Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall, Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall , Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall , Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall , Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall  Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall, Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall , Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall , Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall , Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall Montessori, Private school, kindergarten, Preschool, Pre-school, daycare, childcare, Infant, Toddler, oceanside, vista, carlsbad, bonsall 

Peppertree

Peppertree

Montessori

Montessori

“The land is where our roots are.

The children must be taught to feel

and live in harmony with the Earth.”

- Dr. Maria Montessori

Traditional Classroom

Textbooks, pencil and paper, worksheets and dittos

Working and learning without emphasis on social development

Narrow, unit-driven curriculum

Unified, internationally developed curriculum

Block time, period lessons  

Single-graded classrooms

Students passive, quiet, in desks

Students fit mold of school 

Students leave for special help

Product-focused report cards

Montessori Environment

Prepared kinesthetic materials with incorporated control of error, specially developed reference materials

Working and learning matched to the social development of the child

Individual subjects

Integrated subjects and learning based on developmental psychology

Uninterrupted work cycles

Multi-age classrooms

Students active, talking, with periods of spontaneous quiet, freedom to move

School meets needs of students 

Special help comes to students

Process-focused assessment, skills checklists, mastery benchmarks

Montessori vs. Traditional