- Develops a love of learning
- Promotes love of and respect for the cultural and natural worlds
- Relies on hands-on manipulatives and experiences, not abstract concepts
- Promotes the development of order, control, concentration and independence, through the use of child-centered materials
- Instills grace and courtesy as integral parts of the Montessori experience
- Provides a family-like atmosphere with multi-age grouping of children
- Fosters a mentoring environment in which older children and teachers share in the responsibility of the educational experience
- Facilitates learning over teaching. Our students are peers in learning
- Provides continuity through multiple years with the same teachers and friends
- Recognizes, respects and embraces the individual and differing learning styles each individual brings to the environment
- Designed to be inviting and beautiful, classrooms convey a sense of order
- Strives to build communities of students, teachers and parents
This is a wonderful video from the American Montessori Society website in which parents tell you in their own words why Montessori makes a difference in their child's life.