| The Montessori private school program has been | | | | when teaching was to establish an environment |
| established with parents in mind. Most parents can | | | | that would give children the desire to learn and |
| relate to the feeling of pride they experience | | | | enable them to learn without the fear of others |
| when they have a child who is succeeding. But | | | | or of expectations. These teachers understand |
| what comes with that feeling is an innate desire | | | | that not everyone learns at the same pace and |
| to do what is best for them, such as making sure | | | | children should be allowed to follow their own |
| their children get into the best schools possible. | | | | learning schedule, and progress whenever they |
| One of the biggest decisions that a parent has to | | | | feel ready to. Also, teachers are there to |
| make is what school will serve as their child's | | | | encourage rather than teach in the traditional |
| form of primary education. This is a crucial | | | | sense as the material is introduced to the student, |
| decision because there are a wide variety of | | | | by the student, allowing him or her to glean their |
| schools to choose from and it is the first school | | | | own knowledge out of the material they have |
| that makes the biggest impact on the student. | | | | been given. |
| The Beginnings of the Montessori School | | | | Curriculum Standards |
| This is precisely why all parents should at least | | | | There is a specified set of curriculum standards |
| consider a Montessori school for their child's | | | | practiced at Montessori schools. These standards |
| education. The founder of the Montessori Method | | | | embrace the theory that each child differs in how |
| of learning and teaching, Maria Montessori, was | | | | they need to learn, what stimulates their mind the |
| the first Italian woman to graduate from a | | | | most, and what activities they excel in. These |
| Roman University with a degree in medicine. Her | | | | kids already begin to learn independence at a |
| work with those who were mentally challenged | | | | young age because they are required to take the |
| helped her gain insight when she later taught | | | | initiative and set their own standards. |
| classes in college. By 1907, Montessori had | | | | The children at Montessori schools are asked to |
| founded Casa de Bambini where she used her | | | | participate in the daily routine of the classroom, as |
| teaching methods and applied them to children of | | | | well as, the tasks that would normally be handled |
| average intelligence. Most of her life was spent | | | | by the teacher, allowing for even more |
| lecturing, writing, and teaching her many | | | | independent thinking. The equipment and tools that |
| techniques. | | | | are used to help students learn are specific to |
| The Goals of the Montessori Program | | | | each individual based on what learning styles suit |
| Montessori schools are ideal for almost any child | | | | them best. This is the type of environment that |
| to take part in because of the atmosphere that is | | | | would give your child every opportunity and |
| created for the student. Montessori's original goal | | | | possibility that is available to them. |