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 Curriculum
Our Guides will offer curriculum that presents the Alberta Program of Studies
in a very meaningful, contextualized way, using the Montessori lessons as the
framework. These lessons present all learning from the "big picture", global
perspective first, then proceed to examine the "parts", always returning to the
view of the "whole". The spiral offers an effective metaphorical image of the
Montessori approach to learning: concepts are presented from whole to part to
whole.
Children in their third year of Casa (age five) stay for an extended day. In
Alberta, the government funds half a day ("Kindergarten") provided the school
meets Alberta Program of Studies criteria. Children stay in the same classroom,
with the same guide for continuity, and continue to receive lessons in the
same manner. In addition to the Casa Curriculum, please see Cosmic
Education and the Alberta Program of Studies below for further details.
The following document outline how the Maria Montessori Education Centre
meets and exceeds the Alberta Program of Studies in the "Kindergarten", Lower
and Upper Elementary programs through Montessori lessons and methods.
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