About Willoughby Montessori
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ABOUT WILLOUGHBY MONTESSORI DAYSCHOOL

Since September 1, 1978, Willoughby Montessori Dayschool has been educating children. Located on several acres of land, we offer enclosed play areas, as well as a lovely meadow, grassy hill, and a small wooded area for children to enjoy and explore. When the children are restricted to the indoors because of inclement weather, there are three indoor playrooms for large motor activity.
At Willoughby Montessori Dayschool, our staff is comprised of teachers who either are Montessori-trained, A.M.S.-accredited, Ohio State-certified, pursuing early childhood education or have met the ODJFS requirements.
Willoughby Montessori Dayschool applies Maria Montessori's theory of education to the preschool and dayschool setting.

THE MONTESSORI METHOD

Maria Montessori was an Italian physician and educator, and the first woman to receive a medical degree in Italy. She developed her special teaching method because she felt the young child had more potential than most educators realized.
SENSITIVE PERIODS
This is a crucial aspect of Montessori philosophy. This is the age when the child shows unusual capabilities in acquiring particular skills and knowledge. For example: 
0 to 2 years:
language, walking
2 ½ - 4 years:
movement, coordination
3 - 6 years:
social graces, cultural subjects
3 ½ - 6 years:
writing, letter sounds leading to word formation
4 - 5 years:
words, leading to reading and numbers
MONTESSORI APPROACH TO EDUCATION
The core of the Montessori system of training children is based upon three fundamental truths regarding the nature of children:
  1. Children are all different from each other and need, for their fullest development, the greatest possible liberty for their individualities to grow.
  2. Children must learn for themselves in order to grow. The impulse to learn must come from within.
  3. Under proper conditions, children enjoy educating themselves more than anything else.
Maria Montessori's Concept Of Discipline advocates the belief that inner discipline is the means by which the child develops his/her own behavior through personal interests.
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