- 714-533-6273
- 1220 N. State College Blvd, Anaheim, CA 92806, USA
Our Islamic Montessori program in Anaheim, CA, provides a nurturing, faith-based learning environment for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten students. Through certified Montessori education, hands-on activities, Arabic language instruction, Islamic Studies, and Qur’an learning, we help children develop independence, confidence, creativity, and strong Islamic values while growing academically, socially, and spiritually at their own pace.
Minaret Academy is one of the only Islamic schools to offer a certified Montessori Program for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten students. The program opened in 2003 with a single classroom of just 15 students and has since flourished to a maximum of 82 students across four well-equipped classrooms. Each classroom holds 18 to 24 students, ages 3 to 6, with two full-time teachers present at all times. Alongside the Montessori curriculum, our students also learn Arabic, Islamic Studies, and Qur’an.
The Montessori approach focuses on the spirit of the child and helps develop social, emotional, and cognitive skills. Our teaching method is rooted in self-directed activities, hands-on learning, and collaborative play.
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One of the only Islamic schools offering a certified Montessori program for Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten.
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Alongside Montessori work, children learn Arabic, Islamic Studies, and Qur’an every day.
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Children ages 3 to 6 learn together, building independence, patience, and leadership.
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Classes licensed by the California Department of Social Services, with two full-time teachers in every room.
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Children learn best by doing, through discovery.
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Children benefit from planned educational activities.
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For children, play is their work.
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Each child’s special qualities are respected.
The Montessori ideology adopted by Minaret Academy intentionally mixes the ages of students in each classroom. Rosters are balanced by placing small groups of children ages 3 to 5 together so they benefit from one another’s learning experience:
Hands-on activities for young children ages 3 to 6. The hand is the companion of the mind. Even the youngest child becomes engaged for long periods, which helps them understand order and sequence and develop fine motor skills, concentration, and eye-hand coordination.
Internationally acclaimed scientific apparatus supports the art of learning through the senses, with activities that enhance visual, chromatic, tactile, auditory, and muscular perception. These are interrelated to refine the senses and prepare children for early math, language, and developmental science.
Children work with math activities and gain knowledge of quantity and numerals with the help of the decimal system, while memorizing basic math facts.
Activities in geography, botany, zoology, and earth sciences. Beginning with simple puzzles, all activities progress through experiments and discoveries.
Children learn to read, write, and comprehend at a young age. Language activities progress from the phonetic sounds of the English alphabet all the way to fluent reading.
The dynamics of a Montessori classroom lie in the coexistence of harmony and peace. Love is universal. At Minaret Academy, this love for a child is unconditional, yet its functions have conditions. The teachers in our Montessori Program understand the child’s inner need for success. As adults, we respect the child who has the need to develop and those who need solace. Most of all, we respect the child who cries out to us in rebellion. These are examples of a child’s developmental stages.
Just as a butterfly evolves from a mere caterpillar, the child is not only forming intelligence and physique but building character as well. By Montessori standards this process is referred to as “the will: to do or not to do, to comply or not to comply.” The butterfly goes through a metamorphosis to complete its term. When the butterfly first emerges from the cocoon, it cannot fly immediately. Why? Because its wings are wet, so it must be protected until they are dry and it can fly away. What would happen to the butterfly if the insect was “helped” with too much human interaction? The weakened wings could become injured and hinder its ability to fly.
This is exactly what happens to a child’s psyche when it is stressed with pressure from adults or peers. A Montessori teacher must ensure an organized, spacious, and stimulating learning environment so they can observe the child’s flight into endless discoveries and progress at their own pace. Here at Minaret Academy, we have integrated the mission of Montessori, a scientific method of education, hand in hand with Islamic values and morals, so that our young children will absorb, understand, and grow. Then they emerge into society as self-directed learners and motivated future leaders.
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The certified Montessori Program serves Preschool, Pre-K, and Kindergarten students, with mixed-age classrooms for children ages 3 to 6.
Each classroom holds 18 to 24 students and always has two full-time teachers present, across four well-equipped classrooms.
Yes. Alongside the Montessori curriculum, students also study Arabic, Islamic Studies, and Qur’an, blending academics with Islamic values.
Yes. Our Montessori classes are licensed by the California State Department of Social Services.
Mixed-age classrooms let older children mentor younger ones, build independence and patience, and help every child learn from the group at their own pace.
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