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Snake River Montessori School is devoted to nurturing children's innate love of learning.
This private school is the product of dedicated parents, teachers, and other community members who are committed to enhancing the range of educational opportunities for the children of eastern Idaho.
The objective of the Snake River Montessori School (SRMS) is to provide a carefully planned, stimulating environment that will help children develop the habits, attitudes, and skills essential for a lifetime of creative thinking and learning.
Specific goals for students who attend SRMS are to develop a positive attitude toward school and learning; develop a high self-esteem; build habits of concentration for lifelong study skills; develop and foster an abiding curiosity; develop habits of initiative and persistence; and foster inner discipline and a sense of order.
Snake River Montessori School is devoted to nurturing
children's innate love of learning. This private school is the
product of dedicated parents, teachers, and other community members
who are committed to enhancing the range of educational
opportunities for the children of eastern Idaho. The objective of
the Snake River Montessori School (SRMS) is to provide a carefully
planned, stimulating environment that will help children develop
the habits, attitudes, and skills essential for a lifetime of
creative thinking and learning. Specific goals for students who
attend SRMS are to develop a positive attitude toward school and
learning; develop a high self-esteem; build habits of concentration
for lifelong study skills; develop and foster an abiding curiosity;
develop habits of initiative and persistence; and foster inner
discipline and a sense of order.
Curriculum Includes Geography and History: The youngest
students work with specially designed maps and begin to learn the
names of the world's continents, countries, and land forms. The
Elementary students learn to treasure the richness of their own
cultural heritage and those of their friends. History is forst
introduced in measuring the passage of time through personal time
lines, calendars and clocks. This prepares the students for the
Great Lessons of the elementary curriculum that illustrates the
time line of the Earth and the laws of the universe.
Language The Monstessori classroom is a Language rich
environment that fosters development of vocabulary, communication
skills, writing and reading.
Mathematics The central purpose of the math materials in the
early years is to lay the foundation for later cognitive develoment
and to prepare for the gradual transition to abstract thinking.
Like all Montessori materials, they are designed to be hands on.
They introduce quantity before numerals and progressto early work
with the decimal system. The math curriculum and materials are
maintained through the elementary years and unified to include
algebra, geometry, logic and statistics, concepts not normally
introduced in the US until secondary school.
Music Music is sung, played, appreciated and danced to in all
of the programs. The proper playing of instruments in stressed at
all times. The children perform several times a year for parents
and friends. The elementary students received specific music
instruction once a week.
Practical Life The basis of all the work in the Primary ( ages
3-6) classroom, this area highlights real life tasks that foster
order, corrdination, concentration and ultimately, independence.
The Practical Life area contains many attractively displayed
objects familiar to the child, including a variety of items
commonly used in the tasks of daily living, like eating,dressing
and cleaning.
Physical Education Sutdents are guided through various
activities and skills in order to develop and expand competency in
five psychomotor skill areas: Locomotion, throwing and Catching,
Kicking, Team play and Fitness. Emphasis is placed on healthy
cooperation, personal management in large groups and safety. The
program is taught weekely at regular scheduled times.
Science The science curriculum takes advantage of a child's
natural curiosity about nature and the way things work. The scope
of the Montessori science curriculum includes a sounds introduction
to botany, zoology, chemistry, physics, geology, and astronomy in
the typical hands-on Montessori fashion.
Sensorial Dr. Montessori considered sensory and manipulation
not only an aid to the development of maturing sense organ, but a
starting point for intellectual growth. The basic snesorial
exercises inspire careful observation and call attention to
specific qualities requiring identification of similarities and
contrasts.
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The average private school tuition in Idaho is $9,010 for elementary schools and $8,985 for high schools (read more about average private school tuition across the country).
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