Peninsula Montessori School's Palos Verdes campus is a private Montessori school on Hawthorne Boulevard serving children from 18 months through 5th grade. The campus follows authentic Montessori methods and is described on the site as AMS-accredited with credentialed Montessori teachers.
The Palos Verdes campus of Peninsula Montessori School provides Montessori education for early childhood and elementary levels in a prepared, multi-age learning environment. The campus is described as serving children from 18 months through fifth grade and emphasizes individualized learning and developmental continuity across years.
Instruction follows authentic Montessori principles with credentialed Montessori guides and mixed-age classrooms. The curriculum emphasizes hands-on materials, independence, practical life skills, social-emotional growth, and academic areas such as language, mathematics, cultural studies and science. The school lists additional curricular components including Spanish, physical education, music, and computer science woven into the program.
Classrooms are presented as spacious, naturally lit, and intentionally prepared with Montessori materials on low shelving and multi-age groupings. The campus schedule includes independent work time, collaborative projects, outdoor time, and enrichment activities. The school also references a parent community and opportunities for family involvement.
An elementary program guided by the Montessori Cosmic Curriculum emphasizing exploration, collaboration, research, and development of language, mathematics, cultural studies and scientific inquiry.
A multi-age Pre-Primary (Children's House) program using hands-on Montessori materials to develop literacy, numeracy, sensorial skills, practical life, cultural studies and social growth.
A Montessori toddler program focused on independence, practical life skills, early language, sensorial discovery and motor development in a prepared, child-sized environment.
A bridge between early childhood and elementary years that moves children from concrete, hands-on exploration toward more abstract reasoning while strengthening academic foundations and executive skills.
An upper elementary program focused on independent research, abstract reasoning, leadership, advanced study in mathematics, language, science and cultural history to prepare students for middle school.
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