Elementary Program Highlights


The Montessori elementary course of study is an integrated view of interrelated disciplines offered in three-year cycles, which starts with the global and historical perspective, then moves forward to current and local events. This approach differs from the traditional model in which the curriculum is compartmentalized into separate subjects, with given topics limited by grade level.  In the Montessori approach, lessons are introduced simply and concretely, in the context of history in the early lessons and are reintroduced several times during the following years at increasing degrees of abstraction and complexity. The curriculum from the primary through the elementary program is engineered to meet and capitalize on the changing developmental stages of the child. This is a very key foundation of the Montessori Method. The major developmental change for a child of elementary age is gaining the ability to reason and to imagine, and these skills are used in the classroom.

This course of study is an integrated thematic approach where major concepts are introduced through the Great lessons, which challenge the imagination and provide a framework which ties separate disciplines of the curriculum together into studies of the physical universe, the world of nature, and the human experience.  Mathematics, science, literature, the arts, history, social issues, government, philosophy, economics, art, and the study of technology all complement one another in our curriculum.

Administrative Notes: 

  • We have moved our sports activities to each Tuesday and Thursdays, except on weeks where we go out for gym on Friday (noted in the class calendars).  Please wear the sports uniforms.  We will have one full morning or afternoon of sports every few weeks at Victoria Peak Gardens or a Hong Kong sports ground.

  • Also please check your child's back pack each day for notes – they will be in the plastic Communication File provided by the School.

  • Please make sure your child has needed supplies each day, including a reading book.  The older children in the class have established a Supplies Store in the class which stocks pencils, erasers, coloured pencils, sharpener and sketch pad.

If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to call us.

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Elementary Montessori Program Corner: The Montessori Mathematics Program

Each month we would like to introduce you to a section of the Elementary classroom, and the theory and philosophy behind it. This month Mathematics is our focus. The Montessori Mathematics program consists of sequential exercises that start with more concrete lessons, and move forward into the highly abstract.  The fundamental goal of Montessori education is to stimulate the child’s reasoning ability by the developing the mathematical mind.  The math presentations require the use of concrete materials conceived to be manipulated and explored until the child’s mine spontaneously reaches the “A-Hah!” – the point of consciousness where the concrete becomes the abstract and the child understands.  The introduction to numeration, the study of the decimal system the understanding of the function and mechanics of the four operations (addition, multiplication, subtraction and addition), fractions, powers, etc. are all areas of study presented with the brilliantly designed Montessori materials.

Mathematics, like all Montessori subjects, is taught in the context of history, so that the concepts explored can be understood in terms of their use in modern, as well as historical contexts.

The Montessori Language Program

The Montessori Language program consists of sequential exercises for writing, reading and vocabulary. The multi-sensory approach facilitates the association of the shapes of the alphabet letters with the phonetic sounds and represents one of the essential steps in the early study of language. Once the child masters sounding out written words, he/she will come spontaneously to the explosion of reading. The study of the nine parts of speech is introduced primarily with the exercises of the Montessori Grammar Boxes. Further exercises in grammar include word study, number and gender of words, correct expressions, compounds, synonyms, homonyms, antonyms and syllabication.