Each Montessori program is comprised of a three-year cycle. In their first year, children act as explorers. They are exposed to new information and skills. They investigate their classroom and keep a close eye on the older students to follow their example. When they enter their second year, students with one year under their belt become experimenters. They know the material and find ways to dig deeper, often with their peers. In their third year, these capstone students are the experts. They research and report confidently while taking on a leadership role in the classroom.

Casa Outcomes

Life Skills: Personal Development

  • Care for self independently

  • Demonstrate confidence

  • Ask for help when needed

  • Develop a sense of order and sequence

  • Focus for extended periods of time

  • Demonstrate self-motivation, and curiosity for learning new skills

  • Handle materials with care

  • Work independently

  • Observe and demonstrate attention to details

  • Complete a work cycle: choose work, practice, and tidy up

  • Express needs and feelings appropriately

    Life Skills: Social Development

  • Enjoy helping others and sharing knowledge with peers

  • Participate in groups

  • Respect the needs and work of others

  • Display leadership through mastery of skills and initiative to teach others

  • Use empathy to solve conflicts and develop relationships

  • Show community awareness through grace and courtesy, recycling, and composting

  • Demonstrate an understanding that the actions of one impact the community

    English Language

  • Use words and phrases acquired through conversations and experiences in the classroom

  • Tell a story using expression

  • Have a strong foundation of phonemic awareness (understand that words have meaning and that words are made up of different phonemes)

  • Organize thoughts and feelings and share them with others

  • Begin introduction to word study: nouns, articles, adjectives

    Reading

  • Identify, manipulate, and substitute phonemes in spoken words

  • Understand the relationship between phonemes and graphemes to associate written letters with the sounds of spoken language

  • Develop phonetic reading skills

  • Identify introductory phonograms and sight words

    Writing

  • Develop finger dexterity and strength through practice in all areas of the classroom

  • Compose thoughts using moveable alphabet (phonetic spelling)

  • Express ideas using art media that shows universal symbols

  • Develop a proper pencil grip

  • Develop cursive penmanship skills

    Mathematics

    Numeration

  • Understand the concept of quantity and the relationship between mathematical values and their daily world

  • Recognize numbers 1-100 and higher

  • Count and read numbers into the thousands

  • Write numbers properly with minimal reversals and with increasing accuracy

    Decimal System

  • Understand place value and the relationship of numbers within it

  • Begin to understand the concept of exchanging place values

  • Build numerical equations using place value into thousands

    Operation

  • Understand the concept of the four operations

  • Begin to reason abstractly and quantitatively

    Cultural Arts

  • Identify and describe seasons with months of the year

  • Use a calendar to mark the passage of time

  • Demonstrate the ability to tell time on an analog clock

  • Identify continents

  • Explore continents and cultures

  • Identify major land and water forms

    Science

  • Use hands-on materials to identify and classify the natural world

  • Use scientific observation and research exploration to gain familiarity with zoology, botany, and the physical sciences