Desert Sky Montessori School in Scottsdale, AZ

Name: Desert Sky Montessori School
Address: 12850 North Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ, 85254, USA
Telephone: (480) 998-7019

Name:	Desert Sky Montessori School
Type:	Preschool
Enrolling:	No
Preschool Address:	12850 North Scottsdale Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85254
Preschool Phone:	(480) 998-7019
Child ages:	1.5 years - 6 years
Rate:	$ (less than $510)
Preschool Website:	http://www.desertskymontessori.net

Preschool Description

The materials used in the primary environment are based on the young childs unique aptitude for learning which Dr. Montessori identified as the Absorbent Mind. Montessori compared the young mind to a sponge. It absorbs information from the environment. Acquiring information in this way is a natural and delightful activity for the young child who employs all her senses to investigate her interesting surrounding.
Maria Montessori emphasized that the hand is the chief teacher of the child. The hand is the the organ of the brain. In order to learn there must be concentration. Adults do not teach concentration. They allow the child to explore without interruption. Dr. Montessori stressed the importance of the sensitive periods for early learning. There are periods of intense fascination for learning a particular characteristic or skill.
For primary students, some of these sensitive periods include language, movement, order, music and manipulating small objects. It is easier for the child to learn a particular skill during the corresponding sensitive periods than at any time in her life. The Montessori classroom takes advantage of this by allowing the child freedom to select individual activities, which correspond to her period of interest. This is what is meant by, Follow the child.
Children in a Montessori classroom are free to learn because they have acquired an inner discipline from their exposure to both mental and physical order. This is the core of Dr. Montessoris philosophy.
Desert Sky Montessori was established in 1995 for the sole purpose of providing the very best care and education of young children and to help parents achieve their highest goal in the education of their children.
It is our goal to follow the teaching of Dr. maria Montessori to the best or our abilities.

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