Relocating to Waterford Lakes Professional Park
1537 South Alafaya Trail, suite 101, Orlando Fl 328
Adjacent to Dr. Q Pediatrics
(Behind Eastwood Dental)
Our mission is to provide an outstanding education for young children in a caring, nurturing environment. We aim to foster their independence and self -confidence, curiosity, and creative thinking and respect for themselves, others and all living things. This is achieved by offering a prepared environment that is simple, orderly, calm and geared for the preschool and kindergarten child.
"Education should no longer be mostly imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentialities." - Dr. Maria Montessori
“A child’s work,” wrote Maria Montessori, “is to create the man he will become. An adult works to perfect his environment, but a child works to perfect himself.” So Dr. Montessori developed an education that would aid the child in his work.
- The Montessori Method is based on the child’s tendencies to explore, be independent and make decisions, develop self-control, abstract ideas from experience, be creative and imaginative, repeat for internalization, concentrate, and perfect and master concepts and ideas.
- Montessori classes are organized into groups representing a three-year age span. Within each group there is constant interaction, problem solving, child-to-child teaching, and socialization.
- The environment is arranged according to subject area, and children are free to move around the room, and to work on a piece of material as long as needed. It is the role of the teacher to prepare and adapt the environment. The teacher links the child to the environment with well-planned lessons.
- Children learn directly from the environment, other children, and from the teacher. The teacher works with children one-on-one, in small groups, and less frequently, in large group settings.
- All subjects are interwoven. At any given time all subjects—math, language, science, history, geography, art, music, etc.—are being studied, at all levels. Children are exposed to amazing amounts of knowledge.