Montessori School of the Bay Area-San Francisco,
strives for and values its educational excellence. Our mission
is to provide for each of its students, a well-rounded, individualized,
educational and developmental experience based on Montessori
principles that nurtures a love of learning.
When you enter our school, one of the things
you notice is the calm and quiet. The children are all active,
enjoying their activities, and they find our structure provides
the environment needed to absorb learning. Our basic premise
is that children enjoy learning, learning about themselves and
the world around them. They enjoy learning so much it is like
playing. Another premise is that, children do not learn through
playing; they learn through purposeful activity. Children who
go through our program love to come to school everyday. They
look forward to it, because they are being rewarded with learning.
The Montessori classroom facilitates the child's
develop-ment of independence, self confidence, attention and
critical thinking skills. The faculty carefully works with each
student to ensure that education is built upon children's interests
so that each comes to develop a sense of mutual respect and
self-esteem which is a critical element in education.
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We provide an extensive all-day Montessori
program that answers many problems of today. The children are
taught everyday tasks of dressing, cleaning, and other purposeful
activities. They are shown the logic of the activities so they
can relate existing knowledge to new situations and in this
way, the children learn to learn. The environment is one of
well-designed teaching tools and materials. Preparing in advance,
establishes a solid teaching philosophy that knows where it
is going.
The goal of the Montessori education is to
link the child's experiences in the world with the information
that is presented in the classroom. An integrated approach to
education helps a child order and classify the world so that
it is easier for them to understand and appreciate it. We also
present parents with more information about the learning process
that takes place in the Montessori classroom. We as a staff,
take great pride in the work that we do here at Montessori School
of the Bay Area. We enjoy sharing our vision, so that you as
parents, can experience the same satisfaction that we do, as
we work toward accomplishing our goal.
