To young children, there is something very special about doing things that adults find ordinary. Practical life exercises such as pouring and spooning, washing dishes or polishing shoes completely absorb them.

At Montessori Country Day School of Holden, we recognize this process as the beginning of control and coordination of mind and body. Through sensory experiences, our Primary Program helps children distinguish, categorize and relate new information to what they already know. They learn math with concrete materials. They construct words with the movable alphabet, then they can progress to nuances of the English language, function of words and grammar.