MONTESSORI
UPPER ELEMENTARY

Gig Harbor Campus Only

(4th - 6th grade)

September - June

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The Age of Imagination begins in our lower elementary program

and carries into upper elementary. During this time students move

from concrete to abstract thinking. By using their imaginations,

students are able to travel in time to our earliest history, travel the

world as global citizens, and make real world connections across

the curriculum.

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Our multiage classroom allows students from grade 4-6 to

collaborate on big projects, to experience being both mentee and

mentor, both student and teacher. Like Lower Elementary, the

curriculum in Upper Elementary is interrelated and based on

Montessori’s Cosmic Curriculum.

At Harbor Montessori several areas of the curriculum are

constructed as 3-year cycles, which allows for in depth study on

many topics. For example in the area of world history the students

participate in year-long studies of Ancient Civilizations, Middle

Ages and Renaissance and US History. In science, the students

complete a three-year rotation of Biology, Chemistry/Physics and Anatomy/Environmental Science. All other subjects, such as

algebra, geometry, and Latin & Greek, are individualized. Because

students at this age are moving toward abstraction, they have the

best of both worlds—concrete Montessori materials when they are

needed and the freedom to move ahead quickly as they master a

concept/skill.