Exciting News: A New Home for Waterdown Montessori School

Our Programs

Waterdown Montessori School provides a continuum of Montessori education designed to support children through each stage of development.

Our programs include Toddler for children approximately 16 months to 3 years, Casa for ages 3 to 6, and Elementary for students in Grades 1 through 6. With the opening of our new campus, WMS will expand to include an Adolescent Program for Grades 7 and 8, extending our Montessori community through the early adolescent years.

Each program is grounded in Dr. Maria Montessori’s understanding of child development and is carefully designed to meet the changing academic, social, emotional and developmental needs of students as they grow. Through thoughtfully prepared environments, purposeful materials, hands-on learning and increasing independence, students build knowledge, confidence, responsibility and a lasting curiosity about the world around them.

Ages 16 months to 3 years

Toddler

Ages 16 months to 3 years

The Toddler Program focuses on three key areas of development: - Practical Life: developing independence through care of self, care of the environment and participation in everyday routines - Motor Development: strengthening both gross and fine motor skills through purposeful movement and hands-on activity - Language Development: building vocabulary, communication and comprehension through conversation, stories, songs and rich language experiences

Casa: Areas of Learning

Ages 3 to 6 years

Casa: Areas of Learning

Ages 3 to 6 years

The Casa curriculum is organized around five core areas: Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics and Culture. The Cultural area includes geography, botany, zoology, science, history and opportunities to explore the natural world. Within each area, Montessori materials are carefully sequenced, progressing from simple to more complex concepts and from concrete, hands-on experiences toward increasingly abstract understanding. Outdoor learning is also an important part of the Casa experience, giving children opportunities to explore nature, develop gross motor skills and extend their learning beyond the classroom.

Elementary

The Elementary curriculum continues to focus on establishing a firm foundation for fundamental math and language skills, while utilizing the spiral approach to circle back and expand upon culture studies introduced in Casa. Similar to Casa, you will find concrete materials in all areas of study. As the children progress through the program, they move from concrete, hands-on materials towards abstraction with just paper and pencil.

Ages 16 months to 9 years

Extended Care

Ages 16 months to 9 years

Waterdown Montessori School offers optional before- and after-school care to provide families with additional flexibility beyond the regular school day. Before Care is available from 7:30–8:00 a.m., and After Care is available from 4:00–5:00 p.m. These programs provide children with a familiar, supervised environment at the beginning and end of the day while supporting the scheduling needs of WMS families.

We welcome the opportunity to answer your questions and show you our classrooms of actively engaged learners.

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