Arise Shine Montessori School

Dr Maria Montessori identified “sensitive periods” during a child’s life during which time a child is sensitive to the development of certain skills. She observed that a child learns each skill best in isolation of other skills with real-life applications and with increasing difficulty and repetition. She also advocated “following the child”; that is, giving the right lesson at the right time and allowing the child to participate in his/her own progress. Maria Montessori developed a continuum of lessons where they go from simple to complex and concrete to abstract. The Montessori curriculum is an integrated approach where diverse concepts are presented across the curriculum and in different ways as the children progress through the three-year primary program. Children have repeated opportunities within different contexts to practice and eventually master skills being learned. ASM uses as its curricular base, the Montessori Scope and Sequence from The Montessori Foundation written by Tim Seldin. This curriculum also meets the requirements of the AZ State Standards.

The 5 main components to the Montessori Primary Curriculum are (1) Practical Life, (2) Sensorial (3) Language, (4) Math and (5) Culture