Curriculum Overview

The main purpose of a Montessori education is to provide a carefully planned, stimulating environment based on developmental needs that will help the child establish an excellent foundation for creative learning.

The specific goals for the children who attend a Montessori school include:

Developing a positive attitude toward school
Individualized learning activities
Engaging in a learning task that particularly appeals to him or her geared to his or her needs and level of readiness
Working at his or her own rate, repeating the task as often as he or she likes, thus experiencing a series of successful achievement
Developing self-confidence

Montessori Curriculum

We are a partner school with Lake Superior State University. As authorizer of Macomb Montessori Academy, LSSU ensures that we have the support and resources to provide high quality and diverse educational opportunities for all of their charter school students.

As educators within the philosophy of Montessori, it is our mission to create an environment that directs the students toward self-actualization in all areas of study by recognizing their stages of development.

It is our objective to direct students toward critical thinking skills and awareness of their environment through the use of their five senses.

Areas of Study:

Practical Life – enables the child to develop:

coordination
independence
fine motor development
concentration

Sensorial – enables the child to develop:

sense of order
differentiate each of the five senses
improve each of the five senses
prepare for language and math

Math – enables the child to develop:

number concepts
operations
time and money
measuring

Language Arts – enables the child to develop:

letter sounds
reading
handwriting
grammar
vocabulary

The Sciences – provides hands-on experience in:

Botany
Geography
Physical Science
Life Science

Additional studies – enables children to broaden their experiences through:

Geography and Cultural Studies
Music
Art
Sign Language
Computer Studies