This part of the curriculum helps the child develop coordination, concentration, a sense of personal independence, and order. These exercises are designed to empower the child, encouraging them to "do things by themselves". Here, the child is learning to follow complex motor sequences, and successfully complete everyday tasks at an early age (such as eating independently), building confidence and self-discipline.

The Practical Life area of the classroom includes activities that focus on developing the following skills: Care of Self,  Care of the Environment, Grace and Courtesy andControl of Movement.

In this area, they learn to discriminate, classify, identify and describe objects by color, shape, size, smell, taste, temperature, weight, texture, etc. This area of the Montessori curriculum gives the children the tools and words necessary to understand and describe the world around them. These sensory exercises allow them to exercise logic, awareness and perception. As they learn to organize the information they perceive through their senses, the children begin to develop logical-mathematical ways to thinking, preparing them for future work with numbers, operations and geometry. Most Montessori Sensorial materials are designed with a "control of error", which gives the child an opportunity to find and correct their own mistakes by using reasoning. 

This area focuses on teaching the relationship between numbers, and stimulating the child’s interest in concepts such as size, weight, height, measurement, and comparison. Montessori Math education is based on hands-on, concrete materials that allow the children to understand and internalize the decimal system, including the concept of "zero". As the child progresses at their own pace, they learn to count, to identify quantities, to recognize number symbols and eventually move on to operations such as addition. With time and practice, and in their own time, the children could move from the use of these concrete materials, to more abstract concepts, preparing them for the work they will do in Kindergarten and beyond. 

As the child learns new vocabulary, we encourage them to express their needs, thoughts and ideas with words. Children begin learning communication skills from the time of their birth, absorbing the language or languages they are exposed to without much effort through story telling, singing, and everyday conversation. Once in the classroom, and when the child is ready, we begin to teach to associate the phonetic sound of a letter to a visual impression of that letter, leading up to word building, writing and reading. We practice tracing, and we work hard on learning to write our name. Children also spend time in the book corner which promotes the child’s curiosity, and extends his/her ability to focus and promotes their love for books and reading.  

We cover a wide range of topics throughout the school year, including physical sciences, such as botany and zoology, and social sciences, such as  geography and history. The children can participate in experiments that involve magnetism, sink and float, or simple chemistry. They can learn about animals and humans, exploring anatomy and  life cycles. In our Culture area, we learn about continents, countries, land formations and maps. We discuss different cultures, and learn about the passage of time (past, present and future). While exploring all the content of the Cultural area, children are unconsciously building skills in observation, prediction, sequencing, categorizing, questioning, organizing, comparing, and contrasting. Most importantly, the children develop a sense of wonder for the world around us, as well as respect and appreciation for all living creatures.