UPPER ELEMENTARY         

The Upper Elementary (a multi-age environment) is the age of metacognition; thinking about thinking. Students use their concrete base to move to abstraction and begin learning advanced concepts in math, chemistry, physics, and earth sciences. They also search for patterns and rhythms in all subjects. Students have the words and experience to move forward.

A child who has completed our Montessori elementary program will have developed competence in social and cognitive areas, developed an appreciation of art, music, and his natural and physical environments, and a respect for self and others. She/He will have learned that one may use both concrete information and one’s own imagination to explore the world, while understanding the importance of taking responsibility for one’s own work and creating a personal code of morals. The student will have experienced first hand the value of working cooperatively in a community where there is trust.

Elementary children continue this experiential approach, while expanding into the larger community. Children become researchers; the rich and extensive curriculum engages and challenges children in their continual quest for knowledge.

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