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What each classroom looks like, and what children do here.

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Classroom

Nido

The Nido serves infants from around six months through 15 months. Soft lighting, natural materials, and spaces arranged for movement let babies explore freely and build trust in the world around them. Teachers give individualized care that follows each child's natural rhythm and development.

Our Toddler Classrooms

The Toddler Program serves children from 15 months to three years. Days focus on Practical Life, language, and social-emotional learning. Classrooms have two teachers with nine to ten students, or three teachers with thirteen to fifteen students.

Our Primary Classrooms

Our Children’s Center’s Primary Program is designed as three-year cycle for children between the ages of 2.7 and 6 years. In the beautifully prepared environment, children work with a wide array of Montessori materials.

The American Montessori Society

The American Montessori Society advocates for Montessori education and sets professional standards for its accredited schools and teacher programs. Based in New York City, it has nearly 13,000 members worldwide and serves as an information center, a public policy voice, and a support network through research and professional development.

Montessori Answers

Montessori educators hold that high standards are only part of an excellent program. Exposure to a variety of topics, people, and adventures, alongside each child's strengths, interests, and learning styles, contributes to a stimulating and effective program. This site offers further resources on the Montessori Philosophy and Method.

Maria Montessori.

Dr. Maria Montessori wrote that she did not invent what is called the Montessori Method. She studied the child, she said, and took what the child gave her and expressed it. That is the method. It begins with watching closely, then building the room and the lessons around what the child reveals.

What this looks like in practice

In a Montessori classroom, children move through the room and choose work from open shelves. A toddler may wash a table or sort objects; a Primary child may trace letters or build with the pink tower. Teachers give one-on-one lessons rather than addressing the group as a whole. The room stays calm so concentration can hold.

The benefit shows up at home. A child who has practiced pouring, buttoning, and putting work away begins to do these things without being asked. Children who plan their own morning grow steadier and more confident. That order and independence carry into family routines.

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