Folsom Lake Montessori Transitional Kindergarten Program is known for its individualized care and attention. Our primary goal is to make sure your child is safe, happy, discovering and learning all about the environment. As for you, the parents, we provide assurance that your child is taken care of in the most responsible and beautiful learning environment. We use a bright wheel app where we communicate, send pictures and update you on your child’s daily progress. Our teachers are always around, and provide a warm, nurturing and safe environment, which caters to each and every individual in the classroom.
In a prepared environment the children work in five different Montessori areas including practical life, sensorial, language, math and cultural.
In practical life they gain a sense of order, develop concentration and coordination through many activities. These practices strengthen their fine motor skills which are applied in other areas of the curriculum.
The sensorial area gives opportunity to our students to be aware of the environment and refine the child’s senses. Our students practice classification of sizes, shapes, compositions, texture, volume, temperature, weight and taste. These practices make layers of math learning for kindergarten as are considered as non-standard measurement.
Transitional Kindergarten encourages them to express their needs, feelings, and thoughts. Expressive language is an important aspect for this age group. Children express their thoughts by drawing them.
In the academic area of language arts our students master A-Z sounds and make words by putting them together. As we start with moveable alphabets, children will break down and spell it out. This is the foundation for spelling, making phrases and advanced reading. Montessori pre-writing activities provide practices to form alphabet letters in the right form.
Our young fours work with Montessori math materials starting with quantity, then associate them with numbers. In math each individual works on linear counting and order of numbers at different levels according to his/her pace.
Montessori cultural curriculum introduces the whole world to our young students. This area includes botany, zoology, geography, art, nature activities and earth science. The lessons are presented in concrete forms. Also, different art materials expand children’s creativity.
