Hello and welcome to the Montessori School, Rancho Palos Verdes, United States. Judy Ernst founded the Montessori School of Manhattan Beach in 1968. MSMB/MSRPV is the only Montessori School in the South Bay owned by a credentialed Montessori teacher with over 20 years of teaching experience. There are two locations in Manhattan Beach and one in Rancho Palos Verdes. The School is dedicated to upholding the right of every child to progress at their own pace, in their own individual way, and to be provided with the tools they need for their physical, emotional, social, and intellectual development.
The Montessori School of Manhattan Beach (MSMB) and The Montessori School of Rancho Palos Verdes (MSRPV) are licensed by - and exceed the requirements of - the California Department of Social Services and are registered with the California Department of Education. We are a private School providing academic programs by qualified teachers.
Not only is the Montessori classroom a place for individual learning, it offers a mixture of ages. The older child learns through teaching the younger child. The younger child, in turn, is inspired to do more advanced work by having the older child in the same environment. After showing interest in an activity and receiving a lesson from the teacher, the child continues working with the material and returns it to it's proper place. Therefore, the Montessori classroom is a community of workers with freedom of movement and choice.
Although most of the class time is spent in individual or small groups, some part of each day is spent in whole class activites, (circletime) such as: singing, storytelling, movement exercises, or large muscle activities. In Montessori, we begin with practical and social skills, not just academic. Keeping track of belongings, putting things away, dressing oneself, sharing materials and respecting the limits of the community, are some of the initial benefits of total development of the Montessori classroom. These form foundations for growing independence.
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