Primary - Extended Day (Kindergarten)
The third year is an extended day of the Montessori Primary (Casa) curriculum and is the capstone year of the 3 year program. It is very important for the 5 year old child and it is this year that a traditional learning system refers to as Kindergarten. This is the year when children come to school for the whole day. Socially and emotionally they are growing and begin to take on roles as leaders both inside and outside of the classroom. The Extended Day students assist in mentoring the younger children and are active in helping to maintain the classroom order.
It is in this third and final year of the Primary (Casa) program that foundational work completed over the past two years is evident with many children “exploding” into reading and writing. In mathematics children are introduced to the four mathematical operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They work through a series of activities guiding them from the concrete to the more abstract. Geography, zoology, botany, music and art all continue to play a significant role in the children’s learning as they start to move beyond themselves and their immediate environment to the world at large.
It is in this third and final year of the Primary (Casa) program that foundational work completed over the past two years is evident with many children “exploding” into reading and writing. In mathematics children are introduced to the four mathematical operations: addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. They work through a series of activities guiding them from the concrete to the more abstract. Geography, zoology, botany, music and art all continue to play a significant role in the children’s learning as they start to move beyond themselves and their immediate environment to the world at large.