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Your child deserves a top-quality program in San Jose, 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 San Jose, California
San Jose was founded in 1777 by José Joaquin Moraga and was originally a Spanish farming community. Nestled southeast of the San Francisco Bay, natives in this region originally named the area Pueblo de San José de Guadalupé. San Jose was elected California’s first capital briefly after the American occupation in 1846, however, shortly afterwards Sacramento became the permanent capital. The city of San Jose was able to evolve with the help of the railroad built in 1864 that connected San Jose to San Francisco. Having a railroad that expanded across the two cities allowed many trade connections to form and transport goods. Although San Jose’s history begins with agricultural trade, World War II challenged the Bay Area region to thrive in manufactural trade. San Jose contributed to the production of electrical machinery, aircraft parts, and motor vehicles during and after World War II. Electronic expansion did not end there as Internet-related industries boomed in the 1990s. Today, San Jose is the third largest city in California and is recognized as part of the Silicon Valley, famously known as the birthplace of major software corporations.
Source: https://www.britannica.com/place/San-Jose-California
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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