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Children's Montessori School
P.O Box 3510,
Lompoc, CA 93438
3910 Constellation Rd.
Lompoc
CA
93436

Montessorilompoc@aol.com
(805) 733-2290
http://www.montessorilompoc.com


The elementary class is composed of students ages 6 through 12 years. These students are subdivided into two groups: 6 to 9 years (lower elementary) and 9 to 12 years (upper elementary).

The elementary child is an imaginative explorer, and the elementary program is designed to stimulate the child's imagination.

The teacher is a storyteller, enticing the child through allegorical stories to explore the cosmos with mind and heart.

These cosmic stories of the Earth, humanity, language and mathematics lead the child on a wondrous journey. Throughout the journey, the child selects those subjects that inspire learning. CMS encourages collaborative work since the child at this age learns best in groups.

This collaborative environment allows the child to prepare for taking an active role as a member of society.

"Going Out"
"Going Out" is part of the Montessori environment and helps the students develop relationships beyond the family, and beyond the classroom into the local and world communities. It begins in the primary with simple social responsibilities, grace and courtesy, helping to keep the classroom clean and in order.

In the elementary, "Going Out" begins with responsibility in the classroom. Excursions to local libraries, museums, and places of special interest that relate to a current classroom study are arranged by the students.

Students are responsible for organizing all aspects of "Going Out" events including, scheduling, transportation arrangements and collection of admission fees.

"Going Out" also includes invitations to guest lecturers to come to the classroom to talk on a special topic of study, and these events are also arranged by the students.

The upper elementary students go on week long excursions to science and marine life camps. Under the teacher's watchful eye, the student takes on the responsibility of becoming a member of society.







Performing Arts
The Performing Arts Program is designed to meet the needs of the elementary child for group collaborative work. It is just as important as the academics, and is stressed during the summer months.

Through the Christmas holiday program and summer play, the children are guided to have a respect for the stage, be responsible to others, be on time, sing or speak clearly, and maintain their concentration throughout an involved performance. At the completion of this work, the confidence gained for each child is well worth the effort.









Synopsis of Program
General Cosmic education gives the "big picture", develops self-motivation and self-reliance; students work individually and at their own pace.
Social Working in groups and cooperative learning; finding one's place amongst peers in the community and as a part of mankind; "going out" into the local community; social responsibility, citizenship and respect for authority; students resolving social problems by teacher supervised group discussion.
Geography Physical elements of nature; the formation and composition of the earth; the states of matter and their laws; the formation of mountains, volcanism; the work of air and water; geology; gravity; the sun/earth relationship; the interaction of man with his environment (human geography).
Biology The coming of plant/animal life; the emergence, development, diversification and needs of plant/animal life; classification of plants/animals; function of the root, stem, leaf, flower, fruit and seed; the parts of the animal body and their functions; life cycles and ecology.
History Man's life on earth from the beginning; the development of groups, societies, the city, the state, nations, cultures and economics; ancient civilizations; migrations; world, U.S. and California history; time.
Language The history of written and spoken language; the development of written symbols, writing materials, and the etymology of words; the parts of speech; simple and complex sentence analysis; forms of writing (prose, poetry, letters, research, creative); dramatic readings; literature.
Mathematics The history and development of mathematics; memorization of +, -, x, / combinations; simple and complex, short and long +, -, x, /; squaring and cubing, square root and cube root; group and distributive division; factors and multiples; powers of numbers; fractions and the operations; decimal fractions and the operations; negative numbers; non-decimal bases; algebra; formulas; work problems; measurement; ratio and proportion.
Geometry Study of lines, angles, circles and polygons; study of and formulas for area and volume; practical scientific uses of geometry; congruency, similarity, equivalence, and equality; use of tools of geometry.
Music/Drama/Dance Singing, dance, dramatic performances and theater, one, rhythm, notation in music; conducting; use of artist's tools and the development of artistic techniques.
Physical Education Group games and group sports; good sportsmanship; School Jog-a-thon.

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