What are the highlights of a Montessori Elementary Education?
Montessori education stresses learning how to learn. Students are encouraged to do their own research, analyze their findings and come to their own conclusions. Montessori teaches students to think, not simply to memorize, reproduce on tests or exams, and forget. They literally learn how to learn, discovering along the way that the process of learning is fun, enjoyable and as natural as breathing. Far from just passively giving students the “right answers”, Montessori teachers ask the “right questions” and challenge students to find new solutions or discover the answers on their own. This is a key element of the Montessori program that prepares children to succeed in the real world of ideas, enterprise, and challenging perspectives. Learning the right answers may get children through a test, but learning how to learn will get them successfully through life.
