LIVE, LEARN, LOVE
Creating Self-inspired Learners
For over 35 years, our self-inspired learning curriculum has cultivated the natural curiosity that each child is born with. Our active and self-directed educational process inspires and develops creative thinking and critical problem-solving skills.
We aim to empower children by maintaining a unique balance of freedom and responsibility. These early experiences create a joy of learning that lasts a lifetime. We invite you to come see why we are the trendsetters in educational childcare!
A VISION
“Changing the world, one child at a time.”
…it all began over 30 years ago with two newlyweds who were passionate about education. Together, Ms. Rita, an eminent professional educator, and Mr. Hersh, a natural teacher and entrepreneur, created a child care education program that didn’t focus on exactness, but rather the concept of self-inspired learning.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
“Education is not something the teacher does, but rather, a natural process that occurs spontaneously”
We believe that children should be inspired by their good work, not by rewards, which creates a lifelong love of learning. As self-inspired learners, our students possess a strong conviction and power of the heart, with mind and body working together.MAJOR PROGRAMS
Comprehensive curriculum from infant to elementary. Click on the programs below to view details.
School of Infants
Infants in their truest form have a natural quest for knowledge. Given the chance, they want to learn. Given the chance, they will behave…
SCHOOL OF INFANTS
Infants in their truest form have a natural quest for knowledge. Given the chance, they want to learn. Given the chance, they will behave. We provide just that opportunity to explore life in a peaceful, unpressured environment. Our gentle guidance brings out the young child’s innate curiosity, and the result is pure learning, with no obstacles. New concepts are introduced at the right moment of developmental readiness, a time that Maria Montessori named the “Sensitive Period.” Just as a parent nurtures their newborn, we create the ideal atmosphere in an unconditional, positive manner were learning thrives.
School of Toddlers
Children work to create the adult they will become. Although adults work to perfect their environment, children work to perfect themselves…
SCHOOL OF TODDLERS
Children work to create the adults they will become. Dr. Maria Montessori observed that although adults work to perfect their environment, children work to perfect themselves. It is our role as educators to guide them through this important work.
Between the ages of 18 months and 3 years, your child’s intelligence and social characteristics are formed. This period is also when your child is most receptive, curious and excited about exploring the surrounding world. Our classrooms are unique, and filled with quality materials used to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, science, music and social studies.
Montessori Pre-Primary
In the special environment prepared for our children, we empower them to express their inner needs when they are ready to tackle them…
MONTESSORI PRE-PRIMARY
Children work to create the adults they will become. Dr. Maria Montessori observed that although adults work to perfect their environment, children work to perfect themselves. It is our role as educators to guide them through this important work.
In the special environment prepared for our children, we empower them to express their inner needs when they are ready to tackle them. Through extensive research, the Pre-Primary curriculum was developed with an emphasis placed on language arts, math, practical life, the arts and sensorial perceptions. Our activities and lesson plans encourage small group activity as well as individual work and aid the child in the process of integration of the body and mind through work. The whole curriculum promotes holistic human development intellectually, physically, socially and uses a wide range of activities to refine sensory perceptions and to help the child adapt to a wider environment, the universe. Our classrooms are unique, and filled with quality materials used to teach reading, writing, arithmetic, geography, science, music and social studies.
Montessori Elementary
Our Montessori philosophy is based on the fact that curiosity, learning, and developmental progression are inborn needs of children…
MONTESSORI ELEMENTARY
Our Montessori philosophy is based on the idea that curiosity, learning, and developmental progression are the innate needs of children. We believe that given the proper environment and guidance, youngsters will gravitate toward purposeful activity. Children’s’ learning environments must accommodate individual interests, needs, and learning styles. We design our classrooms to promote discovery through manipulative and “real life applications.” This approach is far more beneficial than rote learning or mechanical imitation, because children need freedom of movement and choice, and responsibility must accompany freedom.
Augmented Reality Technology in Education
Augmented reality in education provides an experience which helps the students easily acquire, process, and remember the information. Additionally, AR makes learning itself more interactive and fun. AR enables the students to visualize their curriculum with the help of 3D objects and experience them virtually in their own environment. Learn More!TESTIMONIALS
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SHIPRA FOUNDATION
“I raise up my voice—not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard… we cannot succeed when half of us are held back.”
―Malala Yousafzai”
| Foundation Name: | Shakuntala Memorial supported by MSODT and Shipra School |
| Year Founded: | 2007 |
| Purpose: | Empowerment of the girl child through education |
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For years, the notion of enhancing the girl child’s access to suitable and equal education has been stagnant in global development, and this has decreased the potential for reduced poverty rates in high need areas. Education is a powerful investment that offers poverty reduction potential through increased access to economic opportunity.
It has been proven that women are more likely to govern their own destinies and effect meaningful change in their home communities when they obtain higher levels of education. In addition, educational equality helps us achieving a global milestone: the edification of the girl child. The International Conference of Population and Development released a statement on the matter, saying that “Education is one of the most important means of empowering women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process.”
We pride ourselves on contributing to the empowerment of the girl child, as well as the advancement of equal education. Our team is dedicated to strengthening and empowering the girl child through education, and we have made the girl child in India the prime benefactor of the resources leveraged through our school system in the United States. The long-term positive gains of education on the girl child have proved the direct and powerful effect that this effort has on families and communities in high-need areas.
For the past thirteen years, we have been cultivating independence in the girl child through fully-funded, private education in India. Currently, the company is responsible for the education of one thousand girls in India. Our model is simple and direct; for each child that is enrolled at the Montessori School of Downtown/Shipra Schools in the United States, a girl child is adopted into one of the proprietary locations in India. All responsibilities involved in educating the child are assumed by the company, including, but not limited to uniforms, lunches, transportation to and from school, etc. Our mission is to empower the girl child to overcome poverty and marginalization.
When you choose to become a member of the MSODT/Shipra family, you choose to support educational equality on a global level. In our schools, we teach our students to be “global citizens” who identify as members of an emerging world community and contribute to building that world community. By choosing us to foster your child’s growth and learning, you are partnering with us as global citizens by sponsoring a child and giving them access to equal education.
We look forward to guiding your child’s education and partnering with you to provide access to quality education to kindred students abroad.
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