Classrooms that encourage learning
We start enrollment at 3 years of age. Upstate Montessori Academy offers 3K half-day (8:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.) and full-day (8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.) programs, and full-day (8:30 a.m.–2:30 p.m.) programs for 4K through fourth grade. Upstate Montessori Academy offers three primary Montessori classrooms, as well as a lower/upper elementary classroom for first- through fourth-grade students. Each room consists of no more than 24 students. Take a virtual tour of our facility.
There are five areas in the primary Montessori Classroom, each designed to address a different learning objective for your child:
Practical
Lessons in practical life resemble the work of life in the home: sweeping, lacing, pouring, washing and similar tasks. These purposeful activities help children adapt to their community, learn self-control and improve fine-motor skills.
Sensorial
Sensorial materials help children in the process of creating and organizing their intelligence. Each material was scientifically designed to isolate a specific quality found in the world such as color, size, shape, volume or tone.
Language
Montessori classrooms provide a stimulating environment rich in reading, writing and language. Children learn letter sounds, progress to simple CVC words, then move on to blends. Reading and writing is integrated throughout the entire Upstate Montessori Academy curriculum.
Math
Montessori math material enhances a child’s ability to be exact, observe, be orderly and classify. The bead material we use gives children a concrete representation of number value.
Cultural
Children are exposed to lessons in botany, zoology, physiology, geography and cultural studies of the world in which they live.