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Founded in 1991, Granite Bay Montessori is a non-profit, non-denominational private school serving preschool, kindergarten and elementary (through eighth grade) students from Roseville, Granite Bay, Rocklin, Orangevale areas. For 19 years, Granite Bay Montessori has offered a unique journey from preschool to high school readiness for young learners.

 

Granite Bay Montessori offers strong core curriculum in mathematics, science and technology, English, reading and composition, and the humanities. The school also offers a rich program of elective subjects in the arts, fine arts, languages and music. Shops and clubs offer hands-on experience with computer hardware and software, electronics, gardening and other skills development programs.

 

The school features small class sizes and low teacher to student ratios. Classes are led by Montessori credentialed teachers in conjunction with a qualified teaching assistant.

 

Classes are designed to span several age groups because children learn at different rates. Rather than having to "skip a grade” or "be held back”, children learn at their individual pace while remaining with their social peer group. This provides a comfortable entree to education for preschool children who are ready to learn but too young for public kindergarten.

 

 

Montessori Method is an "education by means of liberty in a prepared environment.” The "prepared environment” consists of an open and airy classroom with many materials with each area of learning displayed in an ordered fashion. It is the objective that this ordered environment will create an ordered life. The child learns to return each job to its place before choosing a new project. The pre-school child has the free choice of jobs within the prepared environment which creates independence and self-direction. The free choice is limited to each material not already in use by another child, unless the child using a specific material "invites” another child to aid or share in the project. This develops respect of individuals and their rights as well as cooperative skills.

 

The elementary child works on a "contract basis." The child has the responsibility of scheduling his or her time to complete a given amount of work in a given amount of time. The child has the freedom of set the work sequence.

 

Younger students make estensive use of self-correcting materials.  These help children to develop motor and sensory skills, to lengthen concentration span, to discover problem-solving techniques, to learn to care for themselves, and to work with others.

 

The teacher’s role in the Montessori classroom is to motivate and stimulate children by continuously introducing them to new materials and activities. Cooperative projects help children bring together individual talents to accomplish common goals.