Upper Elementary Information Session

Please join from 5 -5.30 in the elementary room to talk about the next step in your child’s Montessori journey. In the fall term, we talked about how a concrete mathematical concept like the trinomial cube that is shown to a child at the age of three becomes a concrete algebraic expression of the Pythagorean theorem in the mind of the lower elementary child. Now we’d like to take you from the peace table in casa to Model UN in Upper Elementary. We will introduce you to the final Great Lesson: The Nation of the Great River which ties together geography, the significance of rivers in human history, structures in society and finally, the study of human anatomy. We have prepared the upper elementary curriculum at Orchard to answer the tendencies in this plane of child development toward abstraction and critical thought. We’d love it if you come out to hear all about it.