EC Yearlong Project

EC Yearlong Project

The Yearlong Project is a unit of study that has a central theme.  The central theme is supported throughout the other Montessori early childhood curriculum areas:

Practical life – small motor movement, large motor movement, care of self, care of person, grace & courtesy (3 write-ups)

Sensorial – visual (size, shape & color), Tactile (tactile, thermic, baric), auditory, olfactory and gustatory. (3 write-ups)

Language Arts – reading and writing, posters, songs, reference books, music, computer references, matching cards, sequencing, language readiness activities as well as reading for understanding. (3 write-ups) List of referance books are required.

Mathematics – linear counting, base ten and operations of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. (3 write-ups)

Cultural - materials that encompass a concrete sensorial experience, matching, sequencing, make one’s own model, language booklets, puzzles, posters, music, reference books, etc. (4 write-ups)

Nature Table - 

Peace Table -

The Yearlong Project uses the same methods for presenting materials as the other Montessori curriculum areas:

• List of materials
• Presentation write-up
• Control of error
• Points of interest
• Direct and indirect aims
• Age