Montessori environments are specially prepared for your child to develop and grow to become successful independent thinkers.  

At each level, care and attention is devoted to each area of the classroom.  The class flows form one area to the next with table and floor spaces interspersed.  The rooms are intended to be peaceful and beautiful.  That is, there may be one beautiful piece of artwork on the wall instead of a wall covered with many things.  

The furniture is child size and made for the child’s comfort.  Furniture is light enough that the child can move it himself.  The shelves are set up for the children to take materials as needed.  The shelves are sequenced from the easiest (most concrete) work to the hardest (most abstract) from left to right.  The work is also organized from the most simple to the most complex.  At the conclusion of a lesson, the work is put back in the correct spot on the shelf and the child is invited to perform the task.  

The best Montessori classrooms are set up in different subject areas: practical life, sensorial, mathematics, language, and cultural.

Now when you visit the classroom you will have a better understanding of the areas of the classroom.

Lakewood Montessori, Boise, Idaho