The face-to-face early childhood summer residency includes:

• Discussions on Montessori philosophy and practice, an overview of early childhood, the sensitive periods, the prepared environment, and the first day of school
• Discussions on practical life, environmental design, grace and courtesy, self-direction, open-ended activities, spiritual preparation of the educator, and reflections on teaching peace
• Discussions on sensorial to science, development of motor memory, and spatial thinking
• Integrating the arts into the curriculum, such as music, health, physical education, material-making workshops, and practice
• Discussions, demonstrations, and lectures on geography, history, botany, zoology, math, language arts, and cultural studies
• Practicing classroom management strategies and observing the child
• Advice on working successfully with colleagues, record-keeping, and classroom management

The face-to-face early childhood summer residency includes:

• Developmental aims: concentration, coordination, order, independence
• The art of the presentation
• Practical skills to encourage independence
• Care of self & environment
• Food preparation
• Exploration with practical life activities
• The development of gross and fine motor skills
• Foundations for life-long learning
• The science behind the three-period lesson
• Introduce (present), remember (practice), know (mastery)

The face-to-face early childhood summer residency includes:

• Sensorial materials – isolate each sense and highlight specific qualities
• Sensorial – development of “motor memory.”
• Sensorial – presentation of language
• Sensorial work is a means for adults to detect deficits in the function of the child’s senses
• Sensorial as a preparation for geometry and spatial thinking
• Exploration with sensorial materials to refine senses
• Language developmental aims – receptive & expressive skills
• Preparation for handwriting

The face-to-face early childhood summer residency includes:

• Introduction: land, water, and air
• Mapping the hand, body, classroom, and community
• Parts and caring for plants
• Domains and Classification of the Animal Kingdom
• Word building and beginning reading
• Function of words
• First grammar lessons
• Creative writing and expressive language
• Exploration with language materials
• Art of storytelling

The face-to-face early childhood summer residency includes:

• Open-ended activities
• Preparation, set-up, and clean up
• Exploration of creativity, movement, and healthy choices
• Self-direction and the learning community
• Flexibility, freedom, and responsibility
• Role of the teacher
• Early Childhood prepared environment design
• Emotional and intellectual environment

Early Childhood Summer Residency (80 clock hours, 10 days)

• Day 1: Introductions, Early Childhood philosophy, and child development
• Day 2: Art Integration, music, health, and physical education, language arts
• Day 3: Language arts
• Day 4: Geography and history
• Day 5: Botany and zoology
• Day 6: Practical life
• Day 7: Practical life
• Day 8: Sensorial
• Day 9: Sensorial geometry
• Day 10: Math, money, time, and fractions

Discussions cover the importance of creating handmade, well-constructed materials and identifying areas of the learning environment that need supplemental materials.