Children's Montessori School
Preschool in Lompoc, CA 93436
The mission of Childrens Montessori School is to develop and maintain a Montessori prepared environment in order to enable each child to realize their fullest potential for learning and thereby creating an independent, confident, self-motivated, and contributing member of their community and the world.
This mission is accomplished by:
Trained AMI Montessori guides who adhere to the Montessori principles and are informed of current research on child development.
Showing that all individuals have responsibility toward others and the earth.
Facilitating the involvement of parents, teachers, students and the larger community.- Child Ages:
- 2 years - 12 years
- Rates:
- $
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- California Department of Social Services: Community Care Licensing Division - AMI Accredited
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- 8:00am 2:45pm
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Each child has the need to move, the need to communicate, the need to repeat and perfect abilities and skills, the need to put things in order, to mention just a few. A Montessori classroom with its trained teacher and materials is set up to fulfill these needs and enable a child to develop physical control of his movements, focusing of his attention on an activity in which he is interested, and develop an inner motivation to explore and learn from his environment. The children learn by doing, and they form a community in their classroom, where first they learn care of the materials, second they experience care and concern for their social group and from this, thirdly develop a care of themselves in the form of self esteem and confidence.
She also observed that each child has an internal drive to seek independence. Many people observing the classroom are struck by the fact that the children are moving freely and making choices about what they do. They see calm and courteous behavior where children are counting, washing chairs, reading, drawing, having a snack when they want and being responsible to the group as a whole, i.e. there is a community spirit. They are also struck by the fact that the children are “working”, they are focused and concentrated on an activity that has a purpose.
It is this environment that inspires students to become motivated from within to learn and to strive for excellence.