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Our Principles
Below is a list of the principles Village Montessori School is based on. They are summarized from the AMI Montessori website.
What We Stand On
Seven principles
The objectives of the AMI Montessori Association are to uphold, propagate and further the pedagogical principles and practice formulated by Dr. Maria Montessori for the full development of the human being.
Montessori mission upholds the rights of the child in a society.
We are here to help the child to develop naturally in the family, school and society.
Our goal is to awaken public opinion with regard to the moral dignity of the child as ‘the Father of Man’.
We have a vision to ensure the independence of the child’s personality through successive stages of growth until he reaches full normal development by means of his own activity.
We are here to provide opportunities wherever possible for children to develop normally, thereby helping all adults to enter into a new life of harmony and co-operation and peace.
Our global function as a social movement is to strive to obtain recognition for the rights of the child throughout the world, irrespective of race, religion, political and social belief.
In Practice
Principles you can watch at work
These are not abstractions to us. They shape the way a guide speaks to a two-year-old, the way a nine-year-old plans a research project, and the way our classrooms are prepared each morning.
See For Yourself
Come and watch a principle become a morning
A tour is the shortest route from a page of principles to a room full of children putting them into practice.