One of the most noticeable characteristics when you walk into a Montessori classroom are the many materials. The Montessori method focuses on concrete, "hands on" materials which are carefully placed on shelves throughout the room at the child's height. Children are given lessons with these hands-on materials, each of which isolate a single concept in order to make it clear. In later years,...
As a public Charter school, we balance the needs of the public with the Montessori philosophy. Over the last two years, the staff at CVMCS working to document our core Montessori beliefs. We have called this document our Montessori Foundations and Methods. This next series of blog posts describe some of these Foundations and what these look like in our classrooms at every...
Welcome to our blog here at Chippewa Valley Montessori Charter School! We will be using this blog to share our classroom adventures, stories and philosophy with our families and the community. ...
