The Montessori Early Childhood curriculum is dedicated to teaching children ages 2.5 to 6 years.
Students completing this program acquire 316 clock hours during the academic cycle, from courses held on-site in our fully-equipped training environment. The practicum phase allows the learner to have a rich experience teaching children Montessori curriculum over for a minimum 540 hours.
Each practicum phase includes quarterly seminar hours that are scheduled on weekends and add 24 hours towards the total coursework completion.
The coursework, guided by the AMS curriculum components, includes:
- Montessori Philosophy
- Practical Life
- Sensorial
- Mathematics
- Language
- Social Studies
- Science
- Classroom Leadership
- Parent Involvement
- Child Development
- Observation
- Music
- Art