The Montessori Society of Central Maryland
Preschool in Lutherville Timonium, MD 21093
The Montessori School, established by the Montessori Society of Central Maryland, Inc., was founded in 1962 by a small group of parents dedicated to providing a Montessori education for their children. Nearly 7,000 students have attended Montessori since its inception and graduates are represented at all private schools as well as a large number of public schools in the Baltimore metropolitan area. The school is accredited by the American Montessori Society and Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Today, The Montessori School includes programs for toddlers through grade six at its Emerson Farm campus at the corner of Falls and Greenspring Valley Roads. This location is also home to its affiliate, Emerson Farm Middle School, a Montessori-based program for grades seven and eight, which opened in 2005. The Maryland Center for Montessori Studies, a Montessori early childhood teacher training program, has been in operation at the Lutherville location since 1993. The Emerson Farm campus, named after the historic farm property that the Montessori Society of Central Maryland purchased and began refurbishing in 1977, now serves approximately 250 students.
Children are eager, spontaneous learners curious about the world around them. And you, the parent, are your childs first teacher. At your knee your child spoke his or her first word, took the first step, heard the first story. The Montessori School is an extension of the education you have begun at home. We at Montessori view education as an aid to life, as a process. Our role is to preserve and nurture your childs natural curiosity and to develop an openness to the limitless possibilities of life.
We believe that children learn best when they are actively involved in the learning process. Children not only learn, but thrive in an environment that is specially prepared to meet their physical, cognitive and social needs, and satisfy their intrinsic interests. Our montessori campuscurriculum offers children freedom of choice in a dynamic, energized classroom where learning is tangible.
- Child Ages:
- 2 years - 14 years
- Rates:
- $$$
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Middle States Commission of Elementary Schools - American Montessori Society Accredited
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday to Friday 7:15 AM - 5:45 PM
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One basic idea of Montessori philosophy is that carried unseen within each child is the person the child will become. To develop to the fullest physical, spiritual, and intellectual potential, the child must have freedom achieved through order and self-discipline.
To a child the world is full of sights and sounds which appear chaotic. From this chaos the child gradually creates order and learns to distinguish among the impressions which assail the senses, thus slowly gaining mastery of self and the environment.
Dr. Maria Montessori created what she called the prepared environment. Among its features is an ordered arrangement of sequential learning materials, designed to be developmentally appropriate and aesthetically appealing. Used in the noncompetitive Montessori classroom, the materials allow each child to develop at his/her own individual rate.
Never let the child risk failure until he has a reasonable chance of success, said Dr. Montessori, understanding the need to acquire basic skills before participating in a competitive learning situation. The years between three and six are not only the prime time for laying an academic foundation, but most importantly the years when a child learns the ground rules of human behavior most easily. These are the years to help a child prepare to take her/his place in society through the acquisition of good habits and manners.
Dr. Montessori recognized that self-motivation is the only valid impulse to learning. Children move themselves toward learning. The teacher prepares the environment, offers activities, functions as a reference person and exemplar and observes the child constantly in order to help the process of learning how to learn. But it is the child who learns, motivated through the work itself, to persist in a chosen task.
The Montessori child is free to learn because of having slowly acquired an inner discipline from exposure to both physical and mental order. This is the core of the philosophy. Habits of concentration, perseverance and thoroughness established in the early years will produce a confident and competent learner in later years.
Montessori introduces children to the joy of learning at an early age and provides a framework in which individual and social discipline go hand in hand.
The American Montessori Society emphasizes the importance of Montessori insights at all agesfor children and adults. Although traditionally in the United States children begin Montessori at age three, the principles of self-motivated learning apply to all ages.
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