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The Casa Program
Maria Montessori's first school was set in some apartment
buildings in the San Lorenzo district of Rome. She
called her classroom Casa dei Bambini, which means
House of Children. The nomenclature of Casa has
remained as the designated name given to the classrooms for
children from 2 1/2 to 5 years of age. At Byron Woods
Montessori School, our Casa programs consist of two
classrooms of twenty-four children. Each classroom has three
teachers. The classrooms are equipped with all of the
appropriate Montessori materials for children of this age
group. The
classroom's activities are displayed on shelves for the
children. Each area has a range of materials from beginning
level, and step by step through subsequent levels ready for
the child as he/she progresses. There are five basic areas
in each Casa classroom: Practical Life,
Sensorial, Mathematics, Language, and Cultural Subjects
which include Science, Geography, Music and Visual Art.
Education Components
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