Primary

In our Montessori based Kindergarten curriculum, we structure our learning programs to maximize the child’s growth in all areas of the classroom. This will enable them to develop order, coordination, concentration and independent work habits.

Equal importance is given to the physical, social, emotional and academic development of the child. The warm, inviting and supportive environment of the classroom allows children to be the best of what they can be. At Woodbridge Montessori Academy, the children are culturally diverse, which allows them to develop respect and admiration for all.

Our curriculum consists of:

  • Math & Language
  • Sensorial Activities
  • Science
  • Geography and Cultural Study
  • Art
  • Music
  • Foreign Languages
  • Summer Programs

 

Our Goals

  • To understand sets, word names and symbols
  • Read numbers and recognize place value
  • To group a given number of objects by 10′s
  • To recognize, write, order the 100 board
  • To work on static and dynamic addition using the decimal system
  • To add numbers in column or horizontal form
  • To work on static & dynamic multiplication
  • Write the calendar
  • To estimate which set is more, or less
  • To read number words
  • To identify the number before/after/between given numbers
  • Compare & identify halves, thirds, fourths using concrete objects
  • To divide a set into equal shares

 

More details about our Montessori Curriculum:

Language and Pre-Language Areas

  • Analyzing words and recognizing similarities and patterns
  • Use sign words effectively
  • Pre-reading strategies
  • Introduction to Pattern books, easy reading and poetry

 

Writing

  • Upper and lower case letters
  • Write numerals
  • Spelling, grammar, capitalization
  • Write stories, thank you notes and journals

 

Listening

  • Active listening
  • Oral direction
  • Proper responding
  • Resolve conflicts constructively

 

Speaking

  • Speak with confidence
  • Complete sentences
  • Using appropriate body language
  • Contribute ideas and response to the topic

 

Math

  • Emphasize conceptual learning and the use of manipulatives to understand concrete or symbolic representation

 

Measurement

  • Identify coins
  • Exchange coins
  • Make change
  • Tell temperatures
  • Tell time
  • Read the calendar
  • Know the days in the week, month and year
  • Comparing objects by length
  • Estimate and compare weights using balance scale

 

Geometry

  • Discover geometric shapes
  • Sketch geometric shapes
  • Identify geometric solids
  • Discover polygons
  • Use relationships of near, far, inside, etc.
  • Construct color graphs
  • Work on the monomial, binomial & trinomial cubes which helps discover abstract mathematical relationships & conduct sensorial exploration

 

Science

  • Living and Non-living things
  • Classify animals by groups and countries
  • Learn life cycles of insects and animals
  • Locate major body organs
  • Memorize parts of a flower, frog, body, tree etc.
  • Classify vertebrates and non-vertebrates
  • Physical science
  • Classify objects by smell, shape, color, texture
  • Measure objects by length, width, height
  • Separate mixtures
  • Science fair

 

Earth Science

  • Solids and liquids
  • Daily weather and seasonal changes
  • Understand land forms – lake, island, peninsula, isthmus, archipelago, etc.

 

Cultural Study Units

  • Working on life styles, homes, and animals
  • Climate of different countries
  • Identify hemisphere map
  • Identify countries & states of N. America, Mexico, Europe, Asia & Antarctica
  • To understand & sequence time lines
  • To understand their cultural traditions & compare them to other students
  • To compare family life today to families in other places and times (American, Indian, etc)
  • To construct & follow rules in classroom situations
  • To orally express, opinions on issues involving honesty, fairness & rights of other
  • To problem solve conflicts in a classroom situation

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