Quality education for your child

The Sandia Montessori School: Quality education for your child

Background of Montessori education

This system of education was developed in the early part of the last century by Dr. Maria Montessori, initially for 3 to 6 year olds, and gradually for higher age groups. The main guidelines and the philosophy for this type of education were based on the following concepts:-

The child is an autonomous being and opportunities have to be provided for the child to express his autonomy rather than be continually acted upon.

Children are eager to learn and this needs to be nourished and allowed to manifest itself in the school atmosphere.

Children need to experience and arrive at their own learning.

Foster in the child, self respect and thereby respect for others as well as the environment.

Help the child to take charge of himself and contribute to a more peaceful and balanced world.

Education and learning continue throughout our lives and the school needs to focus on education as assistance to life.

Education is provided by our total environment: home, school and society, and the school needs to be open to this total environment and interact with it.

Those of us who have grown up with and around Montessori students know the value of Montessori education. While the average person has heard of Montessori, most know little about it and have conflicting impressions of what Montessori reflects. This is nothing new or unique to our country. It has been the case since Dr. Maria Montessori opened her first Montessori school in 1907. Montessori was set up to bring new thinking into the life of a school, to try out new ideas in education, and to evolve an intensely child focused school.

Sandia Montessori School was founded and based with the above mentioned concepts as the foundation blocks. The complete education system of the Sandia Montessori epitomizes these concepts and we have evolved into the best Montessori school in New Mexico for your child. We are located at Albuquerque which is just a few minutes drive from Rio Rancho.

Why Sandia Montessori?

Being a parent you cannot avoid the necessity of putting in countless hours of hard work, planning, and decision making. Sandia Montessori School makes the nature of your journey more easily understood, and may actually make the process easier for you and your loved ones. Sandia Montessori School is different, profoundly different from the familiar traditional classrooms that most of us attended in our school days.
First you should understand from the beginning that the name Montessori refers to a method and philosophy. In Sandia Montessori we allow children to do and learn whatever they want, whenever they want. The Sandia Montessori School assures parents that Montessori is not going to leave your child academically handicapped and unable to make it in the real world. The Sandia Montessori School believes it is easier to learn if you have a guide who has been there before. The Sandia Montessori is a quality preschool, daycare and aftercare school where children gain appreciation, respect for themselves, humanity and respect for the community in which they live. The Sandia Montessori School is different in the world with a vision and belief that every child has potential and makes his/her own individuality. Sandia Montessori believes in “Children need to learn with spontaneity, rather than be taught” and provide right learning environment for spontaneity to flourish. The Sandia Montessori School creates a safe and homely environment where the child can operate not at his lowest survival level but at his highest potential.

With these objectives in mind of all the teaching staff we Sandia Montessori in New Mexico work in unison to develop the best in your child.

Quality of Teaching

The Sandia Montessori School prepares children for creating a united and peaceful environment by providing them with a safe environment that is just right for their specific age group. Students in Sandia Montessori are free to play individually or in a small group with peers. The Sandia Montessori’s experienced teaching staff never enforces children to do any thing without their wish. The Sandia Montessori amplifies on theory that children not only share their talent and skills with peers, but more importantly, direct their own learning.

The Sandia Montessori School empowers child development and maturity in accordance with the quality of the learning opportunities provided. It encourages children to think and implement on thoughts. The Sandia Montessori focuses on the process of learning rather than merely on the content and performance.

Each member of the institution contributes to the well being of the school and the staff is given the opportunity for personal and professional development so that the quality of the school is sustained by each and every one.