• The young child has a strong desire to understand the order in the world and a unique ability to absorb new concepts.
• The Montessori environment is a miniature world, carefully and attractively designed, which the child can examine and control.
• The child learns by working with a rich variety of manipulative materials. The three-year curriculum includes practical life, sensorial, language, history, science, art, music, and movement.
• Ability to focus on a chosen activity aids the child in developing concentration and a logical approach to problem solving.

The Montessori materials present one concept at a time in a sequential manner, thus increasing the child's chance for successful completion and encouraging confidence and concentration.

The child gains a sense of peaceful satisfaction from his or her accomplishments.

"Never let the child risk failure until he has a reasonable chance of success." – Dr. Montessori

Dr. Montessori recognized that self-motivation is the only valid impulse to learning.  Our teachers prepare the environment, offer activities, function as a reference person and exemplar and observe the child constantly in order to encourage the process of "learning how to learn."  

But it is the child who learns to persist in a chosen task. He/She does this by building habits of concentration, perseverance and thoroughness.  Montessori Children's House establishes the core of the Montessori philosophy through the acquisition of good habits and manners. The children are introduced to the joy of learning in their early years enabling them to become confident and competent learners in their later years.

Montessori Children's House provides the pre-primary level of Montessori education. Children are enrolled in the year of their third birthday and continue in the program through kindergarten.

We encourage three years in our Montessori environment before moving on to first grade. This allows the child to take full advantage of our program and to work in all curriculum areas. A third year Montessori child has a chance not only to progress but also to go back to earlier work and perfect it.

The classrooms are composed of an inter-age group of 2 ½ - 6 year olds. This multi-aged grouping further aids social development by giving children an opportunity to learn from, and teach, each other and to accept different levels of ability. This results in a stimulating atmosphere. By remaining for three years, children have the experience of being the youngest and oldest in their social group.