The teachers observe each child's inclination and areas of habitual concentration and encourage him to develop in that direction so that he grows according to the best in his own being. By a close observation, the teachers try to understand his needs, strengths and limitations. The child is not scolded, but discipline is lovingly encouraged.

The child becomes conscious of his body through organized physical activities; games, mimes, and dance are used to develop coordination of movement. Training of the senses continues to be of special importance in the lower elementary program. The child is guided to develop and refine his creativity by interesting him in drawing, painting and the plastic arts.

All the children are taught to be brave and fearless. They are encouraged to tell the truth at all times.

Integral Education instruction forms the core of the elmentary curriculum (see below), with an emphasis on language development and math. Throughout the year there is a progression in complexity of materials offered, and the precision and refinement of skills and performance expected of the child increases as he matures.

Purpose: To prepare the child for writing and reading.

The Language materials provide a step-by-step progression of activities to develop the necessary skills for speaking, writing, and reading. The hand is strengthened through the use of the Practical Life exercises and the knobbed materials in all areas. Through the use of activities that reinforce precise skills of visual perception, the child learns to observe slight differences of size and shape, which prepares her to discriminate between letter shapes. The child learns the phonetic sounds of lower case letters.

Purpose: To help the child develop concepts of numeration, place value, fractions, and the basic operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Montessori principles hold that a child's mind is mathematical and based on the order and perceptual awareness found in the development of the senses. The acquisition of mathematical principles is seen as developing logically from concrete to abstract, and from simple to complex. The child that has mastered the basic concepts involved with Practical Life and Sensorial materials progresses naturally to the Math Materials.