Cultural Studies

As we all know, children love to imagine.  Why do we then give only fairy tales and toys to practice this imagination on?  If a child can imagine a fairy and fairyland, it will not be difficult for him/her to imagine Earth, the Continents or America.

At Park Point Montessori, the Areas of Cultural Studies include:

1. Earth Science:
   • Solar System
   • Parts of the Earth
   • Introduction to rocks
   • Volcanoes
   • Astronomy (day/night)
   • Weather clouds
2. Geography:
   • Oceans and seas
   • Map making
   • Land and water forms
   • Continents and countries
   • Globe
3. History:
   • Calendar
   • Days of the week
   • Months of the year
   • Seasons
   • Clock, time lines
   • Holidays
4. Life Science:
   • Living/Non-Living
   • Plants and animals
   •  Vertebrate/Invertebrate
5. Physical Science:
   • How to observe things.
   • Classifying
   • Various science experiments (gas takes space, air pressure, measuring length, solids, liquids, weight of liquids,
     measuring gas, float and sink, magnetic and non-magnetic.)