“Montessori Fundays” to Help Parents and Children Explore Daycroft Montessori School’s Distinctive Student-Centered Approach to Learning
Parents Will Observe Their Children Ages 18 Months to Three Years in Five-week Series of Introductory Lessons Using Montessori Materials at Daycroft’s Preprimary Campus
Ann Arbor, MI (December 3, 2009) – Parents and their children ages 18 months to three years will explore how learning can be fun at “Montessori Fundays” – a five-week series of twice-weekly, one-hour introductory lessons beginning next month at Daycroft Montessori School of Ann Arbor.
Montessori Fundays will happen on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 to 10:00 am at Daycroft’s Preprimary Campus on Oakbrook Drive. Lessons are scheduled for January 12, 14, 19, 21, 26, and 28, and February 2, 4, 9, and 11.
Parents will observe as Daycroft teachers guide their children through sample lessons using Montessori materials. “Our aim,” said Michele Buchanan, associate head of school at Daycroft’s Preprimary Campus, “is to give parents a sense of how Daycroft provides a highly personalized education in a warm, nurturing environment. Montessori Fundays should help parents see that Daycroft is a place where their children will love to learn.”
Buchanan added, “At Daycroft, we share Maria Montessori’s belief that children learn best when they learn in their own way and at their own pace. Education here is student-centered. We appreciate our students’ differences and accommodate their individual learning styles.”
The cost for Montessori Fundays is $100 per child for the complete five-week series of 10 one-hour sessions. Registration will be limited to 10 children.
Parents can get more information, and register their children, by calling Michele Buchanan at Daycroft’s Preprimary Campus at (734) 930-0333.
About Daycroft Montessori School
Daycroft Montessori School blends the distinctive student-centered teaching methods of Maria Montessori with traditional and progressive teaching methods. Daycroft thus accomplishes its educational mission: to provide a personalized learning environment that appreciates individual differences, nurtures the whole child, and enables students to develop at their own pace and achieve to their full potential.
Daycroft is one of Washtenaw County’s leading independent schools. It began as a preschool program in 1968. Daycroft has since grown to include a full-day kindergarten program, an elementary school program through 6th grade, before-school and after-school care, summer camp programs, and enrichment classes.
Daycroft has earned accreditation from the Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS; www.isacs.org). It is a member of the Associations of Independent Michigan Schools; www.aims-mi.org) and the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS; www.nais.org).
Daycroft Preprimary School (preschool and kindergarten) is at 100 E. Oakbrook Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48104. Phone: (734) 930-0333.
Daycroft Elementary School (grades K through 6) and Daycroft’s administrative offices are at 1095 N. Zeeb Rd., Ann Arbor, MI 48103. Phone: (734) 662-3335.
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