Curriculum

The Going-Out program is a fundamental cornerstone of Montessori Education. The students go out to understand the world they live in through their own experiences and perspectives. In groups of two to four, they go out into the world and explore what they cannot explore in the class whether it be to interview an artist for a research project they are working on or to glean insight about a culture in its natural environment. A Montessori education is about preparing the student for his/her entire life – going-out is a crucial component for the child to be able to find where he/she fits into society and he/she needs to be prepared to take his/her place within it.

There are five Great Lessons – each one meant to captivate and set the student’s imagination on fire with the thirst of wanting to know more. The first Great Lesson, The Creation Story, gives the child the grandest picture of the creation of his world and the laws that govern said world. The second lesson, The Coming of Life, describes how both plant and animal life developed on Earth with the introduction of a special creation appearing at the end. The third Great Lesson, The Coming of the Human Being, describes how special and unique human beings are and why we need to treasure each person. The fourth and fifth Great Lessons – Communication in Signs and The Story of Numbers introduce the child to the history of the English language and of Mathematics