Kindergarten

Finish the Puzzle

The Montessori curriculum is designed as a program that builds upon each year until the final "senior year" as a kindergarten student. This third year is the most important and the most critical year in the classroom. Think of a puzzle without the final piece. This is what the third year is like for a Montessori student. They now understand the expectations of the classroom and can meet both the academic and life experiences the community provides with confidence. As they bloom in their kindergarten year, those final pieces of the puzzle they have been building can be cemented into place and become part of who they are.

Their Turn to Be Leaders

We hope our children will make their own decisions and be confident of their own path as they get older. But when do we give them the experiences to practice and learn what that means? In the kindergarten year, the child now knows what's expected and is given greater challenges as a leader in the classroom. Here, they can learn what it means to take responsibility for their actions. They are learning that it matters less what you do when someone is watching and more what you do when someone is not. Integrity, responsibility, natural consequences and a sense of others. Development of each of these along with a greater understanding of what that means for them is what the kindergarten student experiences as they take on this leadership role in their third year. 

Kindergarten Program Hours

• Full-day 5 days per week (8:30am - 3:00pm)
• Half-day 5 days per week (8:30am - 12:30pm)
• Extended hours between 7:00am - 6:00pm available

Director Teresa Heinen shares why the kindergarten year at Montessori Children's Garden is crucial to a child's development.