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Alameda, CA
Bayside Montessori

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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Telephone: (510)-521-3236 ext. 5108656255

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• General Info
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  & Day-in-the-Life
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
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  Connection
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General Approach to Learning

	Play-based
	Play-based with some structure
	Predominantly teacher-led instruction
	Montessori
	Waldorf
	Co-op
	Reggio-Emilia

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Director's Comments

The activities the children take part in at a Montessori school are called 'work', rather than 'play'.

Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (5.0)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

	PLAY-BASED	PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE	MOSTLY TEACHER LED	NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM	CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language					Yes
Oral language	-	-	-	-
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-	-		-
Storybook reading	-	-	-	-
Emerging literacy skills	-	-		-
Cognitive Development
Math and number sense	-		-	-	Yes
Time & space	-	-	-	-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-	-	-	-	Yes
Music	-	-		-	Yes
Visual arts	-	-	-	-	Yes
Physical activity	-	-	-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught	Bayside Montessori is a Montessori preschool that avails itself of the many traditional Montessori works that have been developed over the years. In addition, teachers create new Montessori works on an on-going basis.

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Parents' Comments

Parent #1
The children are left to choose their own 'work' during the day. The 'work' options change regularly, and the teachers come up with very creative ways of teaching the children. My daughter loves it.

Parent #2
Work stations that offer children experience in specific tasks, but the child chooses which activites to pursue. Intermixed with free play time are organized activities, including phonetics and language development, learning to write/trace/form letters, some cooking, table manners, etc.