our learning environment

Montessori education is based on the belief that children are individuals, with their own strengths, needs, likes and learning styles. As such, a Montessori classroom is a specially prepared learning environment designed to meet the developmental needs of children and to appeal to their diverse learning styles.

There are mixed-age children, spanning a three year age gap, a wide range of beautiful didactic materials and carefully designed activities across curriculum areas that are available to the children at their own point of readiness, and trained and dedicated teachers to guide each child within the group.

Seedlings Montessori Preschool offers a place of love and respect in a specially prepared environment where your child can grow and develop holistically at his or her own pace. We are confident that we will give your child an excellent foundation for an independent, self-directed time of learning.

toddlers

Our Toddler Environment offers parents that would like their children to begin school at around 18months/2 years of age, a little ‘home away from home’ setting that is designed to be both purposeful and beautiful. It is especially prepared to meet the developmental needs of young children. It serves to prepare them for the pre-school environment and offers lots of fun exploration and beginning social experiences as appropriate for their age and stage of development.

preschool

Our Preschool Environment is especially prepared to meet the needs of children between the ages of three and six years. The layout of the classroom encourages exploration, communication and the development of relationships on all levels. Everything in the classroom is accessible to the children and it is full of interesting and fun things to do. Children develop holistically on all planes of development – physically, mentally, socially, emotionally and spiritually.

grade r

Grade R forms part of the last year that children attend Seedlings, finishing off a beautiful three or four year cycle of child-centered learning. In your child’s last year at the school the accumulation of knowledge, time and exploration come together, allowing them time for practice, consolidation and perfection. There is time for the whole child’s being to be nurtured in a safe and known environment, where as a group, and at an individual level, there is time for work, play and spontaneous learning, following the unique interests of the child. In this way the child becomes confident, independent and well-grounded before transitioning to their Grade 1 learning environment.