Elementary Program (6-9 Years old)

First  Through Third  Grade Education

Montessori materials for math in the 6-9 year old classroom isolates one concept and then integrates them to form the basis of the next steps to developing the mathematical mind. Some materials have a variety of uses to substantiate the concepts.
In the 6-9 year old classroom, abstract math, language, zoology, botany and history create a sensorial experience by manipulating material and laying out sequence cards. The work that the child has previously done in 3-6 allows them to explore, integrate, memorize and isolate particular operations to maximize their learning.

Materials Used in Elementary 6-9

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In primary, students used a thousand cube, a hundreds square, and a ten bar to manipulate the hierarchy of numbers. In first grade, they begin with the million cube (as big as a television) in order to compare sizes. Children manipulate stamp games, bead frames, multiplication checkerboards which are highly visual in their operation and deepens the child's understanding.
Especially interesting at this age is the function of words that have objects attached; for example, the farm game (doll house), that allows the child to use nouns, verbs, pronouns, conjunctions, adjectives, adverbs and prepositions in an imaginative and logical way. We have incorporated unique learning materials that are not Montessori, but heighten the sequence for the child's visual and manipulative strategies of learning. 
Elementary (6 to 9 years)- 5 full days per week
*Classes are from 8:15 AM- 3:15 PM
This is the first step in a five year development program which includes the second stage of development: moral and intellectual growth.
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