PRIMARY PROGRAM           

Primary children absorb their environment, language and culture. Dr. Montessori named this quality “the absorbent mind”. She also recognized the motto of the child to be “help me to do it myself”. This period focuses on learning to be independent. The materials and method are designed to support this natural drive, enabling the child to become competent, and therefore, confident with a genuine love of learning.

Primary children are engaged in practical living skills, sensorial exercises, social skills, art, music and Spanish as well as mathematics, language, nature studies, history, geography, and the arts. Active learning leads to coordination, concentration, order, self-confidence, respect, and independence.

Welcome to Eleanor Christensen’s Montessori Grade School in beautiful Beaufort, South Carolina. We hope that you will find this website helpful, whether you are relocating to Beaufort and looking for the right choice of education for your child, or looking for answers as an already active member of our community. We welcome your feedback, and please, do not hesitate to pay us a visit, or simply ask questions.

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CURRICULUM OVERVIEW for our students ages 3 through 12 years old, click NEXT above.