PROVIDENCE
MONTESSORI SCHOOL
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PROVIDENCE MONTESSORI SCHOOL
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THE ELEMENTARY PROGRAM Providence Montessori School offers an elementary program for children ages 6 - 9 (lower elementary) and 9 - 12 (upper elementary). This three year age span is typical of a Montessori class, and is based on Dr. Montessori's findings that children learn from one another as well as from adults. The classes typically have 25 - 30 children with 2 - 3 teachers in each class. The Elementary Curriculum At the elementary level, children are ready for a wider and more abstract
plane of activity. Having established a familiarity with their immediate
environment, children grow curious about its structures, becoming interested in
an understanding of the work, how if functions, and how it affects the life and
behavior of humanity. The imagination is the greatest strength of children
this age. Having discovered reason, children move toward active, conscious learning. They are interested in facts, insofar as they can relate to them. Their primary interest is the why, the when and the how. In response to these new sensitivities, the children are introduced to various scientific and cultural subjects. These subjects are not isolated - they are interrelated and integrated. Although manipulation of materials is still a large part of the learning process, the children move more and more toward abstraction. Gradually, they internalize the concepts gained through manipulation of materials and are finally able to manipulate ideas without sensorial aid. Our Montessori elementary program seeks to provide an intellectual atmosphere that will obtain maximum academic results, while permitting each child a reasonable opportunity to grow in accordance with her/his individual personality. Children who grow up in an atmosphere of reasonable freedom, learning to discipline themselves, should be capable of the type of responsible, creative behavior expected of citizens in a free society. The major subject areas of the elementary curriculum include: Children in the elementary program are evaluated on the basis of observation, extensive checklists, the child's work, and mastery of tests designed by the teachers. Formal conference days are held throughout the year and at the request of the parent or teacher.
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Providence Montessori School 1209 Texaco Road Lexington, Kentucky 40508 859-255-7330 (telephone) 859-253-0886 (fax)
Last modified: 12 September 2007
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Standardized tests are used at the 4th, 5th and 6th grade levels. The
purpose of these tests is to give children the experience of testing that they
will encounter in a traditional educational setting when they leave
Providence. We do not consider standardized tests to be a true measure of
a child's abilities.