Primary: Our primary program offers traditional Montessori Education to children ages 2 1/5 through 6 years old. Select the primary page to learn more about the program and view our and newsletters. Elementary: Our elementary program offers traditional Montessori Education to children ages 6 through 9 years old. Select the elementary page to learn more about the program. Our Elementary program is new for 2008-2009 "The primary goal of Montessori education is to prepare the whole child to reach his full potential in all areas of life." - M. Montessori Maria Montessori believed that education should be a preparation for the "whole life". Like Montessori's first Casa, ours is structured like a community with a multi-aged grouping that models the real world. As the children learn to cooperate in the Casa, sometime helping a younger child, sometimes being helped by an older one, sometimes working alone in a shared space, they develop respect for each other and begin to understand what is needed for a community to thrive. At Rainier View Montessori Academy, children learn and grow in a secure, prepared environment where they know specially designed materials are always available and help toward the next step is always forthcoming. The teacher serves as a guide for the child, drawing out their unique and individual potential and respecting their unspoken desire to do things for themselves. The materials take children beyond traditional learning methods to a vibrant world of senses including touch, smell, sight and sound that their minds are naturally attuned to. The curriculum is a rich mixture of practical life exercises, sensorial exploration, language, math, geography, botany, history, music, art and creative play, all geared to the development of the whole child. |
Learning Subtraction:
A child is using the golden
beads to learn how to
subtract.
A child is using the golden
beads to learn how to
subtract.
Programs
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Learning About the Horse:
A child is using three part
cards to learn the parts of the
horse.
A child is using three part
cards to learn the parts of the
horse.
Learning to Write:
this student is using sand
paper letters and sand to lean
to write her letters.
this student is using sand
paper letters and sand to lean
to write her letters.
Group Lesson:
These children are getting a
group geography lesson on
the States.
These children are getting a
group geography lesson on
the States.
9716 224th St E
Graham WA 98388
(253) 262-3292
Graham WA 98388
(253) 262-3292