The goal of a traditional curriculum is to delineate what a
child is supposed to learn. In Montessori, we want your child to be
able to learn everything! The starting point for all courses of study is
the “Great Lessons”; these impressionistic and scientific stories are
presented every year and give the students the “big picture” of
cosmology, astronomy, earth science, geography, chemistry, physics,
biology, history, anthropology, cultural and social studies, language,
math, music, and art. Subsequent lessons offer the children keys for
exploring these areas of human knowledge in more detail. As in the
primary, the lessons are starting points for your child’s own activity.
Meaningful learning happens when children are inspired by a lesson
and begin to explore the subject and work on their own,
