year olds, barely out of diapers, and leave after kindergarten at the age of 6: confident, assured and well-educated, possessing qualities of mind and character which serve them well as they continue to learn and achieve.
Within the walls of our school children become literate and numerate. They develop pride in their own accomplishments and respect for the talents of their classmates. This is, above all, where children learn how it feels to do ones best work, and to have the effort as well as the product recognized and celebrated.
We believe that children learn best when they learn with others who are both similar and different from themselves. It is with great pride, that we note that both our student population and our staff are diverse racially, socio-economically and geographically.
- Child Ages:
- 2.5 years - 6 years
- Rates:
- $
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Maryland State Department of Education Division of Early Childhood Development
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday - Friday: 7:30AM - 6PM
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We see education as a preparation for life that does not begin or end with the acquisition of academic skills. Spring Bilingual Montessori Academy offers an orderly, nurturing and understanding prepared environment, which fosters your childs physical, emotional, social and spiritual growth, as well as the intellectual and academic. The schools role is to nurture the childs natural love for learning, work and order through self-discipline, mastering positive attitudes toward learning and achieving ever-increasing levels of independence.
Participation in a mixed-age community provides many role models for learning, and develops respect for the feelings, ideas, and different abilities and cultures of others. Lessons are given individually or in small groups, so the needs of each child are met when they arise. While Montessori children often may read, write and work arithmetic problems before 4 years of age, the emphasis is not on academic achievement but on development of each childs unique potential.
Repetition of the exercises develops concentration and inner calm. The self-correcting materials allow the children to discover and correct their own errors. Free to talk and move around, they develop not only an astounding physical grace and control of movement but a true social community. A mixed-age classroom offers role models, mentors and peers of all ages. All children experience the opportunity to learn from, and pass on their knowledge to, each of the others. In an environment of peace, mutual respect and cooperation, under the guidance of a trained teacher, children work unobstructed, at their own individual pace in a loving, nurturing atmosphere.The Bilingual Component
The Spring Academy program has been proven effective over the years both for native English-speaking children and for those with another mother tongue. The success of our program is grounded in Maria Montessoris discovery of the very young childs special sensitivity to language, which enables children to absorb a new language effortlessly and naturally in the first 6 years of life.
Our classroom environments are bilingual in the same way as a bilingual home where the two parents each speak to their child only in their own tongue. The Montessori Directress addresses the children in English, which is the language of instruction in the Montessori classroom. Meanwhile, her Assistant speaks exclusively the foreign language of the class. The children also receive direct instruction from the foreign language teacher daily through a period of immersion in the secondary language.
