The prepared environment of the preschool encourages the child of 3 through 6
years of age to absorb information as a natural and joyful activity. The
Montessori materials help to stimulate and develop fine discrimination in all
senses. Age appropriate exercises assist the child in developing mastery of
coordination and movement, learning about social relationships, caring of self.
The prepared environment allows the child to become more independent.

Practical life activities serve as the foundation of future academic work by
encouraging concentration, order and establishing a work cycle with the learner.
They are a bridge between the home and the classroom. Examples of exercises in
practical life activities are pouring liquids, washing dishes, polishing shoes,
preparing food, or learning to tie laces.

Exercises that are categorized as sensorial help to refine information taken
in by the senses. These would include opportunities to smell, taste, listen to,
see, or touch materials that were developed by Dr. Montessori herself. These
exercises create classification systems for ordering further learning. These
exercises are also serve as a foundation for math.

The Montessori sandpaper letters and moveable alphabet are used along with
other language materials to assist the preschool child in the development of
language from writing then to reading. Children are taught sounds that aid them
in phonetic reading.

Numbers are represented as concrete materials that build a foundation of
understanding mathematical principles. Children learn to associate quantities
with symbols and learn to add and subtract. Science, geography, art, and music
are also a vital part of the curriculum and integrated into the prepared
environment.