The Eastside Montessori School
Preschool in Bellevue, WA 98004
The purpose of our Montessori program is to provide an environment where the innate abilities of the child can unfold spontaneously, encouraging the development of the person within, allowing the child to achieve his greatest potential. As the child develops his inner self, a love of life and learning follows naturally.
At The Eastside Montessori School, our community serves children ages 2 1/2 – 6 years old. Our approach is based on providing the appropriate environment, materials, and social modeling to support all aspects of your childs development, encouraging self-reliance, and promoting a life-long love of learning.
- Child Ages:
- 2.5 years - 6 years
- Licenses & Accreditations:
- Washington State Department of Early Learning - AMI Accredited
- Preschool:
- Yes
- Hours of Operation:
- Monday - Friday 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
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In keeping with the Montessori practice, the composition of our class is multi-age. The mixed age groups provide for peer teaching, role models and leadership experience; they also enhance the sense of community within the classroom.
Since a successful Montessori environment depends so greatly on children having focused periods of time in which to complete tasks and activities, we make a priority of maximizing uninterrupted work time.
Everything in the classroom is designed to meet the developmental needs and interests of the children. There is no ceiling to what children can learn, and they are able to advance through the curriculum as they are ready, without being limited by the progress of their peers.
Our schools traditional materials have been researched and developed during decades of classroom use around the world. Our teacher takes great care in preparing the environment so that materials are arranged sequentially, children have comfortable work spaces and there is freedom of physical movement.
Above all, we place the highest importance on serving the needs of each child, for as Maria Montessori said, One test of the correctness of educational procedure is the happiness of the child itself.
