Our Classroom

Our Classroom Environment is the most important place of our day.

 

This is where a the children get their hands on learning throughout the day.  Our classroom is filled with fun & exciting educational materials.  From blocks to babies, gears, and science activities.  

 

This approach to learning is “hands-on.” Dr. Maria Montessori believed (and modern science has affirmed) that moving and learning are inseparable. In the prepared classroom, children work with specially designed manipulative materials that invite exploration and engage the senses in the process of learning.

All learning activities support children in choosing meaningful and challenging work at their own interest and ability level. This child-directed engagement strengthens motivation, supports attention, and encourages responsibility.

 

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A Welcoming Space

The MCPA Early Childhood classroom feels more like a home than a school. You won’t see desks, nor will a teacher stand at the front of the room delivering a lesson to the whole class. Instead, you’ll see children happily working individually or in small groups, at tables or on the floor near small mats that delineate their own space.

Specially designed learning materials are displayed on open shelves, easily accessible to the children. Classrooms also include child-sized furniture, cozy spaces for quiet reading, and reachable shelves with work available for free choice. Teachers gently guide students to help maintain the organization and cleanliness of this environment to keep it orderly and attractive, and to help your child understand how to care for materials and clean up after themselves—skills you will be happy to observe carrying over in your home.

 

Each day we will explore in our class learning about Math, Science, Writing, language,  literacy, and more.  

We will also continue our learning by going outdoors where more of our learning environment awaits!  

 

 This so that children can have one on one time to absorb more of their learning.  This is such a crucial time as they begin their educational foundation. 

 

"The environment must be rich in motives which lend interest to activity and invite the child to conduct his own experiences"

~Maria Montessori