Light of the World Montessori Preschool in Pinckney sets open house July 14

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Learning the Montessori way: A student at Light of the World Montessori Preschool learns her numbers from 1-9 using the colored bead frame.

Light of the World Montessori Preschool in Pinckney is holding an open house this month, giving prospective parents and students the opportunity to visit the school.

The open house is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, July 14, at Light of the World Montessori Preschool, located at Shalom Lutheran Church, 1740 E. M-36, Pinckney. The school is currently enrolling students for the fall.

Parents and students will have the chance to tour the school, meet with the director and teachers, and learn more about the benefits of a Montessori education.

For more information about the open house or school, email kathy@lightoftheworldacademy.org, or call or text 810-599-8361.

A student at Light of the World Montessori Preschool learns about the solar system using hands-on materials.

At the July 14 open house, prospective students and parents will have a chance to tour the classroom, meet with the teachers, explore the Montessori materials and find out why the Montessori method does such an excellent job of creating joyful scholars and setting students up for future success.

The school is open to students ages 2 1/2 to 5. There are programs available for two, three or five days a week. More information and enrollment information is available by clicking here.

Founded by Kathy Moorehouse in 2002, Light of the World Montessori Preschool is celebrating its 20th school year.

Hatching and releasing butterflies at Light of the World Montessori Preschool.

Light of the World Academy was founded as a preschool and kindergarten, and has grown to become a very successful and highly ranked preschool through eighth-grade school. In 2015, the K-8 school became a public charter school, while the preschool has remained a Christian Montessori program located at Shalom.

Moorehouse stresses the fact that the school is a genuine Montessori school, with all American Montessori Society-trained teachers and aides. Moorehouse has been the school’s director since the beginning, while Sandy Duperron and Chris Barclay have been the head teachers for the past 18 years. All of them are AMS-certified.

Low student-teacher ratios are a hallmark of the program. Light of the World Montessori Preschool has a student-to-teacher ratio of 8-to-1.

Learning about the culture of other countries by learning how to share tea.
Learning about geometric solids. One of the benefits of a Montessori classroom is that older students help teach younger ones.

Moorehouse said there are numerous benefits to a Montessori education, including the ways in which the program focuses on a student’s key developmental stages, setting them up for success in life. The Montessori program at Light of the World Montessori Preschool educates the whole child socially, emotionally and academically.

“If parents are looking for a Montessori education for their child, it’s important that they know whether the school is a genuine Montessori school,” Moorehouse said. “All of our teachers are fully trained and certified in the Montessori method.”

For a closer look inside the school, see the video below:

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