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Lower Elementary

Program explanation

What makes Lower Elementary at Harbor Montessori School special? It maximizes each child’s potential! As in other Montessori program levels, the class is based on child development, so first we must look at the characteristics of a 6-9 year old. Besides the obvious physical changes, three characteristics stand out in a Lower Elementary student—it is the age of explosive imaginations, the age of reason and the coming of social beings.

The Lower Elementary classroom (grades 1-3) is designed with these characteristics in mind. First, the interrelated curriculum is based on the Great Lessons. The Great Lessons appeal to the student’s imagination and love of storytelling at this age. Second, the student’s ability to reason makes Lower Elementary the place where children master fundamental skills and core knowledge and learn how to learn. Students also are guided to become more independent in self-direction, or in other words, more responsible and intrinsically motivated.

Lastly, the class is multi-age, which not only provides motivation and leadership opportunities, it is perfect for the social beings they are becoming complete with a place to practice the social and moral justice in which they are so interested. This environment coupled with an individualized education plan for each student, individualized lesson that all contain a visual, auditory and kinesthetic components, low student to teacher ratios (less than 12:1), amazing Montessori materials and highly-trained staff make Harbor Montessori the obvious choice for any family that values quality education.