We help young students learn to think critically, work collaboratively, and act boldly - preparing them for the 21st Century. Summersun Montessori School is a non-profit, private preschool, kindergarten, and child care center for children ages two to six years old. We are located in Mount Vernon, WA but our families live all across Skagit County, including Arlington, Sedro Woolley, Burlington, Conway, Big Lake, and Stanwood.
Summersun is proud to harness the power of the Montessori Method that was founded in the 1800s by Dr. Maria Montessori. The philosophical foundation of the Montessori approach is based on the premise that education should be an aid to life. In order to develop their physical, intellectual and spiritual powers to the fullest, children must have freedom - a freedom to be achieved through order and self-discipline.
Summersun is proud to harness the power of the Montessori Method that was founded in the 1800s by Dr. Maria Montessori. The philosophical foundation of the Montessori approach is based on the premise that education should be an aid to life. In order to develop their physical, intellectual and spiritual powers to the fullest, children must have freedom - a freedom to be achieved through order and self-discipline.
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Mission: Summersun Montessori is a non-profit school committed to developing a quality early-childhood educational environment that promotes creative thinking and learning. Summersun Montessori School provides a carefully planned, stimulating environment that helps children ages two through six develop within themselves the foundational habits, attitudes, skills, and ideas essential for a lifetime of creative thinking and learning.
At Summersun Montessori, children are allowed to experience the excitement of learning by his or her own choice. Dr. Maria Montessori believed that no human being is educated by another person. Rather, he or she must educate himself or herself or it will never be done.
A truly educated individual continues learning long after the hours and years he or she spends in the classroom because he or she is motivated from within by a natural curiosity and love of knowledge.Dr. Montessori felt, therefore, that the goal of early childhood education should not be to fill a child with facts from a preschool course of studies, but rather to cultivate his or her own natural desire to learn.
A truly educated individual continues learning long after the hours and years he or she spends in the classroom because he or she is motivated from within by a natural curiosity and love of knowledge.Dr. Montessori felt, therefore, that the goal of early childhood education should not be to fill a child with facts from a preschool course of studies, but rather to cultivate his or her own natural desire to learn.
To develop sensory-motor skills in order to sharpen the ability to discriminate and judge. To help develop each child's innate, ultimate potential through positive and realistic self expectations. Education is a natural process carried out by the human individual, and is acquired not by listening to words, but by experiences in the environment.
Summersun Montessori is staffed with some of the best Montessori teachers and child care assistants around. We have not one but three AMI-certified Montessori instructors plus an awesome support staff filled with caring and experienced child care assistants.
Some of our long-term, licensed staff members have been with our school for 15 or 25 years, which not only provides continuity, but contributes to our school's comfortable and established feel.In addition, our low child-to-staff ratio ensures that our staff members are able to give each child the attention and care they deserve.
Some of our long-term, licensed staff members have been with our school for 15 or 25 years, which not only provides continuity, but contributes to our school's comfortable and established feel.In addition, our low child-to-staff ratio ensures that our staff members are able to give each child the attention and care they deserve.
Our Pre-Primary Curriculum is designed for pre-preschool children ages 2-3, the years during which a child's personality and intellectual development really takes shape. Children of this age need not only love, emotional nurturance and a healthy physical environment, but also an environment which promotes their very real need to learn.
