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Curriculum 6-9 Program 9-12 Program Montessori vs. Traditional Classroom Computer	Lower Elementary Program Our program for children aged six to nine is based on the classical Montessori curriculum, encompassing a horizontal approach to education. This means that one topic is discussed in multiple subjects - for example, if we are studying Egypt in the Timeline of Life, we will also talk about how the Egyptians counted in Math, the construction of the Pyramids in History, the evolution of hieroglyphics in Language, and so on. Our emphasis is on impressionistic and tactile lessons, meaning that students work with physical materials such as metal insets, glass beads, wooden tiles, geometric solids, etc. Math is taught kinetically to abstraction. This means that students begin calculations with physical objects in conjunction with numbers and symbols, and then progress to mental calculations, working exclusively with numbers and symbols. In every field of study, complex concepts are given a broad view, and taken to a more detailed perspective as the student grows.
Montessori Fountainhead Elementary 278-A Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401

Lower Elementary Program

Our program for children aged six to nine is based on the classical Montessori curriculum, encompassing a horizontal approach to education. This means that one topic is discussed in multiple subjects - for example, if we are studying Egypt in the Timeline of Life, a student of Montessori Fountainhead Elementary working with metal inset math materials we will also talk about how the Egyptians counted in Math, the construction of the Pyramids in History, the evolution of hieroglyphics in Language, and so on.

Our emphasis is on impressionistic and tactile lessons, meaning that students work with physical materials such as metal insets, glass beads, wooden tiles, geometric solids, etc. Math is taught kinetically to abstraction. This means that students begin calculations with physical objects in conjunction with numbers and symbols, and then progress to mental calculations, working exclusively with numbers and symbols.

In every field of study, complex concepts are given a broad view, and taken to a more detailed perspective as the student grows.