The Tidewater School
Preschool in Huntingtown, MD 20639
Our mission is to be a vibrant community where each child is inspired to learn through hands-on exploration and self-discovery within research-based curriculum. The Tidewater School is a place where childhood is celebrated, respected and nurtured. Tidewater embraces learning as a lifelong intellectual journey.
Welcome to The Tidewater School! We are a small, independent school where students are inspired to learn through hands-on exploration and self-discovery within a research-based curriculum. Childhood is celebrated, respected, and nurtured at The Tidewater School. Our students think learning is fun!
Our dedicated, Montessori-trained teachers create an environment that supports each students strengths and unique learning styles. We are the only school in southern Maryland that offers a completely individualized and developmentally respectful curriculum.
Please browse our website to learn about our philosophy, policies and procedures. We look forward to meeting you. Welcome to The Tidewater Schools community of friends!
The Tidewater School is fully certified by the Maryland State Department of Education as a private not-for-profit educational corporation providing instruction for Preschool through Grade 5.
The Tidewater School does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, or cultural creed. As we celebrate our differences, we discover great gifts in one another!
- Child Ages:
- 2 years - 12 years
- Rates:
- $$$
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Maryland State Department of Education Division of Early Childhood Development
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday to Friday 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM
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Children deserve a prepared environment within a cooperative and respectful class that honors and cultivates each individuals value.
Each child is unique from genetic and environmental influences. A positive and caring place nurtures and shapes the child. Children, as all human beings, use behavior as a means to belong. Behavior becomes positive and purposeful when children are valued, connected to the community, and encouraged to be responsible. They are able to experience success without fear of failure. Children learn by experiencing life through sensory opportunities which enable them to reason and develop new learning skills for application NOW and in the FUTURE. Children seek order and purpose, which comes naturally in a prepared environment. Children discover information. Through this successful self-discovery, they increase their sense of self-esteem and respect for others.Our curriculum is well researched and carefully prepared. Our environment contains the most outstanding teaching tools and entices the students to want to question, analyze and delve further for greater knowledge and understanding. We use the materials to direct the content lessons, but we are always seeking to make certain that the lessons are purposeful and relevant to the life of the elementary child. For example, the students are presented with a challenge to re-create a motorized wagon using lego’s. The task involves translating the dimensions from real life size to a size that will fit on a small table. They must calculate the measurements and recreate to scale this model. They then must calculate the relative size of a human being in order to fashion a modeled person to stand by the wagon. What will go in the wagon and how do you calculate volume? The lego wagon is then taken to the local fair for display as a model of the real wagon which is raffled for funds for expansion of the science materials at school. In addition, the class will now prepare the itinerary for a trip to Washington DC to visit the Building Museum. The lessons have been complex but real and will most likely be retained and transferred to even more involved learning as the student matures.
