Summer Math Program
At Arbor View Montessori Preschool, children learn the basic concepts of numbers and mathematics using concrete materials during the preschool years when they enjoy engaging with the activities.
A View of the Montessori Classroom
The Montessori classroom is a child’s world. It is created to meet the needs of the child and adapted to his or her size. It is designed to meet the space, needs and interests of children between the ages of three and six. It is designed to put the child…
The Color Tablets
The child’s first introduction to color is a box containing six tablets–two red, two blue and two yellow. All the other tablets are the same size, shape and texture. They differ only in highly contrasting color. In this exercise, the child pairs the tablets and learns the corresponding names. This…
The Red Rods
Sensorial Materials in the Montessori Classroom – Part 3 This is part three of a multi part blog about sensorial Montessori curriculum. At Arbor View Montessori we use Sensorial Materials in the Montessori classroom that increases the child’s awareness and helps the child form more distinguished impressions of their surroundings.…
The Pink Tower
Sensorial Materials in the Montessori Classroom – Part 1 At Arbor View Montessori we use Sensorial Materials in the Montessori classroom that increases the child’s awareness and helps the child form more distinguished impressions of their surroundings. This brings order and knowledge to the child, and helps him or her…
About Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and the founder of the Montessori method, which is the teaching method used at Arbor View Montessori Preschool and Child Care in Roseville California. She was born in Chiaravalle, northern Italy in 1870, the only child of middle class parents. Maria wanted to become…
Development and Milestones
Healthy Development Maria Montessori understood the early years of a child’s life are key to a child’s development. When children are able to grow with their social, emotional and educational needs being met, then you have an environment that is conducive to healthy development. This is the foundation of our…
Choosing a Montessori Preschool
Parents that decided they like Montessori for their children must think carefully about how to select Montessori school if they are to ensure that their children receive the actual the education they want. Some Montessori preschools do not actually follow true Montessori principles or structure. Parents can ask three important…
Science at Montessori
We especially need imagination in science. It is not all mathematics, nor all logic, but it is somewhat beauty and poetry.” – Maria Montessori At Arbor View Montessori School, science is introduced to children at a young age with subjects like botany and zoology. Children have a natural desire to…
The Montessori Approach to Early Childhood Education
In The Absorbent Mind, Dr. Montessori wrote, “The most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six. For that is the time when man’s intelligence itself, his greatest implement is being formed. But not…