At
Centennial Montessori
preschool McKinney, TX, we
want to give your child a preschool education that includes a life-long
love for learning.
All activity
involves learning.
Learning creates an
active mind.
An active mind
creates curiosity.
Curiosity brings
about discovery.
Your child’s
school can be one of the
most creative places
in your child’s life.
Nearly 100 years
ago, an Italian physician inspired the birth of a worldwide educational
movement. Dr. Maria Montessori, one of Italy’s first female physicians,
became interested in preschool education while caring for mentally
challenged children in a psychiatric clinic in Rome. There she combined
sensory-rich environments and hands-on experiential techniques in the
hopes of reaching children previously labeled “deficient and insane.”
The experiment was a resounding success. Within two years, the children
were able to pass Italy’s standardized public school tests. More
importantly, Montessori’s innovative practices had elicited positive
learning behaviors from children previously left behind by
society.
In 1907, Montessori
continued shaping her learning model by opening “A Children’s
House” for pre-school children living in the slums of San Lorenzo. With
her scientific background to guide her, she observed how young people
learned best when engaged in purposeful activity rather than simply being
fed information. She drew upon her clinical understanding of children’s
cognitive growth and development in constructing an educational framework
that would respect individuality and fulfill the needs of the “whole
child.” Dr. Montessori’s pioneering work created a blueprint for
nurturing all children –learning disabled to gifted—to become the
self-motivated, independent and life-long learners that are the ultimate
goal of today’s educational reform movement.
Since that time,
Montessori’s philosophy, materials and practices have spread around the
globe and have been implemented in a variety of cultural settings.
Following Dr. Montessori’s death in 1952, the practice enjoyed a
renaissance in America as parents sought new learning options for their
children. In 1960, parent and teacher Dr. Nancy McCormick Rambusch
founded the American Montessori
Society (AMS) to meet an overwhelming public demand for more
information on Montessori education.
Today, Dr.
Montessori's visionary ideas flourish as the cornerstone of a thriving
educational practice. There are thousands of Montessori schools in the
U.S. including hundreds of programs in public and charter schools,
including pre schools
and kindergarten programs, where the interest in enrollment often results
in long waiting lists. However, because any school can call itself
"Montessori", there is no trademark on the name. AMS can only vouch for
the authenticity of the programs as practiced in schools that are members
of the Society.
As more and more
schools incorporated core
elements of her model-multi-age classrooms, early childhood education -
Montessori became widely recognized as being ahead of her time.
Remarkably, her visionary ideas remain viable concepts that have
profoundly influenced the entire educational landscape.
Centennial
Montessori preschool education and kindergarten program serves the areas
of McKinney, TX, Frisco, TX, and Allen, TX. Our preschool program is for
18-36 month old toddlers, preschool age children 3-6 years, kindergarten
elementary. Our preschool program includes art, Spanish, yoga, music,
P.E., and greenhouse, and all of our teachers are AMS certified and
co-teachers are enrolled in AMS training.
GIVE YOUR CHILD A PRESCHOOL EDUCATION WITH A FOCUS ON A LIFE-LONG LOVE
FOR LEARNING!
