Walnut Farm Montessori School

Welcome to Walnut Farm Montessori School

Walnut Farm Montessori School has become the first and only
Montessori school in Arkansas awarded accreditation
by the American Montessori Society.

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

(Click here to go to the Art Experience 2010 webpage)

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