Best Montessori Preschools in Minneapolis, MN
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Primary
Learning revolves around tangible experiences. Practical life exercises like sorting, pouring, or washing dishes are introduced. Children also use concrete materials such as movable alphabets, cubes, cylinders, and other objects to learn. They learn to work together, with each others’ best interests in mind. This broad-based program allows children to explore a range of subjects and ideas: science and nature, music and movement, sensorial experiences, cooking and nutrition, cultural awareness, history; geography, language arts, and mathematics.
Toddlers
This is the time when children use their bodies, senses, and emerging problem-solving skills to learn about and make sense of their world in the ways most meaningful and effective for them. Our toddler educators give your toddler responsive, individualized attention to help build their skills. Activities range from the simple to the complex, with work areas arranged by subject. Montessori materials not typically found at other schools are used, as children choose activities based on their own interests. We focus on sensory and perception; self-help; language; physical and motor skills; social and emotional growth. We’re also here when you need us. Ask your school about flexible enrollment options to fit your family’s schedule.
Also offers: Infants
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Private Montessori school offering infant, toddler, preschool, and kindergarten programs in the southwest Minneapolis suburbs. Infants build language and motor skills with support from sign language....
Preschool
Inherent to the Step By Step classroom is the use of Montessori materials to allow children to explore practical life, sensory perception, reading and writing abilities, mathematical skills, geographical areas, and elements of botany and zoology.
Infant Program
In the Step By Step infant program our first and foremost goal is to provide a safe, clean and peaceful child care environment. The emphasis is on stimulation and comfort for the very young child.
Also offers: Toddler Program
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Center offering care to infants, toddlers, preschool, and school-age children. Program places emphasis on learning through hands-on activities. Daily curriculum includes practical life activities,...
Preschool
Authentic Montessori education nurtures the habits of proven life success traits; joy in the moment, perseverance, self-reliance, and love of learning.
Infant
Even in our infant care room, we foster and nurture your child’s budding independence. With plenty of floor space your child can move and explore, as they are ready.
Also offers: Toddler
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Montessori center near the U of MN in Minneapolis. Curriculum covers world languages, world music, language and literacy, math, science, and geography and culture are included in tuition....
Children's House
Our specialized curriculum uses rhymes, stories and hands-on activities to encourage those first steps toward building the foundational skills for reading, writing, math, and science.
Infants
Our Infant Care Program is committed to making the first transition away from home natural and easy for both you and your child.
Also offers: Toddlers, Kindergarten
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Speaks Spanish
Montessori learning center for toddlers and preschoolers. Program focuses on developing minds and spirits of infants and toddlers in a Montessori environment while striving for equity, community, and...
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Speaks Spanish
Tiny Scholars is a licensed, Montessori-inspired in-home daycare providing small-group childcare for infants, toddlers, and preschool-aged children. With 17 years of experience in childcare and...
Montessori Preschool Program
Preschool care focused on independence, confidence, and kindergarten readiness. Children engage in purposeful play, early literacy, and problem-solving using Montessori-inspired materials within a structured, calm daily routine.
Daycare Program
Also offers: Toddler Care Program, Infant Care Program
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Montessori program providing care and education to preschool aged children. Curriculum focuses on practical life skills, independence, and the use of themes to explore new concepts. Older children...
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Non-profit preschool community offering a whole child approach to early childhood education focused on teaching children self-love along with love for others and the surrounding world. Center follows...
Speaks Spanish
Acorn Tree Child Garden nurtures the wonder of early childhood in a comfortable, beautiful and child-centered space that stimulates curiosity, imagination, and learning through play. Specifically...
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Creekside Montessori is an AMI accredited Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary in Minneapolis, MN. Creekside Montessori serves an economically and culturally diverse community, providing...
Children's House
Our AMI-trained Montessori teachers engage the children in a specially prepared environment using a stimulating Montessori curriculum.
Toddler Community
In this program we seek to help the child follow his or her natural path of development, gain independence, be motivated from within by a natural curiosity, interact with the environment as an active explorer, and cultivate the desire to learn.
Also offers: Lower Elementary, Children's House Leadership Year
Speaks Spanish
Early learning program designed for preschool-age children. Bilingual Spanish is integrated into the curriculum to better serve the community and demonstrate values of respect and inclusion. School is...
Speaks Spanish
Girasol Montessori provides a nurturing and authentic Montessori experience. Located in the Fulton neighborhood of Minneapolis, it offers a welcoming, family-oriented atmosphere to foster a supportive...
Speaks Spanish
Our vision is to create the next generation of scientific thinkers. Montessori is based on the science of how children naturally learn. Whether your child desires to be a gymnast, a botanist, or an...
Speaks Spanish
Montessori school offering preschoolers activities to develop practical, cultural, language, social, and sensorial skills. Curriculum emphasizes learning through the senses and encourages children to...
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Nature and play-based half-day preschool program offered in an urban setting. Children follow a daily and weekly rhythm in learning social and emotional skills, movement, imaginative play, classroom...
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Preschool curriculum is built upon the encouragement of students to be individuals and to explore unique curiosities in the classroom. Learning is play-based and guided by teachers and students are...
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Early learning center for young children. Bi-monthly themes are implemented to encourage variety in learning, and independence and confidence are supported through self-dressing, feeding, washing...
Speaks Spanish
Bais Yaakov High School, located at 4221 Sunset Blvd, Minneapolis, MN, is an Orthodox Jewish school for girls offering both Judaic and secular education. Established in 1996, it provides a supportive...
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FAQs About Minneapolis Montessori Preschools
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What does Montessori mean?
- Derived from Dr. Maria Montessori's teachings, "Montessori" signifies an educational philosophy that promotes hands-on, self-directed learning and values each child's individual development.
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What is the best age to start Montessori daycare/preschool?
- While Montessori preschools commonly accept children between the ages of 2.5 and 3, enabling them to engage with the Montessori philosophy during essential developmental years, Montessori daycares often extend their services to even younger children, including infants.
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How is Montessori different from daycare / preschool?
- In Montessori, children use unique tools to discover and learn as they wish, whereas in standard daycare or preschool, there's often a planned curriculum with teacher-led activities.