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Children from a variety of cultures and backgrounds all over the world have benefited from a Montessori education. Your child will as well. Academic readiness is not the issue. Whether the child can count, identify colors, or use scissors properly is not the focus. The Montessori teacher is interested in the child's developmental readiness to respond to the sensory stimulation of the Montessori environment.
You, as the parent, sense that the time may be right for your child to come t
o school. Perhaps the toys at home no longer seem interesting. Maybe your child has already had some positive experiences away from you. You feel that the child is ready for new experiences, challenges and friends. Now your child is ready to benefit and grow in the Montessori classroom.
There she will feel connected to a caring community in which her individual developmental needs are satisfied by the manipulative materials. There she can learn at her own pace. There she will gain independence, self-esteem and respect for others.
Lake Fern offers Montessori pre-school educational programs beginning at age 2 and one half, and continues with kindergarten through seventh grade programs. The upper level environment responds to the child's expanding view of the universe. Some of the same materials from the preschool classroom are present, to be used in more complex ways. In addition, many new materials are introduced as the child moves toward abstract thinking, developing his imagination to embrace concepts larger than his immediate environment.
Like preschool, the elementary curriculum is interdisciplinary, allowing science, social studies, the arts, language and math to converge in studies guided by the child's own questions. Emphasis is placed on the connections between the different areas of study, not on the mere presentation of detail.
To facilitate the inevitable transfer to traditional schools, Lake Fern maintains good communications with the Brevard County public schools, and has a long history of placing students in the gifted programs offered by the public schools.
Lake Fern Montessori Academy offers the following programs:
Program
Hours
All day preschool
9am-4pm
Kindergarten
8:30am-3:30pm
Lower Elementary.
8:30am-3:30pm
Lake Fern opens at 6:30 AM and closes at 6:00 PM Monday through Friday. For the convenience of working parents, children may attend outside of the normal program hours.
Lake Fern's Directress and founder is Mrs. Roxanne Richards. Roxanne is a certified Montessori Teacher, holding certificates from the Montessori Institute of America and the American Montessori Society. She has over 30 years of teaching experience in the Montessori classroom. Roxanne also maintains an affiliation with the North American Montessori Teachers Association, is a member of the Florida Association for Child Care Management, and holds the State of Florida Child Care Center Director’s Credential.
Assisting Mrs. Richards in the pre-primary program, from left to right:
Deb Bradshaw – Elementary Program Teacher’s Aide. Three years with LFMA.
Jessica Zeiger – Elementary Program Teacher’s Aide. AA degree and Certified Child Development Associate (CDA) One year with LFMA.
Sylvia Farmer – Elementary Program Teacher’s Aide. Three years with LFMA.
Olivia Metott – Elementary Program Teacher’s Aide. Two years with LFMA.
Kindergarten through second grade, from left to right:
Tyka Price – Early Childhood Education degreed teacher. Nine years with LFMA, 10 years in the field.
Jennifer Peters – Teacher’s Aide. Holds a Montessori certification. Three years with LFMA
Third through seventh grade, from left to right:
Tavin Manley – Third and fourth grade, Elementary Education degreed teacher. One year with LFMA.
Greg Price – Fifth through seventh grade, Master of Arts, Education and Counseling degreed teacher. Two years with LFMA, 7 years in the field.
Joyce Holmes (picture not shown) – Substitute Teacher’s Aide. Ten years with LFMA.
Lake Fern is located on a two and one half acre, naturally wooded plot of land and has a total of 5760 square feet of building space. Our playground area is well over 10,000 square
feet and is enclosed by a 6 foot fence. Our location is out of direct view of the local major highways, which reduces noise and distractions and adds an additional level of security. The facility main entrance is protected by a combination lock and the combination is changed several times a year. The main building has a fire sprinkler system and remotely monitored fire and security system.
Current calendar for the 2008/2009 school year
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Lake Fern Montessori
Academy
257 Aguinaldo Ave.
Titusville, Florida, 32780
Phone: 321-268-3365
E-mail: lfma@cfl.rr.com.
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