Help provide materials for the additional classrooms needed to implement enhanced safety measures for our children.
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As we prepare to reopen our school with enhanced safety protocols, a number of changes are being made to the configuration of the school and the structure of the classes to minimize risk to our students. The pre-primary classes have been organized into four groups of ten children that will occupy the back building. Six-foot walls have been added to physically subdivide the rooms to keep these groups separate throughout the school day. Materials will be cleaned daily and cannot be shared throughout the day. To accommodate these changes, we need to add a number of materials to enable our children to have access to all the materials that are so critical to their Montessori learning experience.
The additional materials will be funded through a combination of school funding, PTO funding and donations. In the past we have often received questions about how much we have fundraised and what we are spending our money on. Our traditional activities and fundraisers are going to be severely limited this year so we are giving you an opportunity to make a donation and know exactly how your money is being spent. You can see all the materials that are needed, the cost of each one and how much has been donated to date.
You can make donations online using a credit card or ACH, or you can mail a check (PO Box 651; Danville, KY 40423). Danville Montessori is a non-profit school so donations are tax-deductible and eligible for most company matching programs.
The Bead Boxes help to organize the Teen Works.
The Three-Period Lesson helps a child memorize vocabulary, and master new works such as numerical order, numerical writing, and numerical names.
Geometric form cards are used along with the geometric cabinet to help a child learn shape names, and realize that the shapes are the same even thought they are not identical.
The Spindle Box helps to solidify the concept of 1-10, and introduces the number zero as an empty set.
The Binomial Cube improves a child's understanding of three dimensional puzzles, prepares a child for algebraic concepts, and improves concentration, coordination, independence, and problem solving skills.
The Power of 2 Cube gives the child a visual concept of the power of 2 by squaring the prisms and cubes together.
The Bead Stair is a colorful work that helps a child master the numerical understanding of 1-9 and identifies each number with a color that will be used in more advanced Montessori works.
The Addition and Subtraction Strip Boarsd helps a child understand basic addition and subtraction, preparing a child for more abstract math.
The Sandpaper Letters allow the child to understand writing before they can hold a pencil. The Child uses three of the five senses; tactile, auditory, and sight to learn the sound and formation of each letter.
The Small Numerical Rods are used to learn addition and subtraction using a familiar work.
North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Australia
The Puzzle maps of the world allow the child to physically see, hold, and trace sections of the world in order to identify each continent, country, and state that is represented in the puzzles.
The Puzzle map of the United States allows the child to physically see, hold, and trace sections of the country in order to identify each state that is represented in the puzzles.
The Addition and Subtraction Snake Games introduce simple addition and subtraction of the units.
The Geometric Solids prepare a child for geometry, allows the child to compare different three-dimensional shapes, and improve concentration, coordination, independence, and problem solving skills.
The Trinomial Cube improves a child's understanding of three dimensional puzzles, prepares him for algebraic concepts, and improves concentration, coordination, independence, and problem solving skills.
The Red Rods invite a child to experience dimensions from 1 cm3 to 10 cm3, the consequence of disorder, and helps to improve coordination, concentration, independence, and problem solving skills through observation.
The metal inset tracing trays help the child organize his space, and the items he needs in order to work with the Metal Insets.
The Pink Tower invites a child to experience dimensions from 1 cm3 to 10 cm3, the consequence of disorder, and helps to improve coordination, concentration, independence, and problem solving skills through observation.
The Moveable Alphabets make it fun for the child to practice alphabetical order, beginning sounds, ending sounds, middle sounds, and the formation of entire words.
The Knobbles Cylinders invite a child to experience differences in height and width, the consequence of disorder, and helps to perfect coordination, concentration, independence, and problem solving skills through observation.
The Constructive Triangles allow a child to explore geometry, and the shapes triangles create, and improve concentration, coordination, independence, and problem solving skills.
The Color Tablets teach how to grade different shades of the primary and secondary colors; it also helps to improve order, independence, and concentration.
The Botany Cabinet introduces the child to natural shapes that can be found in their environment. The child learns the names of each leaf shape, and then learns to identify and match leaves from different plants and trees.
The Golden Bead Material gives the child a concrete understanding of units, tens, hundreds, and thousands. It helps child to learn the formation of complex numbers, and the process of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.
The Complete Bead Material includes works that teach linear and skip counting, the cubes of 1-10, the quantities of squares, and provide insight for future mathematical works.
