Our Academics

At Royal Palm Montessori Academy, children learn by doing. Our Montessori-certified teachers guide every child through hands-on, self-paced lessons — in small classrooms with real attention to spare: just 15 students to 2 teachers in our 2–3-year-old rooms, and 12 students to 1 teacher for ages 4–5.

We're an Apple Accredited school through FACCM, and we've been part of the Boca Raton community for 26 years — building academic foundations one concrete, hands-on lesson at a time.

Practical Life

This is the heart of the RPMA classroom. Through everyday activities — pouring, buttoning, sweeping, caring for plants — children build self-confidence, concentration, and control over their own movements. It looks simple, but it's the foundation everything else is built on.

Language

Children develop letter recognition and fine motor skills side by side, working toward reading comprehension, vocabulary, and an early understanding of how language works — all through materials designed to be used, not just looked at.

Mathematics

We introduce math through concrete materials first — children touch, move, and count before they're asked to think abstractly. That hands-on start makes numbers make sense.

Science & Social Studies

This area is built to feed a child's natural curiosity. Through observation and hands-on exploration, children learn to ask questions, notice details, and draw their own conclusions about the world around them.

Sensorial

Specially designed materials help children sharpen their sense of color, texture, shape, and size — skills that quietly lay the groundwork for early math and language concepts down the road.

Beyond the Core Curriculum

Academics are only part of the day. Every student also gets:

Spanish, three times a week
Art, twice a week
Physical education focused on gross motor development
Gardening and botany
Moral Character Development — kindness, responsibility, and citizenship

Families can also add extracurriculars: Soccer Shots, Kenpo Karate (with stripe certifications as kids progress), and dance through Twinkle Toes Dance Studio — ballet, modern, Zumba, and tap.

Built for Kindergarten Readiness

We welcome children starting at age 2, with VPK spots available and support for families using Step Up For Students. Whatever a child's starting point, our five curriculum areas work together toward the same goal: real kindergarten readiness, built on whole-child development rather than worksheets alone.