The Montessori approach to education is based on the real needs of every child and it is a comprehensive method of guiding a child's development, so that he or she can be helped to realise their full potential. A young child has the innate ability to absorb information and learn from his or her environment therefore it follows that the first six years of a child's life are the most important.

This natural desire to learn should be nourished and cultivated, as the experiences of these early years will colour their whole approach to learning up to, and beyond, the end of their education. We recognise that each child's deep need for purposeful activities should and will be fulfilled, but that activity should also be pleasant and rewarding.

Freedom to work with their own choice of equipment ensures a child's interest and leads to the excitement of discovering for themselves . Ideally this equipment will be self-correcting as this enables children to see for themselves where they have been successful which , in turn, fosters independence and an orderly approach to problem solving from an early age.