The Primary Program is for children aged two and a half to six.  Typically, each child has the same teacher for three or four years until they gain the age and maturity necessary to move on to an "elementary" class.  The "primary" classroom itself is divided into four areas:  "Practical Life", which focuses on care of self and the environment, social graces, and movement; "Sensorial", which focuses on exploring the textures, colors and materials of the classroom environments''; "Language", which focuses on learning to improve verbal skills as well as beginning to read and write; and "Mathematics", focusing on learning to count number systems, measurement and the beginning of arithmetic and even algebra.  Included in our classrooms are exercises on fine art, arts-and-crafts, music, geography, physiology, zoology, and botany.  Montessori students also tend gardens and exercise in the play areas.  Field trips and library excursions are scheduled throughout the year.  The "primary" classes prepare your child for a smooth and confident transition to the Montessori Elementary Program.

Students proceed from our Primary program with confidence and a positive attitude towards school.  The elementary classes are divided into two groups:  Ages 6-9 are in the lower elementary, and ages 9 to 12 years are in the upper elementary.  The overlapping of ages allows greater flexibility for optimum placement.  They grow intellectually and personally.  There is an equal distribution of leadership opportunities and opportunities to communicate, and with the teacher's guidance, the students make their own choices in an open-ended curriculum.  The students strive continually to greater knowledge, self-discipline, initiative, persistence and concentration.  The Montessori course of study is an integrated, thematic approach that ties the separate disciplines of the curriculum together into studies of the physical universe, the world of nature, and the human experience.  This integrated curriculum covers Language Arts, Literature, Anthropology, Psychology, Computer Skills, History, Geography, Sociology, Economics, Civics, Mathematics, Physical and Biological Science, Nature Study, Everyday Living Skills and Observation Skills,  In addition, Art, Music, Foreign Language, and Physical Education as well as classes in Leadership and Problem Solving are included in our Elementary program.  Field trips, an annual overnight camping trip, trips for research and library visits are all integral parts of our curriculum.  Voluntary community services is also important at our school.  We teach our students to become educated citizens who know how to contribute to our world.

The Middle School curriculum at the Montessori Learning Center is based on the age and needs of the student at this particular level of development, and the program of study presented to the students involves activity and variety. The students, as much as possible, work from a point of their own interest. Finally, the students should have definite goals towards which they direct themselves at every level of their studies. These goals should be obtainable, give the students a sense of satisfaction, and serve to renew the interests of the students, which in turn, provide the incentive for further work.

The Middle School is committed to providing students with the academic and social skills necessary for a healthy transition into young adulthood. Our program respects and responds to the specific needs of 11-14 year olds, an age during which significant intellectual, social and emotional changes take place. Middle School students are challenged to excel academically and to learn to live in a community with their fellow students, faculty members, and the world outside of our school.

Class discussions, laboratory experiments, interdisciplinary research and experiential opportunities form the basis for learning in the Middle School. These approaches promote education as creative and alive. Class sizes are deliberately small to encourage the active participation of all students. The curriculum is structured around an interdisciplinary approach to education that relies heavily on extended learning resources, such as the community in which the students live. As in the Elementary program, emphasis is placed on the interrelationships which exist between all of the areas of study. Course elements include mathematics, science, foreign language, humanities, English/literature, physical fitness, and the arts.