About Our Program

Our Montessori Preschool serves students from ages 3-5.  Students must be at least 3 years old on or before September 1st of the school year.  Each Montessori classroom is staffed with a full-time teacher who has completed their Montessori certification through Age of Montessori.

A question we are often asked is, "What should I look for in a Montessori classroom?"  An authentic Montessori classroom will have several elements, listed below.

• Small, light-weight furniture
• Child-sized equipment
• Freedom of Movement
• Multi-Age Peer Environment

• Large and Fine Motor Development
• "Real-world" work
• Food Preparation
• Developing order, concentration, coordination, and independence

• Color, shape, dimension, form, sound, touch, smell
• Classificaton works

• Sandpaper Letters
• Movable Alphabet
• Phonological awareness

• Rich, attractive manipulatives
• Concrete to abstract
• Counting, bead work, mathematical operations

• Geography of the World
• Seasonal Celebrations
• Plant and animal studies

• Skill work (cutting, tracing, gluing)
• Music and Movement
• Songs and stories