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La Petite Enfance Montessori Curriculum
La Petite Enfance Montessori School proudly offers a high-quality program for children from 3 months to 5 years old, built on the core principles of the Montessori Method. Founded by Dr. Maria Montessori in 1909, this proven approach is supported by modern neuroscience and focuses on meeting the full spectrum of your child’s developmental needs.
Our Montessori education program fosters exploration, interaction, and self-discovery within a calm and orderly environment that encourages independence and inner motivation. Children have the freedom to choose their activities, which supports autonomy and self-direction. Our curriculum covers practical life skills, sensory exploration, language development, math concepts, and cultural studies.
In addition, our program offers a well-rounded experience with language lessons and STEM learning. Each week, thematic activities enrich your child’s learning journey, sparking curiosity and creativity while keeping them engaged and inspired.
Our dedicated and passionate educators guide each child individually, ensuring they are appropriately challenged and supported. Research shows that Montessori students often develop strong self-confidence, independence, and a lifelong love for learning through hands-on materials and engaging activities. Montessori education embraces each child's uniqueness and provides a stimulating environment for holistic development.
Scientific Pedagogy
At La Petite Enfance, we are committed to fostering a child's development through the principles of Scientific Pedagogy and Sensorial Education. This approach harmonizes a child’s abilities and intellectual competencies from an early age, supporting their growth in intelligence and physical skills for a lifetime.
Developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, our child-centered educational model thrives under carefully prepared conditions and continuous scientific observation by trained educators.
Our brand-new open-concept environment is thoughtfully arranged to provide distinctive sensory experiences that are essential for early development. Every space and learning material is meticulously chosen and designed to promote spontaneous learning and support each developmental phase.
Daily observations by our skilled Montessori educators help identify and respond to each child's unique needs, guided by scientific and pedagogical principles. This approach enables us to address the five main sensitive periods in child development: order, language, sensory, skills, movement, and social skills, ensuring that each child receives the support they need to thrive.
The Child-Absorbent Mindz
During La Petite Enfance (a French term referring to early childhood), a child's mind has unlimited potential and absorbs everything in their environment effortlessly and unconsciously. This incredible capacity for learning continues from birth until around age 3, after which absorption becomes more conscious from ages 3 to 6.
As Montessori educators, it is our responsibility and honor to nurture and support each child with care, love, and respect, fully understanding the laws of growth and development during this remarkable period of their lives.
The Child Self-Education
Montessori Education fosters internal self-education and independence in children by providing a well-prepared environment and supportive interactions. At La Petite Enfance Montessori School, we offer a child-sized, age-appropriate setting that encourages each child to develop autonomously and freely.
For effective self-education, children need numerous spontaneous learning opportunities, productive tasks, and challenges that spark their curiosity and interest. Constant activity helps them absorb, interact, and focus, aiding the development of cognitive and motor skills, coordination, and overall abilities.
Our open-concept environment is thoughtfully designed to allow children to observe each other, adults, and themselves while engaging in self-guided learning and exploration. This setting supports their development of vision, emotional peace, interpersonal skills, well-being, and self-confidence. Respect, grace, and courtesy are central to our approach, guiding children through a harmonious learning process that nurtures their growth and independence.
The Prepared Environment
Montessori education is deeply rooted in its thoughtfully prepared environment. At La Petite Enfance Montessori School, we prioritize creating a state-of-the-art, safe, and welcoming space that meets the latest Massachusetts Building Code. Our facility features a fresh air system, Montessori-inspired architecture, lead-free and pest-free conditions, and brand-new, age-appropriate furniture and materials. With abundant indoor natural light and plants, our environment emphasizes beauty, order, and mixed-age groupings.
This carefully crafted setting ensures that children have access to diverse choices and high-quality exploration opportunities, fostering independence, discovery, and freedom. Our environment supports a daily journey of continuous absorption and interaction, encouraging children to be social, peaceful, and active. As the needs of each child evolve, so does our environment, adapting to support their ongoing development. This space is designed not only for physical comfort but also to inspire purposeful engagement and attentiveness to the world around them.
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