What is Montessori?
Montessori education is an educational approach developed by Italian physician and educator Maria Montessori and characterized by an emphasis on independence, freedom within limits, and respect for a child’s natural psychological, physical, and social development.
Theory of Montessori
Montessori education is a fundamental model of human development with an educational approach based on that model. The model has two basic principles. First, children engage in psychological self-construction by means of interacting with their environments. Second, children, especially under the age of six, have an innate path of psychological development. Montessori allows children to choose and act freely within the environment resulting in acts of spontaneity for optimal development.
Little Montessori Child Care in the Scheme of Things
Our typical classroom serves 8 to 10 children in mixed-age groups, staffed by one trained teacher and an assistant. They are outfitted with child-sized tables and chairs arranged single or in small clusters, with classroom materials on child-height shelves throughout the room. Activities are for the most part initially presented by our teacher, after which they may be chosen freely by the children as interest dictates. Classroom materials include activities for engaging in practical skills such as pouring and spooning, materials for the development of the senses, math materials, language materials, music and art materials, and more.
Tuition Fees
Monday to Friday
08:00am to 5:30pm
5 days - $880/month
08:00am to 5:30pm
5 days - $880/month
2015 - 2016 School Holidays
Wednesday, July 1, 2015 - Canada Day
Monday, August 3, 2015 - BC Day
Monday, September 7, 2015 - Labour Day
Monday, October 12, 2015 - Thanksgiving Day
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - Remembrance Day
December 25 - 31, 2015 - Winter Break
Friday, January 1, 2016 - New Years Day
Monday, January 4, 2016 - School Reopens
Monday, February 15, 2016 - Family Day
Friday, March 25, 2016 - Good Friday
Monday, March 28, 2016 - Easter Monday
Monday, May 23, 2016 - Victoria Day
Monday, August 3, 2015 - BC Day
Monday, September 7, 2015 - Labour Day
Monday, October 12, 2015 - Thanksgiving Day
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 - Remembrance Day
December 25 - 31, 2015 - Winter Break
Friday, January 1, 2016 - New Years Day
Monday, January 4, 2016 - School Reopens
Monday, February 15, 2016 - Family Day
Friday, March 25, 2016 - Good Friday
Monday, March 28, 2016 - Easter Monday
Monday, May 23, 2016 - Victoria Day