Our academics are individualized, not standardized. Over a nine-year cycle, we apply Maria Montessori’s principles to all aspects of our curriculum, ensuring a holistic program that supports our students in becoming confident, adaptable and independent thinkers.

Supporting a Child’s Development

Our preprimary teachers design work which builds hand-eye coordination, concentration, manual dexterity and self-reliance. These skills help to prepare children for academic subjects like reading, writing, mathematics, social studies and the sciences as they grow at The New School Montessori.

Over their nine years, new and more advanced approaches to all curricular areas are explored. We use methods that introduce both concrete and abstract concepts at levels that are developmentally appropriate to the individual student. Children are supported to develop an ever-more sophisticated understanding of themselves through this work.

An Example of the Nine-Year Cycle with Binomial & Trinomial Cubes

Pre-Primary, the 3 to 6-Year-Old Absorbent Mind

To the young child, the binomial cube is a basic puzzle of matching colors. But as the child builds it, he is forming a predisposition to enjoy and understand later mathematics. The cube provides a tangible experience of dividing and sub-dividing which lays the foundation for the future study of the algebraic expression: (a + b)³ = (a + b)(a + b)(a + b) = a³+3a²b+3ab²+b³

Elementary, the 6 to 12-Year-Old

Building onto what was learned in 3-6, the more advanced study of mathematics in the elementary begins to further the child’s understanding of algebra by exploring the trinomial cube. The child develops concentration, order, coordination, and confidence as she appreciates the beauty of form in three dimensions. The sixth grader can apply the algebraic concepts involved in the trinomial theorem:

(a + b + c)³ = (a + b + c)(a + b + c)(a + b + c) = a³+3a²b+3ab²+6abc+3a²c+3ac²+b³+3b²c+3bc²+c³