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.elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is Montessori based Education?<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Montessori education is student-led and self-paced but guided, assessed, and enriched by knowledgeable and caring teachers, the leadership of their child peers, and a nurturing environment.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A distinctive feature of Montessori education is the specific materials and activities that allow a child to learn through action. These materials were developed by Dr. Montessori and her collaborators over 45 years, and are integral to the program that also involves placing children in 3-year groupings, lessons that are almost exclusively in small groups or one-on-one, a highly organized physical space, and free choice among constructive learning activities. The materials used in these activities provide corrective feedback, and are grouped into curricular areas of Sensorial, Language, Mathematics and Geometry, Geography, Culture, Music, and Art, as well as Practical Life.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These curricular areas help to foster growth for children in all areas of their development\u2014cognitive, emotional, social, and physical.<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What are the benefits of a Montessori based Education?<\/span><\/h3><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Given the freedom and support to question, probe deeply, and make connections, Montessori students grow up to be confident, enthusiastic, and self-directed learners and citizens, accountable to both themselves and their community. They think critically, work collaboratively, and act boldly and with integrity.<\/span><\/p><h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to studies:\u00a0<\/span><\/h3><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children who previously attended Montessori programs showed social and cognitive benefits by high school. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">1<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children who attended public Montessori programs from ages 3 to 11 performed better at ages 15 to 18 in math and science than demographically-matched classmates who had been in other programs through the 5th grade.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">People who spent at least two years in Montessori had higher wellbeing as adults than people who never went to Montessori.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">3<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Children in Classic Montessori programs, as compared with children in Supplemented Montessori and Conventional programs, showed significantly greater school year gains on outcome measures of executive function, reading, math, vocabulary, and social problem solving.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4<\/span><\/li><\/ol><h4>\u00a0<\/h4><h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Resources<\/span><\/h4><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Karnes, M., Shewedel, A., &amp; Williams, M. (1983). A comparison of five approaches for educating young children from low-income homes. In Consortium for Longitudinal Studies (Ed.), As the twig is bent: lasting effects of preschool programs (pp. 133\u2013171). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dohrmann, K. R., Nishida, T. K., Gartner, A., Lipsky, D. K., &amp; Grimm, K. J. (2007). High school outcomes for students in a public Montessori program. Journal of Research in Childhood Education, 22, 205\u2013217.<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/therapytips.org\/interviews\/are-montessori-schools-better-than-public-schools\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/therapytips.org\/interviews\/are-montessori-schools-better-than-public-schools<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lillard, Angeline S. (2012). Preschool children&#8217;s development in classic Montessori, supplemented Montessori, and conventional programs. 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<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NEWS-Less-is-More-768x512.jpg\"  src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NEWS-Less-is-More-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"Montessori Classroom Set-Up\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"> \n        \t\n        <div class=\"ue_pos_carousel_image_overlay\"><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n    <div class=\"uc_image_carousel_content\" >\n        <div>\n          \n          \n                  \n          \n          \n          \n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/events\/less-is-more\/\">            <div class=\"uc_post_title\">Less is More!<\/div>\n          <\/a>                  \n          \n          \n         \n         <div class=\"ue-meta-data\">\n                        \t\t\t            \n            \n                        \n            \n                        \n                        \n                       \n                      \n           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href=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/events\/for-the-love-of-big-words\/\" class=\"uc_more_btn ue-dynamic-popup-single \">Read More<\/a>\n\n     \t<\/div>\n    \n          <\/div>\n    \n  \n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"uc_image_carousel_container_holder uc_carousel_item ue-item\">\n  \n    <div class=\"uc_image_carousel_placeholder\">\n                 \n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NEWS-Discussing-Lent-768x510.jpg\"  src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NEWS-Discussing-Lent-768x510.jpg\" alt=\"NEWS-Discussing-Lent\" width=\"768\" height=\"510\"> \n        \t\n        <div class=\"ue_pos_carousel_image_overlay\"><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n    <div class=\"uc_image_carousel_content\" >\n        <div>\n          \n          \n                  \n          \n          \n          \n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/events\/discussing-lent-with-your-3-5-year-old\/\">            <div class=\"uc_post_title\">Discussing Lent with your 3-5 Year Old<\/div>\n          <\/a>                  \n          \n          \n         \n         <div class=\"ue-meta-data\">\n                        \t\t\t            \n            \n                        \n            \n                        \n                        \n                       \n                      \n           \n               \n\n            \n          <\/div> \n          \n          \n          \n          \n          \n        <div class=\"uc_paragraph\" ><\/div>        \n        <\/div>\n    \n            \n    \t<div class=\"ue-item-btn-holder\">\n   \n           <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/events\/discussing-lent-with-your-3-5-year-old\/\" class=\"uc_more_btn ue-dynamic-popup-single \">Read More<\/a>\n\n     \t<\/div>\n    \n          <\/div>\n    \n  \n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"uc_image_carousel_container_holder uc_carousel_item ue-item\">\n  \n    <div class=\"uc_image_carousel_placeholder\">\n                 \n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NEWS-Building-Confidence-768x512.jpg\"  src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/NEWS-Building-Confidence-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"NEWS-Building-Confidence\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\"> \n        \t\n        <div class=\"ue_pos_carousel_image_overlay\"><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n    <div class=\"uc_image_carousel_content\" >\n        <div>\n          \n          \n                  \n          \n          \n          \n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/events\/building-confidence-through-consistent-expectations\/\">            <div class=\"uc_post_title\">Building Confidence through Consistent Expectations<\/div>\n          <\/a>                  \n      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src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Christmas-Break-768x637.png\"  src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Christmas-Break-768x637.png\" alt=\"Christmas Break\" width=\"768\" height=\"637\"> \n        \t\n        <div class=\"ue_pos_carousel_image_overlay\"><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n    <div class=\"uc_image_carousel_content\" >\n        <div>\n          \n          \n                  \n          \n          \n          \n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/events\/christmas-break\/\">            <div class=\"uc_post_title\">Christmas Break<\/div>\n          <\/a>                  \n          \n          \n         \n         <div class=\"ue-meta-data\">\n                        \t\t\t            \n            \n                        \n            \n                        \n                        \n                       \n                      \n           \n               \n\n            \n 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target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/events\/2024-2025-calendar\/\" class=\"uc_more_btn ue-dynamic-popup-single \">Read More<\/a>\n\n     \t<\/div>\n    \n          <\/div>\n    \n  \n    \n<\/div>\n<div class=\"uc_image_carousel_container_holder uc_carousel_item ue-item\">\n  \n    <div class=\"uc_image_carousel_placeholder\">\n                 \n            <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Thanksgiving-768x637.png\"  src=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Thanksgiving-768x637.png\" alt=\"Thanksgiving\" width=\"768\" height=\"637\"> \n        \t\n        <div class=\"ue_pos_carousel_image_overlay\"><\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  \n  \n    <div class=\"uc_image_carousel_content\" >\n        <div>\n          \n          \n                  \n          \n          \n          \n                  <a href=\"https:\/\/stmarydelaware.org\/events\/thanksgiving-break\/\">     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