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Hands-On Montessori School (operating as Wading River Montessori School) is an independent Montessori school in Mansfield, Massachusetts that offers Montessori education for children from about 18 months through upper elementary grades.
Hands-On Montessori School, now operating as Wading River Montessori School, is an independent Montessori school serving children from roughly 18 months through elementary grades (up to about age 12). The school was founded in 2003 and presents multi-age, Montessori classroom environments designed to support independence, concentration, and hands-on learning.
The school follows the Montessori pedagogy with mixed-age classrooms, long work periods, and Montessori didactic materials. Classrooms emphasize practical life, sensorial experiences, mathematics, language, science, cultural studies, and nature-integrated learning. Teachers include Montessori-trained and AMS-certified guides, and formative observation is used to tailor lessons to each child’s developmental readiness.
Prepared classroom environments use low shelves, natural materials, and living specimens. The program integrates outdoor learning and nature study into the curriculum, and the campus includes an innovation/STEM lab used for hands-on exploration and elementary programming.
A mixed-age primary classroom emphasizing individualized lessons, Montessori materials, practical life, sensorial work, early literacy and math, outdoor learning, and grace-and-courtesy instruction.
A Montessori elementary program for grades 1–3 that uses integrated, hands-on study, long work periods, small-group lessons, and community-engaged projects.
A toddler program focused on practical life skills, language-rich experiences, sensory exploration, movement, and opportunities for independence in a prepared environment.
An upper elementary program (grades 4–6) centered on interdisciplinary, project-based learning, Socratic seminars, community engagement, and opportunities for real-world research and 'going out' experiences.
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