About One Tree Tutorial & Enrichment
The mission of One Tree Tutorial and Enrichment is to assist parents in providing a holistic and meaningful education that cultivates the intellectual, social and emotional development of the child while also instilling a lifelong love of learning.
Currently we serve children in Kindergarten through the 6th grade in multi-age classrooms. We meet on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday each week while following a traditional school year schedule.
Our primary classroom serves kindergarten and 1st grade, our lower elementary serves 2nd and 3rd grade and our upper elementary classroom serves 4th, 5th and 6th grades.
Half of our day is spent in our outdoor classrooms, the other half in our indoor prepared environment.
Our multi-age classes allow for older children to serve as mentors to younger children. We believe this helps to foster the development of critical thinking, problem solving and leadership skills as well as encourages respect for different levels and stages of learning. The multi-age classroom also helps children to develop a strong sense of community by providing an opportunity to teach and to learn from each other.
One Tree works towards our educational goals through emphasizing a respect for oneself and for the environment. We encourage children to be independent and to make choices as to what they work on. This does not mean that One Tree teachers do not guide or instruct the child to work on other academic and enrichment areas. There is a phrase we use often in relationship to this independent work: “there is freedom within limits.”
We continually work to adapt and to improve our methods of teaching in order to create the most beneficial learning environment possible.
In addition to indoor and outdoor classroom activities, we allow for ample time outdoors for unstructured free-play. We believe, based on research, this is crucial for the overall healthy development of the child.
Click here to read an article on the benefits of Montessori Education from Psychology Today.
We are committed to valuing and promoting diversity, equity and social justice within our community. To understand more about our commitment to this, click here.
Key differences
between Montessori education at One Tree & traditional education
