Below you'll find the basic "ground rules" of what your child can expect when attending any of our montessori classes. You'll also find what will be expected of he or she as they learn and grow and work together with others in a positive school setting.

Child’s Right

Child’s Responsibility

To expect good touching from all. Never to be pained by another person’s body or words.

To use only good touching on everyone in the school. If s/he forgets and injures another person (even with words) s/he is responsible to undo the hurt as best s/he can (cold water, rubbing, apologizing, etc.)

To expect a room quiet enough to function comfortably.

Each child is expected to use a conversational voice in the classroom.

Each child is assured that no work will be disturbed. Child can opt for use of a table or mat as is most comfortable.

Each child must move carefully through the room and walk around occupied mats. S/he is expected to replace chairs when not in use so that no one trips, and also to replace mats and clean tables when s/he is finished using them.

Each child has the right to select his/her own work. S/he can use the material in an appropriate manner, even experimentally.

Each child must replace his/her material back on the correct shelf when s/he is finished. S/he is responsible for cleaning his/her own spills and replacing what s/he used. S/he must work on a table or mat and not on a shelf so that others can access the material.

Each student has the right to work uninterrupted by students or teachers, and s/he can choose to work alone or with others.

No one may interrupt another person’s work. If s/he wishes to work with another child, s/he should ask the other child’s permission. If the other child does not want assistance, s/he must find other work.