1.Welcome to Berwyn Montessori

The purpose of Berwyn Montessori is to aid in the mental, emotional,intellectual, academic, physical, and spiritual development of the child. Our aim is to help the child reach his potential in all areas of development. These goals are achieved through full implementation of the Montessori Method and a strong partnership with parents.

2. Montessori Classroom

The Montessori classroom is a prepared environment comprised of 6 components: freedom, structure and order, reality and nature, beauty and atmosphere, the Montessori materials, and the development of community life. These basic components are found throughout the school.

3. Practical Life

The practical life materials are the foundation of the program. The child learns to pour, sweep, stitch, polish, wash, button, zip, snap, buckle and tie bows. They develop concentration while learning to care for themselves and their environment. Practical life also includes grace and courtesy lessons such as greeting, shaking hands and good manners. The child also develops important character traits such as independence, self-confidence, self-respect and development of their will.

4.Sensorial Materials

The sensorial materials help the child to refine his senses (auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory and gustatory). These materials have multiple purposes: preparing the child's hand for writing, visual discrimination of size, classifying, ordering, estimating, comparing and contrasting. The sensorial curriculum also includes: music, language, geometry, mathematics, art, geography and botany.

5.Language

In language, the child is exposed to a variety of literature, nomenclature, sound analysis, letter formation, reading, dictation and grammar. Children learn a second language naturally by communicating with a bilingual assistant teacher.

6.Mathematics

The mathematics materials help the child develop a strong foundation with numbers, linear counting, decimal system, geometry, addition, subtraction, multiplication and long division. All of the mathematics materials are concrete and lead the child to abstraction.

7.Environment

The indoor and outdoor environments have been carefully prepared for the children. They learn to take care of the indoor and outdoor environments. They water, feed and observe plants and animals.

Thanks to all the participants for attending the Easttown Egg Hunt at Johnson Park.

About Maria Montessori

Born in Rome in 1870 to an upper middle class family, Maria Montessori broke from the traditional role of women to become the first female doctor in all of Italy. Her career took an unexpected turn when she started working with disabled children. She devised a new method of education when she saw that the methods of the time were not serving the needs of children.

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Take A Tour

Take a virtual tour of the school before requesting a live tour of the school.

Berwyn Montessori is located in the Easttown Township......

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Did You Know......!

Interesting Book written by Angeline Lillard.

This is a book which is highly recommended for the parents to read. It gives you a detailed idea of montessori philosophy and method. In this book Angeline Stoll Lillard shows that science has finally caught up with Maria Montessori. .....

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Newsletter and Articles

Newsletter April 2012

This month during our group gathering we will be learning about the history of St. Patrick’s Day, Easter Traditions and spring. We will be listening ( and dancing) to Celtic Music. In addition, children will be humming to Vivaldi’s Spring ....

We will also learn about the history of the White House Easter Egg Roll ............

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About Montessori Schools

Finding the right kind of environment for our children is the foremost concern of ours as parents.

When searching for a school we look for a school which provides the right kind of environment and guidance to our child. We come across various Montessori schools which vary a lot in terms of size, facilities, programs, and environment.

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Chronic Constipation in Children

In general, constipation is defined as having less than three bowel movements per week.

It is important to distinguish between organic constipation which is a result of an actual medical disease and functional constipation which is what otherwise healthy children who are developing and growing normally can experience.

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by Ekta Sinha

Berwyn Montessori