About Green Hedges School
Learn about Green Hedges School and what makes us such a warm and nurturing environment for your child.
Learn about Green Hedges School and what makes us such a warm and nurturing environment for your child.
Visit and apply to Green Hedges to experience how Children here get the care, nurturing, personal attention, and guidance they need to thrive as learners and as young people. The foundation children gain here stays with them in high school and for the rest of their lives.
From the moment you step onto the Green Hedges campus, you will witness the strong sense of community that exists here. We provide children a safe, secure environment while maintaining a commitment to the charming, family-friendly community so often found in a neighborhood school.
The Montessori 2-year old Program at Green Hedges primarily focuses on developing independence, fine-tuning gross and fine motor skills, enhancing social skills, practicing Grace and Courtesy, and developing positive interactions with others for our youngest learners. There is so much development that happens at this age and our Montessori program provides a nurturing and safe environment in which to do so. In addition, other objectives of the program include:
Practical Life
Practical life activities encourage the child to take care of the environment with size-appropriate tools. The children care for the outside environment through gardening activities and the inside environment through dusting, mopping, sweeping, and washing dishes. Our 2-year-olds are also directed to take care of themselves by washing hands, hanging up clothing, managing personal items, and toileting.
Specific Objectives for Practical Life
Manipulatives
Manipulatives are activities in which the children practice hand-eye coordination, using the hands as an instrument for the mind, and refining their fine motor skills in preparation for writing.
Language Skills
Language activities are developing at a rapid rate during the early years. Naming cards and matching introduce foundations for alphabet and language. Stories, finger plays, singing, and spontaneous conversation time encourage both social and language skills.
Art
The 2-year-old is able to use various materials to express creativity and to enhance fine motor skills. Language skills are further reinforced through the child’s description of the art and its personal meaning. Social skills particular to gift-giving are introduced and coordinated with traditional holidays.
Music and Movement
Music and movement provides the 2-year-old an opportunity for physical development, listening, and creativity. It gives the child an opportunity to get up and move!
Motor Skills
The 2-year-old is refining both fine motor skills and gross motor skills. Fine motor skills are heightened through practical life activities such as pouring, sorting, etc. Gross motor skills are heightened in physical activities such as rhythm/music movement and outdoor play.
Learn more about our program and inquire regarding select openings this fall or future years.
GREEN HEDGES SCHOOL
415 Windover Avenue, N.W.
Vienna, Virginia 22180
Phone: (703) 938-8323
Email: [email protected]