Mandarin
Spanish
English
At Montessori Academy, children enjoy daily Spanish and Mandarin lessons in addition to our dynamic English curriculum.
“Children who are raised with at least two languages have been found to have greater social understanding,”
-Oren Boxer, Ph.D., neuropsychologist
“Studies have shown that when a child learns a second language they show accelerated progress when learning to read compared with monolingual peers.”
-Kristen Denzer, Parents.com
According to the California Department of Education, there are many benefits of multilingualism, including:
- Higher levels of abstract thought and reasoning
- Increased empathy development
- Mental flexibility (task switching)
- Increased executive fuction
- Greater job opportunities
- Higher earning potential
- Improved self-esteem