Lake Forest Montessori School offers Excellent Programs
Ages 6 Weeks through 7 years Montessori Provides:
| :: Individualized Programs |
:: Self Esteem, A Love for Learning |
| :: Loving, Nurturing Environment |
:: Scientifically Designed Materials |
| :: Enriched Curriculum |
:: Academic, Social & Physical |
| :: Motivation, Independence |
:: Excellent, Experienced Teachers |
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Preschool through Kindergarten
| :: Year Round Programs |
:: Music |
| :: Summer Programs |
:: Spanish |
| :: Sports |
:: Potty Training |
| :: Fieldtrips |
:: Gymnastics |
| :: Dance |
:: Hot Lunches |
| :: Cultural Enrichment |
:: Yoga |
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SUMMER PROGRAM
Lake Forest Montessori offers a Summer Program from the Months of June through August. The program is designed with a refreshing blend of recreation and academics. The School offers field trips that are a blend of enjoyment and fun and also a learning experience for the children. Please contact the school for more information.
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CURRICULUM
Preschool - Kindergarten
Practical Life
The objective of Practical Life exercises are
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To help the child adapt to his/her environment |
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To care for self |
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To enable the child to develop independence |
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To enable the child to develop coordinated, controlled movement |
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To establish him/herself in society through courteous relationships with others |
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Sensory Materials
The Sensory materials aid the child in the process of classification of his/her environment through discrimination, comparison, contrast and gradation of size, shape, color, etc, thereby helping the child to develop order and clarity in thinking. |
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Language
The objectives of the Language exercises are:
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To develop and expand the child's ability to communicate through spoken language |
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To explore the sound/symbol relationship |
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To express self through written work |
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To use the Practical Life and Sensorial materials to develop order, sequence and controlled movement. |
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Mathematics
The Mathematics exercises are foundation work exploring ways in which quantities are related to one another by:
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Identifying number symbol |
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Identifying quantity |
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Associating number symbol and quantity |
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Exploring similarities and differences between quantities |
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Geography/Social Studies
To help the child become aware, understand and appreciate the history and diversity of world cultures, the reality of human interdependence, and the need for world cooperation by understanding the basic Needs of Man. To examine and explore the physical (geographical) and political (cultural) context by:
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Providing identifying language |
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Sensorial input of shapes |
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Comparing and contrasting cultures |
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Science
To examine and explore the plant and animal world through awareness and exposure to the life that surrounds the child by:
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Providing identifying language |
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Asking questions |
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Providing explanations |
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Demonstrating simple experiments |
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Drawing and writing |
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Enabling the child to care for his/her environment |
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