What is Montessori?
For more than a century now, the child-focused approach that Dr. Maria Montessori, an Italian physician, developed for educating children has been transforming schools around the globe.
As soon as you enter a classroom, you know that something different is afoot. Montessori classrooms are immediately recognizable. You will see children working independently and in groups, often with specially designed learning materials; deeply engaged in their work; and respectful of themselves and their surroundings.
The Montessori Method fosters rigorous, self-motivated growth for children and adolescents in all areas of their development—cognitive, emotional, social, and physical.*
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Today's Montessori
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Bridge to Knowledge has taken many of the principles of Dr. Maria Montessori and adapted them to the needs of today's children. We take pride in nurturing children's curiosity need for independence by utilizing practices that teach real-life skills that both prepare them for Kindergarten and make them well-rounded members of our society.
While we have skillfully crafted lesson plans, we know that every child is different. We work with each child and their guardians to ensure that they are being set up for success - this includes regular conferences and as-needed check-ins with parents should a child need resources in addition to the lesson plan being taught.
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Just like the children at Bridge to Knowledge, our staff never stops learning. We know that new research comes out constantly and we stay up to date on new and revised ways of teaching and learning alike. This allows us to keep adapting our lesson plans to be better year over year.
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*American Montessori Society