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Curricula
Enhancements
The prepared Montessori environments of The Boyd School’s classrooms provide carefully designed lessons that encourage children to learn and explore. Arts, physical development, and to some extent, foreign language are a portion of our Montessori environment. The Boyd School provides additional specialized instruction in these areas to enhance the curriculum.
The developmentally appropriate physical education program promotes a healthy lifestyle while teaching children large motor skills through various organized games and activities. The dynamic program |
encompasses high energy activities such a parachute play as well as focuses on the building of the child’s core strength through yoga and tai chi.
The fine arts program teaches children the beauty and mechanics of both musical and visual arts. The students are exposed to the styles of the masters and encouraged to develop their own unique style while applying basic skills. |
An Example of Learning
Kindergarten and Elementary students at the Reston Campus have been working on the "dynamics" of music. After learning about volume, rhythm, melody, tempo, and pitch, the students did an exercise in which two bells were played one at a time. Each child had to determine if the sound was a high pitch sound or a low pitch sound.
After listening, the children were asked to record the work by placing a bead above the line if the sound was high or below the line if the sound was low.
Once the listening and recording had taken place, each child took a turn reading their work by using their high and low voices. At the end, the children created their own pattern and took turns reading it to the class.
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Diversity -- Celebrating Diwali
The Boyd School has a diverse population whose families have many different traditions. Parents are encouraged to share their customs to enhance the cultural aspect of Montessori education. The children at the Herndon Campus had the pleasure of learning about and celebrating Diwali. |
Shilpa Patel, a Herndon parent, shared the history and traditions of this Hindu holiday. Diwali is also known as the Festival of Lights.
Diyas (small lamps) and fireworks are lit throughout the holiday to bring illumination and shut out any darkness. The children had the opportunity to color and decorate their |
own Rangoli. Rangoli is a traditional decoration created with colored sand and placed outside the door step.
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