Welcome to the
Fraser Valley Montessori School, in historic Clayburn Village. The
school is a non-sectarian nursery school and kindergarten, established
in 1987 to encourage the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical
development of children according to the Montessori Method.
We
have three Montessori-trained teachers on staff, who provide a caring
and nurturing environment to encourage the love of learning in children.
Dr.
Maria Montessori believed that no human being is educated by another
person. He must do it by himself. A truly educated individual
continues learning long after the hours and years spent in a classroom
because he is motivated from within by a natural curiosity and love for
knowledge. Therefore, Dr. Montessori felt that the goal of early
childhood education should be to cultivate a child's own natural desire
to learn. Montessori is an education for independence, preparing not
just for school, but for life.
In the Montessori classroom this
objective is approached in two ways. First, by allowing each child to
experience the excitement of learning by his own choice. Second, by
helping him to perfect all his natural tools for acquiring information
so that his ability will be at a maximum in future learning situations.
Our
classroom at Fraser Valley Montessori School consists of a practical
life area, sensorial area, number area, language area, science and
geography areas, and a creative expression area.
Contact
FRASER VALLEY MONTESSORI
4304 Wright Street, Abbotsford, B.C. V2S 7Y8
604-859-8410 Fax: 604-859-8414
fvmontessori@yahoo.ca