At Colibri Spanish Immersion Preschool we nurture our students’ emotional, social, and intellectual growth. Children will develop healthy relationships and a strong sense of citizenship to support attitudes, skills, and ideas which are fundamental to a lifetime of learning. Dr. Montessori found that a child’s true nature is that of peace and harmony which emerges through normalization. In order to fully develop the child both physically and intellectually, the child must have freedom. The Montessori methods and principles applied in the classroom help the child achieve this freedom when they are allowed to work free from adult intervention and to follow their natural development. Dr. Montessori developed what she called the “Prepared Environment” which possesses a certain order and allows children to learn at their own pace and choose the materials they want to work with. Through normalization they become self-disciplined individuals. The years between three and six are the years in which children are most attracted to the rules of human behavior. It is during this period that children learn manners and practice them in a very natural way. In the Montessori Method, guides are able to observe each child each child individually.