Small, Multi-age Classrooms

 From toddlers to Kindergarten small classes allow teachers to observe and direct students individually. Multi-age classrooms foster a sense of community, promote mutual respect and allow learning to be reinforced between older and younger students. Children absorb learning by observing other children and are not interrupted when they are doing so. In the home-like setting, filled with developmentally appropriate materials, students learn to return materials to  proper places, cleanup after themselves and resolve their own conflicts. Learning grace and courtesy is an integral part of the Montessori curriculum.