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Your child deserves a top-quality program in Palo Alto, California! Our Montessori-inspired program combines a fun approach to learning that unlocks the passion in every child to want to learn. We emphasize basic learning skills, including STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) in age-appropriate ways. Your child will love our program and so will you as a parent or guardian.
Fun Factoid about Montessori
Maria was a sterling student, confident, ambitious, and unwilling to be limited by traditional expectations for women. At age 13 she entered an all-boys technical institute to prepare for a career in engineering.
In time, however, she changed her mind, deciding to become a doctor instead. She applied to the University of Rome’s medical program, but was rejected. Maria took additional courses to better prepare her for entrance to the medical school and persevered. With great effort she gained admittance, opening the door a bit wider for future women in the field.
When she graduated from medical school in 1896, Maria was among Italy’s first female physicians. Though she was not the first female medical school graduate, as reported by many of her biographers, it does not detract from her accomplishment. Defying conventions, norms, and expectations to successfully make her way in this rigorous, male-dominated field required tremendous strength, dedication, and perseverance.
Source: https://amshq.org/About-Montessori/History-of-Montessori/Who-Was-Maria-Montessori
Fun Factoid about Palo Alto, California
The Palo Alto region was inhabited by the Ohlone tribe until Don Gaspar de Portola, a Spanish military officer settled into the area in 1769 and named the region El Palo Alto which translates to “the tall stick”, referring to the Redwood trees found in the area. Mayfield was the first community established in Palo Alto when James Otterson built a roadhouse for the small farm town between San Francisco and San Jose in 1853. Many residents of Mayfield would work in the hills of Palo Alto to cut down Douglas Fir and Redwood trees for lumber. The city of Palo Alto was able to further expand when Stanford University opened its doors in 1891. The young population gave both the University and city the ability to thrive. As the heart of Silicon Valley, the city has produced many contributions to the high-technology world. Including science and technology innovators William Hewlett and David Packard, known for their internet-related company HP Inc. that was created in a garage in Palo Alto, California. The city is continuing to grow and advance with time.
Preschoolers have fresh abilities and a strong desire to “do it by myself,” yet they seek an opportunity for retreat and reassurance as their intellectual, physical, and social skills bloom. Therefore, teachers prepare exercises and activities to recognize that children learn by doing. Classroom materials are always accessible, attractive, safe, and geared for a child’s success. Extra activities, such as art, music, movement, Spanish, stage performances and oral presentations are part of the curriculum in response to children’s need for variety and challenge as they grow, learn, and play. Our Montessori program components focus on the things that make up a child’s curiosity, culture, language, social interaction, and personality.
The Montessori Kindergarten program is the capstone to their experience at Learn And Play Montessori School. The students become leaders, sharing the lessons they’ve perfected with younger peers. With the Montessori materials, students practice reading, writing and math concepts. Our Kindergarten program continues the same Montessori philosophy of education we teach throughout our entire school- educating the whole child. Through the curriculum, the Kindergarten student is exposed to a wealth of impressions and information, as well as building basic skills. Enrichment activities such as art, music, movement, Spanish, and stage performances, and oral presentations round out the Kindergarten experience, as well.
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