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In today's society, we often have a polarize view of things. Things are either black or while, Republican or Democrat, good or bad. The middle ground rarely seems to exist in our psyches, and with Education it is no exception. People often desire a rigorous curriculum, strong academic standards, and high test scores, or they espouse to create an integrated, arts based, multi sensory/multi modality (teaching topics through music, art, hands on materials...) open educational environment. The two camps rarely mix. We at Sheehy Montessori want to know...
WHY?
It is our strong belief that we can and do have both of both worlds in our program. The Sheehy Montessori elementary program is taught by teachers who believe in and are able to integrate the teaching of all subjects, not as isolated disciplines, but as part of a whole. We offer the following:
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Academics
- mathematics curriculum presented with concrete materials that simultaneously reveal arithmetic, geometric, and algebraic correlations.
- Integration of the arts, sciences, geography, history, and language that evokes the native imagination and abstraction of the elementary child.
- Presentation of formal scientific language of zoology, botany, anthropology, geography, geology, etc., that exposes the child to accurate, organized information and respects the child's intelligence and interests.
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Techniques
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Use of timelines, pictures, charts, and other visual aids that provide a linguistic and visual overview of the first principles of each discipline.
- Emphasis on open-ended research and in-depth study using primary and secondary sources (no next books or worksheets) as well as other materials, including individualized record keeping forms.
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On a factual basis, interdisciplinary studies combine geographical, linguistic, geologic, biological, and anthropological science in the study of natural history and world ecology. Yet our studies are integrated not only in terms of subject matter, but in terms of moral learning resulting in appreciation and respect for life, each other, a fundamental belief in the progress and the contribution of the individual, empathy, the universality of the human condition, and the meaning of true justice
Sheehy Montessori * Margaret Sheehy Elementary School* Merced * CA*US * 95340
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