Pre Primary Program

Our environments are designed to support child's need for activity. The children are free to choose their own work and to watch another child work. We gather once a day or more for stories, songs and free play. Children in this age group are sensorial explorers. They constantly feel, explore and learn from experiencing the objects through direct contact with them. They constantly absorb every aspect of their environment, their language and their culture like a sponge, and growing their knowledge.

A large variety of specially designed learning materials and activities are invitingly arranged on open shelves in specific and yet integrated areas of the environment - Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics and Culture. Of course, Science, Music, Art and Physical Education are an important part of the daily curriculum too. Children choose their own activities and work independently at their own pace under the gentle guidance of the class educator. In this way the child develops concentration, independence, self-motivation and a love of learning.

Practical Life










Cultural Studies

Dr. Montessori called science, history, social studies and geography the “cultural subjects” because she believed that the knowledge and understanding of these subjects is what makes the difference between a “literate” person and a “cultured” person. Today we might use the term "educated". The Montessori cultural studies is another thing that makes a Montessori classroom so different from other classrooms. The cultural subjects are taught in a very specific order, (big picture to smaller parts), and integrated into the curriculum. Eventually, after the foundation of each of the individual cultural areas is set, the study of the individual areas are then integrated into each other as well as the core curriculum, creating a deeper understanding of the world and the interconnectedness of everything in it.

Enrichment Activities

In addition to our Montessori focus, we believe our children benefit through art and craft, Music and movement, simple cooking, gardening and structured play. Children are allowed to paint, draw and colour from imagination. Further, we also introduce different media in art such as vegetable prints, sponge prints, etc. Music and singing are an integral part of the curriculum. Children are introduced to various action songs, songs involving counting, colours, animals and their sounds. Music of various genres is played for them to listen and appreciate. Children are periodically introduced to simple cooking where they prepare their own snack. Gardening, involving planting seeds to grow saplings, watering plants, cleaning leaves of their dust, is a regular activity. Children are given time for free play every day. Once a week, we involve them in structured play, which involves games like, the sack race, musical chairs, obstacle race, etc.