A child will experience finger painting, loco-motor movement, singing, and dancing. Other cultural studies activities including geography, history, and study of the United States map and continents are ways of taking a virtual journey around the world and appreciating the community in which the child lives and the global world as a whole. Areas of Study Outside the Classroom Spanish Primary classes attend Spanish classes designed to spark interest in learning about other cultures and languages. All students are involved in the school s community garden. Each grade level in K-8th adopts a row in the main school garden to plant, weed, water, and harvest through the gardening seasons.
Preschoolers tend a separate garden on that end of the campus.
Proceeds from the gardens are donated to Arlington Charities. While singing is a prevalent activity within the Montessori classroom, the students also go to a special music class with the Preschool Music Teacher twice a week. P.E. Preschoolers participate in Physical Education classes twice a week in the gym. Students learn to play organized games and practice activities that develop gross motor skills and coordination. Specific activities may include dribbling a ball, playing t-ball, having scooter races, working with hoola hoops, and doing the hokey pokey.