Social Development and Discovery
In the Pre-School classroom, children begin to develop essential social skills by learning to play harmoniously, share, and respect the work and space of others. This stage nurtures flexibility and independence, empowering young learners to approach new experiences with confidence and ease.
A vibrant space where preschoolers grow socially, think creatively, and explore hands-on learning. Through practical life, sensory play, early language, and beginning math experiences, children build confidence, independence, and a joyful curiosity that carries them forward.
Our Pre-School curriculum focuses on four key areas of development:
Parent partnership is essential in fostering independence. We encourage families to support their child’s growth by minimizing reliance on sippy cups, pacifiers, and constant adult intervention, helping each child discover the joy of self-reliance and confidence in their own abilities.
At MAV, we believe in fostering independence, confidence, and a lifelong love for learning from the very beginning. Our carefully designed programs cater to each stage of your child’s development, building essential skills and a deep connection to their world.
Through thoughtfully designed Practical Life activities, children develop fine motor control, sustained concentration, and precise hand–eye coordination. Experiences such as puzzles, beading, spooning, and pouring refine purposeful movement while fostering independence and self-discipline. Many of these activities intentionally isolate a single skill, allowing children to master each step with confidence before progressing to more complex tasks.
Ongoing peer interaction and creative experiences—including cutting, gluing, coloring, painting, music, and movement—support both fine and gross motor development. Through these purposeful activities, children strengthen focus, attention, and coordination while expressing creativity and building physical control.
As children participate in caring for their thoughtfully prepared, child-sized environment, they cultivate responsibility, confidence, and attention to detail. Though seemingly simple, these essential life skills form a strong foundation for future academic success and lifelong independence.
Children explore and make sense of their world through beautifully designed Montessori materials that engage all five senses. Through matching, sorting, and classifying objects by size, shape, color, texture, and scent, they refine observation, discrimination, and reasoning skills, transforming hands-on discovery into a strong foundation for abstract thinking. By actively using their senses to touch, compare, and differentiate materials, children gain clarity through direct experience. Purposeful sensory activities, including geometric and mathematical dimensional materials, further support the development of visual perception, spatial awareness, and early analytical thinking
Daily experiences in music, storytelling, and expressive conversation enrich children’s vocabulary and heighten sound recognition. Through singing, memorization, and the use of tactile language materials, children naturally connect spoken and written language—strengthening phonetic awareness and laying a solid foundation for early literacy.
Letter sounds are introduced before letter names, supporting accurate phonemic development. Children engage in the classification of objects and pictures, helping them recognize similarities, differences, and patterns essential to language organization and comprehension.
As part of pre-literacy development, children are encouraged to sing, memorize songs and poems, and participate in rhythmic language activities that reinforce auditory memory and expressive confidence. Books are read daily to support vocabulary enrichment, listening skills, and early comprehension in a joyful and meaningful way.
Early math concepts are introduced through hands-on experiences such as tracing, matching, number puzzles, and quantity recognition, thoughtfully integrated into the daily rhythm of the classroom. These activities spark imagination, strengthen problem-solving skills, and encourage collaboration through purposeful play.
With age-appropriate readiness, children progress to number recognition by tracing sandpaper numerals. Once numerals are mastered, corresponding quantities are presented, enabling children to make meaningful connections between symbols and concrete amounts
Knowledge is best given where there is eagerness to learn, so this is the period when the seed of all things can be sown, the child’s mind being like a fertile field, ready to receive what will germinate into a culture.
