Montessori Kindergarten
The year everything comes together, and the most important year not to miss.
In Montessori, the kindergarten year is the third and most transformative year of a three-year cycle. The seeds planted at ages 3 and 4 — letter sounds, number concepts, concentration, independence — blossom into real reading, writing, and mathematical understanding. Your child doesn't just learn academics. They become a leader, a mentor, and a confident, self-directed learner ready for whatever comes next
The Year It All Clicks
​Reading, writing, and math don't appear out of nowhere — they emerge from two years of hands-on foundation. In the kindergarten year, children explode into literacy and numeracy because the groundwork was built with concrete materials, not worksheets. This is the payoff year, and it's the most important year not to pull your child out.
Academics That Go Deeper
Montessori kindergarteners routinely work with concepts that public schools don't introduce until 1st or 2nd grade — the decimal system, multi-digit addition, cursive writing, geography, and science. They don't memorize — they understand, because they've built knowledge with their hands from concrete to abstract.
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Your Child Becomes a Leader
​As the oldest in a mixed-age classroom, your 5-year-old is looked up to by younger children — even the shyest kindergartener becomes a role model. They teach, mentor, and lead, building confidence and empathy that no same-age classroom can replicate. Research confirms mixed-age groupings promote stronger social skills and academic growth.
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Grace, Courtesy & Real-World Skills
Your child learns more than academics. Through Montessori's "grace and courtesy" exercises, they learn how to resolve conflicts, act politely, and be kind and helpful — skills that make them successful in any classroom, any school, and any social setting they enter next.
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Independent Thinkers, Not Rule Followers
In public kindergarten, children sit and wait to be told what to do. In Montessori, they choose meaningful work, manage their time, and solve problems independently. A 2025 national study found Montessori children scored significantly higher in reading, executive function, and memory by the end of kindergarten — skills built through self-direction, not compliance.
A School That Still Feels Like Home
Your 5-year-old is in a small, warm, familiar environment with teachers who've known them for years — not a campus of 500+ students. The transition to elementary school is smoother when your child has spent three years building confidence in a place where they're truly known.
The Full-Day Kindergarten Experience
Children in our school-day program
(9:00 AM – 3:00 PM) spend the morning in their mixed-age Primary classroom.
In the afternoon, the older children from multiple classrooms come together for a smaller, focused group of just kindergarten-age students.
This allows for more advanced exploration across all Montessori areas — deeper math, longer reading work, and more complex projects.
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We also offer half-day and flexible scheduling options. Year-round, with far fewer closures than the public school calendar.
