Toddler Program
“... children want to do what they can as soon as they can.”
— Maria Montessori
The Toddler Program is a safe and nurturing environment where children ages 18 months to 3 years old have the freedom and ability to move and explore within an atmosphere of special understanding, support and respect.
Where independence begins with trust, and wonder is met with intention
A Gentle Beginning
The toddler years mark the beginning of a child’s Montessori journey. At this stage, children are driven by a deep inner urge to explore, move, and gain independence. Our Toddler Program honors this vital period of development by creating a space that supports their physical, emotional, social, and cognitive growth in meaningful ways.
A Prepared and Peaceful Environment
Our Montessori toddler classroom is a carefully prepared environment—beautiful, inviting and scaled to the child’s size. The calm atmosphere supports the toddler’s natural desire to move, and explore. In a space designed just for them, toddlers experience hands-on discovery, independence, and freedom within gentle limits.
“Help Me To Do It Myself”
Toddlers are eager to do things for themselves. Through
practical life activities—pouring water, preparing food, dressing themselves, or cleaning up—they gain real-world skills and build confidence in their abilities. These everyday tasks are deeply meaningful and help refine movement, coordination, and a growing sense of autonomy.
Movement with Purpose
Movement is at the core of toddler development. Our environment supports
freedom of movement, coordination, and control through purposeful activities like sweeping, pouring, stacking, and walking on a line in addition to creative movement and yoga. These physical activities are foundational to cognitive and emotional growth.
Language in the Making or Absorbing Language
The toddler child is in a sensitive period for language, and we nurture it through conversation, songs, finger rhymes, and naming everything in the environment. Language is not “taught,” but absorbed naturally as children make connections between words, meaning, and action.
A Community of Grace and Courtesy
Social development is gently guided through grace and courtesy lessons—modeling kindness, respect, and how to be part of a community. Toddlers learn to wait their turn, offer help to a friend, and express themselves respectfully, all within a nurturing and respectful environment.
Reviews
"My son started at 18m and my daughter at 2 in the Toddler house. The teachers are wonderful and loving, providing the kids with a nurturing environment to thrive. They taught my kids important life skills - cleaning up after themselves, being organized and potty training. In Children's House, the fine motor skills my son honed in Toddler house was put to use with tracing letters and numbers. At 3, he knew his numbers and started to read CVC words. They also start doing Math (age appropriate lessons using manipulatives). If you visit the classrooms you will see trays of lessons for the kids to choose from allowing them to reinforce the same idea in many different ways. There is a misconception that Montessori schools let the kids do what they want. That is not the case. They give the children some freedom to choose but also entice them to try new things. The teachers here take meticulous notes on what a child has tried and has not and makes sure that a child is exposed to all aspects i.e. practical life, language, mathematics and sensorial activities. There is an annual school performance and you see just how advanced the pre-k and kindergarten kids are as they are able to stand up on stage and speak publicly to a large audience. Many of the kids read and write.There are many schools that call themselves Montessori schools but upon closer look you realize they don't actually follow the Montessori method. This one does. The principal really brings the school together. She is organized, detail-oriented and has very high standards for herself. She really goes the extra mile and never cuts corners. I've toured many different schools in Miami and am very thankful to have found this school"
— The Leung Family