The Southern Berks News

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The Brookeside Montessori School community works to create an environmen­t that inspires children to develop inner discipline, self-assurance and a love of learning. Our programs respond to the needs of each child and balance academic and social skills in a supportive learning community.

The preschool program is composed of multi-aged groups of children from 2 years and 7 months through 4 years old. Materials are designed to be self-teaching and encourage independen­ce. Small classes allow for individual attention to meet the needs of each child. Age-appropriat­e activities promote the early developmen­t of math and language skills.

The pre-kindergart­en and full-day kindergart­en curriculum includes a strong emphasis on reading and writing skills, mathematic­s, science and social studies. The Montessori philosophy uses a hands-on approach to build strong foundation­s for abstract concepts and highlevel thinking.

The children take pride in their accomplish­ments, learn to work successful­ly in small groups and enjoy being part of their learning community.

Our elementary classroom is an exciting environmen­t, composed of an open, multi-year age span grouping that permits the child to be an active, rather than passive, learner. Our innovative approach to learning challenges each child academical­ly and encourages personal growth. A strong emphasis is placed on academics with learning activities that stimulate and encourage creativity.

All children participat­e in art, music, Spanish, fitness and computer classes.

We offer before- and afterschoo­l care, as well as a summer camp program. Brookeside Montessori is a Pennsylvan­ia state-licensed private, nonprofit, academic school and is an associate member of the American Montessori Society.

Please call 610-473-0408 for more informatio­n or visit our website at www.brookeside.org.

The open house is from 2 to 4 p.m. on Jan. 21.

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SUBMITTED PHOTO The Brookeside Montessori School community works to create an environmen­t that inspires children to develop inner discipline, self-assurance and a love of learning.

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