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Montessori Toddler Program
The Place to Be When You're Two or Three
The Visitation Academy Montessori Toddler Program offers young children, between the ages of two and three, a unique year of self-development and growth in a gentle atmosphere of love, understanding, and respect.
Within the framework of a thoughtfully prepared learning environment and well-rounded curriculum, each student in the Montessori Toddler classroom is free to make independent choices based on his or her interests. Students have access to a number of multi-sensory and sequential materials designed to stimulate curiosity and facilitate the learning of skills and abstract ideas and are allowed to explore the environment with guidance from the teacher as necessary.
Montessori Toddler Program Specifics:
- Students must be 2 years old by August 1
- Maximum student-teacher ratio of 6:1
- Each class is led by two Montessori-trained teachers
- Full-day and half-day enrollment options available
- Admission is based on a parent visit and teacher/child interaction
Montessori Pre-K Program
A Child that’s Three, Four, or Five Will Definitely Thrive
Our Montessori Pre-K Program, for boys and girls ages three, four, and five, features multi-aged classrooms, creating the ideal environment to promote peer group learning.
Children develop at different rates and the Montessori environment offers a variety of materials for all individual learning styles. In order for self-directed learning to take place, the whole learning environment – room, materials, and social climate – must be supportive of the learner. The teacher provides necessary resources, including opportunities for children to function in a safe and positive climate. The teacher thus gains the children’s trust, which enables students to try new things and build self-confidence.
Children develop at different rates and the Montessori environment offers a variety of materials for all individual learning styles. In order for self-directed learning to take place, the whole learning environment – room, materials, and social climate – must be supportive of the learner. The teacher provides necessary resources, including opportunities for children to function in a safe and positive climate. The teacher thus gains the children’s trust, which enables students to try new things and build self-confidence.
Montessori Pre-K Program Specifics:
- Students have turned 3 or 4 by August 1
- Maximum student-teacher ratio of 10:1
- Each class is led by two Montessori-trained teachers
- Full-day and half-day enrollment options available
- Admission is based on a parent visit and teacher/child interaction
Montessori Kindergarten Program
At the Age of Five, We Take a Deeper Dive
In addition to the continued use of the Montessori philosophy of teaching and Montessori materials, Kindergarten students at Visitation Academy experience a more structured setting, where a greater number of lessons are presented in large groups.
Individual work periods continue to allow students time to develop and practice skills while progressing at their own rate. Formal texts are used for teaching religion, math, and handwriting. Although accelerated learning at an early age is not the goal of the program, it is often the result. Many children advance quickly because Viz’s Montessori teachers capitalize on each child’s natural desire to learn.
Montessori Kindergarten Program Specifics:
- Students have turned 5 by August 1
- Maximum student-teacher ratio of 13:1
- Each class is led by a Montessori-trained teacher
- Full-day enrollment
- Admission is based on a parent visit, teacher/child interaction, and a standardized assessment
Visitation Academy is an independent, private Catholic school offering a coeducational Montessori preschool and Kindergarten program, the area's only all-girl elementary program for Grades 1-5, and an all-girl middle school and all-girl high school.
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