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Art & Music


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Nautilus Montessori offers Art History/Experiential Art and Music Theory/Music Education to all our students as part of our normal curriculum.


 

Cultural Studies


In addition to the internationally recognized Montessori curriculum, Nautilus Montessori School offers the following  listed, supplemental areas of study to our children. Knowlegde of art and artists, music and composers add to the rich and varied curriculum, providing our children a foundation in the Arts.  

The "Commonality" concepts listed provide a link between our daily life here in Northern California, and the daily lives of people all over the World.  We want our children to know we are all 'connected', in that we all have common needs, wants and values.  All classes are presented the academic concepts listed, with the exception of the Historical Peace Figures.

Only the Afternoon Pre-Kindergarten/Kindergarten class is presented stories and discussion on the Historical Peace figures listed, as these stories are lengthy and require more attention and problem solving on the part of the students.  (The foundation for Montessori Education is "Education for World Peace".)


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Historical Peace Figures for the school year  may include, but not be limited to:


Jane Addams - Friendship
Ralph Bunche - Responsibility
Johnny Appleseed - Love
Wright Brothers - Patience
Sacagawea - Adventure
Cochise -Truth and Trust
Eleanor Roosevelt - Giving
Beethoven - Giving
Martin Luther King - Equity
Marie Curie - Learning
Abe Linclon - Respect
Margaret Mead - Understanding
Albert Schweitzer - Dedication
Louis Pasteur - Belief in Self
Elizabeth Fry - Kindness
Terry Foxx - Challenge
Jackie Robinson - Courage 
Each school year, we focus on various artists of international acclaim.

 
 Example of Areas of Study in a Typical School Year

September

Building Community
Nursery Rhymes
Household Pets
Seven Continents
Five Oceans
Pangaea
Weather
Artist: Cassatt



Commonality:
Nursery Rhymes


October
 
Apples and Pumpkins/Life Cycles
Construction and Architecture
Autumn/Leaves
Halloween
Fire Safety
UNICEF/United Nations
Europe
Bats and Spiders
Artist:  Rivera

Commonality: 
Weather


November

Gems and Minerals
Magnets
North America
Veteran's Day
Thanksgiving/Families
Hibernation/Bears
Artist:  Rockwell
Artist:  Grandma Moses



Commonality: 
Family


December

Orchestra/Instruments
Winter/Snow
International Year-End Holidays
Antarctica
Artist:  Hopper



Commonality: 
Music
Customs and Traditions


January

Dinosaurs
Food Chains
Solar System
Volcanoes
South America
Martin Luther King Day
Artist:  Homer
Artist:  Remington

Commonality:  Constellations


February

Dinosaurs (continued)
Asia
Chinese New Year
Valentine's Day
Lincoln/Washington
Artist:  Lange
Artist:  Whistler



Commonality:
Freedom


March

Map Reading
Africa
Spring
St. Patrick's Day
Artist:  O'Keeffe
Artist:  Wood




Commonality: 
Housing


April

International Signs and Symbols
Earth Day
Conservation/Recycling
Australia
World Religious Holidays in Spring
Artist:  Lawrence
Artist:  Pollock

Commonality: 
Ecology


May

Insects
Birds
American Symbols
Memorial Day
Artist:  Warhol
Artist:  Lichtenstein




Commonality: 
Seasons & Cycles


Architectural principles applied to geometric shapes---with marshmallows and toothpicks!
Skyscrapers need trusses in order to stay upright.
The animals and features of the continent of Australia.
 

Montessori Education is "Education for Life".

100 Hibiscus Court

Roseville,CA 95747

(916) 771 3889

Mon.- Fri., 7am - 5.30pm

Email

ronnieb@surewest.net

Nautilus Montessori School follows the practices of the American Montessori Society

and is a Full School Member of the American Montessori Society

CA DSS No. 313600103