Montessori

1. Home Schooling (2-3yrs)

• • To provide Toddlers with appropriate learning with hands-on academic materials and to learn appropriate social interaction
• • Self-care skills such as potty-training, hand washing, and table manners
• • Language development through music, stories, and communication
• • Practical Life exercises that develop independence, motor skills, and concentration

2. Pre-Kindergarten (3-5yrs)

• • To provide students with appropriate learning with hands-on academic materials and to learn appropriate social interaction
• • Self-care skills such as hand washing, and table manners
• • Language development through music, stories, and communication
• • Practical Life exercises that develop independence, motor skills, and concentration
• • To provide learning experiences in curriculum areas

3. Private School (K-5th)

• • To teach using the Montessori approach along with additional ...ideas and materials based on current Texas educational standards
• • To focus on skill development and critical thinking in all curriculum areas
• • To nurture the ability to concentrate, read and write fluentl...search with confidence, complete projects, and work productively
• • To encourage individualized pacing and flexibility, so that each student can reach maximum potential

4. Home Tutoring

• • Session times available Monday through Friday afternoons and evenings
• • All tutors are certified teachers
• • Diagnostic testing defines each student’s areas of strength and weakness
• • P.I.R.E reading program used for students who are struggling with language skills

5. After-School

• • Livingston After School Program
• • A relaxed environment in which to engage in free play, art, story time, and other enriching activities.
• • Children are encouraged to make positive, healthy. and safe choices.
• • Transportation from LISD schools is provided.
• • Livingston Summer Camps
• • During the summer months, we have two levels of weekly camps....ffered are made available in April for that year’s summer camps.

1 Give your children freedom.

Unlike traditional classrooms, Montessori classrooms are largely...e more motivated to learn because of the freedoms they’re given. For instance, in Montessori classroom, it’s not uncommon for the...rows of desks and complete assignments according to rigid rules.

2 Allow your children to learn by doing.

Montessori classrooms are much more hands-on than traditional cl...abacus-style “grids” of sliding beads to teach the same concept.

3 Allow free movement in the classroom.

In Montessori classrooms, children are largely free to come and ...ork stations will all be appropriately sized for young children.

4 Give children uninterrupted learning opportunities.

While Montessori teachers are always available to offer their he...for many children, can present unnecessary barriers to learning. For example, in a Montessori classroom, the teacher may instruct...pecific time deadlines for them to complete their various tasks.

5 Encourage mixed-age interactions.

One important hallmark of Montessori education is that classroom...comfortable interacting with others of varying learning ability.