Visiting and Tours
The Montessori School of Lake Forest welcomes interested families into our unique learning environment. Tours and information sessions begin at 9:30 a.m. and will be held on: May 8th and 22nd Montessori philosophy, pioneered by Dr. Maria Montessori in 1907, allows children to direct their own learning interests in a carefully prepared environment, thus allowing them to develop their individual Love of Learning. Our school serves children and their families from birth through 15 years of age and is open year-round from 7:30 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. To learn more about an education at MSLF, please call Sarah at 847-918-1000 x306 Directions ...
Birth to 3
Parent Infant Program “The first two years of life are the most important. Observation proves that small children are endowed with special psychic powers, and points to new ways of drawing them out—literally ‘educating by cooperating with nature.’ So here begins the new path, wherein it will not be the professor who teaches the child, but the child who teaches the professor.” Maria Montessori, "Education for a New World" A New Concept in Early Childhood Education More learning takes place in the first two years than at any other time in a child’s life. The brain develops rapidly, and this growth is aided by ...
Primary Program
“…[Since] there are in this period of three to six natural aptitudes to easy acquisition of culture, we should take advantage of them, and surround the child with things to handle which in themselves convey steps in culture. When we place in his environment certain objects which allow him to imitate human actions around him, and the means to perfect acquisitions already made in the first period, we help him to achieve the complicated culture of today.” Maria Montessori, "Education for a New World" Fostering Independence and Determination The Montessori School of Lake Forest Primary Program continues to maximize the development of young ...
Elementary Program
“To do well, it is necessary to aim at giving an idea of all the sciences, not in precise detail, but only as an impression. The idea is to sow the seeds of the sciences at this age when a sort of sensitive period of the imagination exists…And, as we have seen, the examination of a detail triggers the study of the whole.” Maria Montessori, "From Childhood to Adolescence" The Elementary Environment Like the Primary Program, the Montessori School of Lake Forest Elementary Program is organized in three-year age groupings. At both levels, the multi-age grouping provides children with broad opportunities for social ...
Adolescent Program
“The teachers must have the greatest respect for the young personality, realizing that in the soul of the adolescent, great values are hidden, and that in the minds of these boys and girls there lies all our hope of future progress and the judgment of ourselves and our times…if social progress is realized through the succession of the generations, then these children… will become more highly developed than their adult teachers.” Maria Montessori, "From Childhood to Adolescence" Montessori Education Fulfills Itself In The Adolescent Years Adolescents need to construct themselves as responsible individuals who participate as contributing members of society. The Adolescent asks: ...
Academic Program
Introduction
“Scientific observation then has established that education is not what the teacher...
Birth to 3
Parent Infant Program “The first two years of life are the most important. Observation...
Primary Program
“…[Since] there are in this period of three to six natural aptitudes to easy...
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Visiting and Tours
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