Montessori Principles

Following the principles of Maria Montessori, the Beehive stresses that:

• Education is an aid to life and preparation for it. 
  
  
• The potential for each individual's development should be respected and nurtured.
   
• This involves the integration of the intellectual, emotional, spiritual, physical and social aspects of life.



• The experiences in school should be linked with the world "outside".
   
• Learning occurs in a variety of ways and should be suited to the children's needs; it is:
• largely active
• often self-correcting
• encourages independent learning
• unlimited in scope

• There be a diversity of social groupings.
   
• The adult's role is one of a guide and observer.
   
• The environment "reaches" the child through its:
• richness
• order
• scale
• attractiveness

• By balancing freedom and discipline, a capacity for self-direction results.