Education for Life

A Montessori school for children ages 2 months to 6 years

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Our mission is to prepare children for life.


We celebrate each child’s individuality and help them discover how they can best contribute to our world and culture. All children are naturally curious and love to learn; we support this innate drive by providing environments that meet children’s developmental needs, by having a staff of loving and well-prepared adults, and by building a community of families that actively support our mission.

Why do so many families choose Montessori?

Individualized learning

Lessons are designed and given to each child when they are most ready to learn.

Whole child education

Social, emotional, and physical development is emphasized along with academic skills.

Empowered by choice

Freedom to move and choose activities fosters independence and self-confidence.

Supported by research

Current neurology and human development research consistently backs Montessori.

Programs

“My two daughters thrive at this school. Highly recommend it. The guides are very good to our children and our children are clearly well taken care of!”

Michael Gledhill

“We have been with CW for more than a year and could not be happier. They go the extra mile every day to build a sense of community and to nurture and stimulate our children in a positive way. This is not your average Montessori. Since they are AMI recognized, they are true to the Montessori method, and it shows in everything they do. Our children are becoming more independent and developing a love for learning. They are being challenged without them even realizing it. We feel fortunate to have found this school, and our children love it here. We followed them from Plymouth to Long Lake, despite it being a longer commute, because we could not think of finding a program as exceptional as this one. Highly recommend." 

Sara and Muhammad

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We invite you to visit our school, meet the teachers, and observe the children in their classrooms. We encourage you to ask questions learn about the opportunities available at all levels of our programs.

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The latest from our blog.

14 Mar, 2024
Many public school systems offer kindergarten, and many parents are curious about this transitional year. Why should your child stay in Montessori for the kindergarten year? Learning for Mastery Montessori schools are intentionally structured utilizing a three-year cycle. There are many great benefits to this, but one of them is to provide third year students with opportunities that they will not have in other environments. Having spent the previous two years learning a multitude of skills in their classroom, the third year is about mastery. The Montessori curriculum is a series of carefully developed lessons and materials that are meant to cycle back to a culminating experience during the final year. All that time spent grasping knobbed cylinders, tracing metal insets, and practicing sandpaper letter formation? The kindergartner uses all that knowledge as they begin to write with paper and pencil. The years of early mathematical preparation? Now they get to use the golden beads (or perhaps the stamp game material) to learn to add and subtract numbers into the thousands (yes, as kindergartners!). Montessori’s early focus on teaching children sounds in lieu of letter names leads many children to begin reading by the time they are in kindergarten. Children as Independent Leaders Not only do guides observe children mastering these skills independently, but the children have the chance to teach to others. Educators across many settings will agree that once the student becomes the teacher, we can surmise that true mastery has been attained. So while your kindergarten child is teaching younger children how to do something, they are showing us just how well they know how to do it. Not only that - they are gaining confidence in a truly authentic way. No one needs to tell the child how well they are doing because they feel it themselves. When children teach children, it’s not just about knowledge being shared, but also about cultivating world citizens. Teaching each other is an act of kindness, and a way for children to practice helping others around them. Fueling the Spark In Montessori classrooms one of our greatest tasks is to keep the fire burning inside children’s minds. We structure our work so that children may follow their passions and learn deeply about things that matter to them. We see each child as an individual and think one-size-fits-all educational approaches tend to extinguish the joy of learning. Instead of drilling facts into children, we place materials before them so that they may discover the truths of the world themselves. Rather than asking them all to do the same thing at the same time, we value their choices and trust their educational process. It is the guide’s job to keep them on track, but they offer children the freedom that lets them deeply explore the learning that calls to their souls. Five Key Differences Between Montessori and Conventional Schooling
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What, exactly, is the role of the Montessori teacher? How is it so different from that of any other teacher?
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One hallmark of a Montessori education is the use of multi-age classrooms.

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