Dr. Maria Montessori felt, through her research, that the goal of education should be to cultivate a child's natural desire to learn. This is accomplished in the Montessori classroom in two ways. First, by allowing each child to experience the excitement of learning by making choices and second, by helping children to meet their full potential by preparing the environment to meet the individual needs of all children. The philosophy looks at the "whole child" and is an approach to education based on human development and the natural stages that children experience. The Montessori curriculum is extremely comprehensive and is correlated with the Arkansas State Standards and accomplished in a public school setting. The philosophy emphasizes "preparation for life" as well as peace and respect.