Sugar Mill Montessori School

The secret of Good Teaching is to regard the Child’s intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown to grow under the heat of flaming Imagination.
~Maria Montessori

• Individualized Instructions
• Child-centered
• Self-paced
• Hands on approach
• Prepared environment
• Interactive
• Freedom of movement
• Mixed-age group

Dr. Maria Montessori Italys first female physician started the first Montessori classroom 1907. Her profound interest in child development and her acute observation of children from various backgrounds and cultures from countries around the world led her to develop this unique method of education.

Montessori education develops the whole child. It is a method of self-directed education using a multi-sensory approach to learning. The essential ingredient in a childs learning is the prepared environment. Through individualized and open-ended instructions children are encouraged to explore question and experience the joy of discovering the world around them.

A prepared learning environment supports a childs natural curiosity encourages creativity and aids cooperative learning. The teacher meticulously prepares the environment and encourages the children to use it. She is merely the facilitator; learning takes place when a student interacts with the Montessori materials. These hands-on experiences enable students to effortlessly assimilate internalize and learn complex concepts thereby establishing a strong foundation for academics. Simple exercises and a creative child-centered environment foster and nurture independence self-reliance responsibility and most of all a quest for knowledge.