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Our Philosophy

As Dr. Montessori stated, the prime time of learning is between birth and the age of six. During these formative years, children go through a series of sensitive periods when an inner desire to learn for themselves drives the activities they engage in. However, children cannot satisfy these inner impulsions to learn and explore if they find nothing in their surroundings. The extent of their development is limited by their environment.

We believe in the importance of development of the whole child during these formative years--academically, socially, physically, ethically, and emotionally in a bilingual environment. As a result, we have come together to establish the Mi Casita Montessori School. Our mission is to provide a stimulating, bilingual environment where children can freely explore, learn, and develop the skills needed for life.

MCMS Philosophy

We believe that a child's early years provide a foundation of growth and development for the rest of his/her life. Research has proven that eighty percent of the child's mental development takes place before the age of eight. Children at this age are also at the prime time to learn multiple languages easily and naturally. In order to help our children develop to their fullest potential, we believe an environment must be created that stimulates their inner desire to learn and provides them with the experiences of belonging to a community valuing love, respect, and order. Not only should children learn how read, write, and compute, but more importantly they should learn how to think creatively, make decisions and choices independently, be responsible for their actions and environment, work in a group, become active citizens, and respect diversity of culture and their environment. In other words, the goal of education at this stage in life is the development of the whole child--academically, socially, physically, ethically, and emotionally. However, we recognize that each child is an individual, developing at his/her own rate. Thus we have chosen to fulfill our mission by preparing our bilingual programs and environment according to the Montessori philosophy. We not only strongly believe in the benefits of a Montessori education but we have seen the positive results in children first hand.

Montessori Philosophy

The Montessori method of education was developed by Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) of Italy in the early 1900s. Though she was a physician, she devoted most of her life to the education of children all around the world. Initially she began working with children with special needs. Through her scientific observations, she came to see how children interacted with one an another, how they learned, and what they naturally were drawn to learn at various ages and phases of development (sensitive periods). She showed that what helps children with special needs to learn also helps other children to learn. Her observations led to the theory that children have a natural desire to learn for themselves through hands-on activities using the five senses. The goal of early childhood education should not be to fill the child with facts but rather to cultivate his/her natural desire to learn and perfect all the natural tools for learning.

About Us | Our Philosophy | Why Bilingual Montessori?