The practices of Luna's Montessori are based on the Philosophy and Pedagogy of Maria Montessori. Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in Italy and became the first woman to receive a medical degree from the University of Rome. In the first decade of the twentieth century, Dr. Montessori observed children carefully and experimented with different materials and teaching methods. Dr. Montessori visited various schools throughout Europe seeking effective teaching approaches. Unimpressed with the teaching styles and methods of the day, she returned to her observations of the child to determine from the child effective teaching approaches. From careful observation and experimentation with children, Montessori developed the world famous Montessori Method and Materials.

The Montessori Method focuses on the nature of the child, the role of the teacher and the school as a prepared environment. The role of the teacher is to observe the child to determine the child's knowledge and interests, and to prepare the environment in order to meet the needs and interests of the child. Knowing the rationale underlying each Montessori material and familiar with theories of child development, the teacher is sensitive to the child's physical, social, and emotional and intellectual development, and matches materials to the child that support that development.

The prepared environment is responsive to the needs and to the interests of the child. The Montessori materials are in the Practical Life (self help materials), sensorial in the development and refinement of the senses, mathematics, and language arts. Further augmenting the curriculum is the study of plants and animals.

The school believes that the child is naturally interested and curious about the world. The child effortlessly absorbed knowledge about the world. Additionally, the child has sensitive periods for movement, language, and order that support further involvement in the world. Within the context of an accepting and nurturing environment the child's natural tendencies to know the world are supported. The staff interfaces the family with community resources in order to support the child's development.

"The habits and skills which the child obtains at school are good for a lifetime. They will help them work more efficiently, to observe more carefully, and to concentrate more effectively through their life."

 - Maria Montessori