Welcome to Radiant Montessori In this slide show we will explain our philosophy – The Montessori Method. Copyright © Radiant Montessori School, LLC 2008

“Child is endowed with unknown powers, which can guide us to a radiant future.” Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind www.radiant-montessori.com

Math lesson - divisions

At Radiant Montessori, we create a structured environment and use specially designed Montessori materials to explore your child’s true potential. www.radiant-montessori.com

Radiant is not just a daycare. It’s a place where learning is fun. www.radiant-montessori.com

Your child will be meaningfully engaged during the day.

At Radiant, the child is the explorer; the discoverer; the thinker; and the learner. The focus is on the child and learning. www.radiant-montessori.com

Explore, discover and learn

Radiant Staff observes, guides and facilitates the child’s learning to bring out the best in your child. www.radiant-montessori.com

Radiant classrooms are full of educational materials

Maria Montessori, born in the province of Ancona, Italy in 1870, was, in many ways, ahead of her time. Her philosophy was profound; children teach themselves. www.radiant-montessori.com

Self-discipline, instilled at a young age www.radiant-montessori.com

Radiant is not just a daycare. It’s a place where your child will learn.

The study of child psychology in the first years of life opens to our eyes, such wonders that no one seeing them with understanding can fail to be deeply stirred. www.radiant-montessori.com

Absorbent Mind?

Have you ever asked? What is the classroom size? How structured is the classroom? What materials are used? Are the teachers qualified? www.radiant-montessori.com

Does he know he is learning geography?

Are you making the right choice? Do you like your child to be motivated and creative? www.radiant-montessori.com

Kids are intellectually challenged

Radiant promises all this at one affordable price. You want your child to be safe. You want your child to be cared for. You want your child to be smart and ready for the world. Radiant promises all this at one affordable price. www.radiant-montessori.com

Montessori classroom establishes a quiet and ordinary routine that fosters the habits of concentration, initiative and persistence.

Meaningful activities

Appreciation for order, beauty and care for the environment are entrenched deeply in children in their formative years. www.radiant-montessori.com

Team work!

“All Montessori materials teach concepts in “concrete form” allowing children to touch, feel and explore, thereby creating very real mental imprints. Children will retain them and build on in years to follow.” www.radiant-montessori.com

Radiant Programs Kindergarten 6 weeks – 16 months Infant Toddler 33 months – 5 yrs. Preschool 5 – 6 years Kindergarten www.radiant-montessori.com

Graduation Day!

Motivation.

Children under six years have extraordinary powers of mind Children under six years have extraordinary powers of mind. They have a once-in-a- lifetime ability to absorb knowledge from their surroundings. That is what Maria Montessori called “the absorbent mind.” www.radiant-montessori.com

To be calm and happy, children under 6 years need to explore and discover. They see the world through curious eyes. That’s what motivates them. www.radiant-montessori.com

Children respond to order because of their innate need to know where things belong and how pieces fit together. www.radiant-montessori.com

Learning colors

Children master the movements of their own bodies by learning to balance, run, skip, and jump. www.radiant-montessori.com

Children are fascinated by customs and traditions of people in their lives. www.radiant-montessori.com

The Montessori preschool classroom allows the children the freedom to choose their own work without unnecessary interference from an adult. www.radiant-montessori.com

Accomplishment.

At Radiant, children learn motivation and creativity through freedom At Radiant, children learn motivation and creativity through freedom. That is Radiant’s promise – motivation, creativity, and freedom www.radiant-montessori.com

Motivation to accomplish

At Radiant, we create an environment in which children learn to work independently, based on their own initiative thereby building concentration and self- discipline. www.radiant-montessori.com

Research shows the extraordinary high level of learning – both conscious and unconscious – that can come with ease to children under 6 years. www.radiant-montessori.com

Self-engagement instills self-discipline

“Montessori early childhood education enhances young children’s knowledge in the present; it also establishes a solid educational foundation for later life.” www.radiant-montessori.com

Secure Play

In the multi-age setting, the children learn from each other, and they learn because of each other. www.radiant-montessori.com

At Radiant, the children are taught to take responsibility for themselves and for each other. www.radiant-montessori.com

Play time!

At Radiant, the children will learn to get along with children of different ages and abilities, to respect each other’s work space, and to treat each other with courtesy. www.radiant-montessori.com

At Radiant, the children will learn to excuse themselves, greet each other, and phrase requests politely. www.radiant-montessori.com

At Radiant, the children will learn to take an active role in maintaining their classroom (their house) by putting materials away in their proper place, ready for the next child to use. www.radiant-montessori.com

Nap time

Radiant classroom is a thriving community where children are treated with respect and dignity so that they want to treat others with the same respect and dignity. www.radiant-montessori.com

Radiant is not just a daycare Radiant is not just a daycare. Its classrooms are child-focused, prepared environment. www.radiant-montessori.com

Radiant’s prepared environment is designed to facilitate maximum independent learning and child’s exploration. www.radiant-montessori.com

Radiant classroom is a “living room” for children Radiant classroom is a “living room” for children. All the materials are scaled to fit the physical dimensions of the child’s body. www.radiant-montessori.com

Radiant classroom is usually divided into 4 distinct areas: practical life, sensorial, mathematics, and language. www.radiant-montessori.com

Music Extravaganza!

Radiant’s curriculum is interdisciplinary and interactive. www.radiant-montessori.com

Learning is fun!

Radiant classrooms offer a variety of activity as well as great deal of movement. www.radiant-montessori.com

Imagine a 4-year-old composing words and phrases with letters known as the moveable alphabet and a 5-year- old performing a multiplication using a specially designed set of beads! www.radiant-montessori.com

Activities in Radiant classrooms include group activity such as storytelling, singing, or movement. www.radiant-montessori.com

Encouraging creativity

Maria Montessori wrote that the adult works to perfect the environment while the child works to perfect herself. www.radiant-montessori.com

We invite you to come and see! Radiant offers a true and meaningful learning experience for your child at an amazingly affordable price. We invite you to come and see! www.radiant-montessori.com