Walnut Farm Montessori School
4208 Hwy. 72 East Bentonville, AR 72712 Phone: 479-271 9424

Italian physician Dr. Maria Montessori (1870-1952) dedicated her lifetime to closely observing child development and establishing corresponding educational principles.

She uncovered characteristics unique to each stage of human development, and she emphasized the great importance of the first years of life in respect to the formation of an individual's entire personality.

True to the purest fundamentals of Dr. Montessori's vision for early childhood education, Walnut Farm Montessori School of Bentonville, Arkansas, offers the following:

• Highly sociable atmosphere founded on respect and rooted in a combination of
  freedom and structure
• Development of a child's practical and intellectual abilities through individual discovery
• Exploration of language, mathematics, geography, geometry, art and music
• Parent education on such topics as Montessori philosophy and practice, child devel-
  opment and parenting
• Mixed age groups, providing younger children a graded series of models for imitation
  and older ones opportunities to reinforce their knowledge by helping those younger
• Non-competitive, interactive learning atmosphere

 

The Absorbent Mind by Maria Montessori
The Secret of Childhood by Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori, Her Life and Work by E. M. Standing
Montessori: A Modern Approach by Paula Polk Lillard
Nurturing the Spirit in Non-Sectarian Classrooms
by Aline D. Wolf