Extended Daycare for Full Day Schedules (Five, Three or Two Days)

Extended daycare for full day schedules (Five, Three or Two Days)

Cares for children ages 4-24 months, focusing on meeting daily needs, building trust, and developing language, motor, and self-help skills in a nurturing environment.

In the Young Infant Center, we primarily focus on meeting the daily needs of our infants, including building the trust and emotional security that comes when infants learn that these needs are met through daily interaction with responsive, affectionate adults. This crucial relationship between child and teacher lays the foundation for further development of language, motor and self-help skiils.

As children reach 12 months and can walk and eat independently, they transfer from our Young Infant Center to our Older Infant Classroom. Our developing infants work on gross and fine motor development, language development and independence. The bond between teacher and child continues to develop and grow, while new friendships with peers begin to develop and thrive. Our Infant Center is a well designed environment prepared entirely for the discovery of our youngest students. MMI provides a nurturing and secure environment where young children can do what they do best, explore everything! At this age, children interact with the world through tactile and visual stimulation. The prepared classroom is characterized by order, simplicity and beauty; for example, padded play area is set up to allow for nonrestrictive movement. Special attention is given to the development of expressive and comprehensive language skills. Teachers reinforce understanding by combining words, tone, inflection and body language.

During these sensitive years, young children assimilate and process their own balance of physical, cognitive, social, and emotional stimulation from the world around them. The child in the Toddler Program begins to step out, literally, into his or her first experience beyond the family. Most often, this is the child’s first opportunity to interact with other children similar in age; through the social community of peers, the child begins to understand the importance of cooperation and assertiveness. The structure of the curriculum is based on five developmental areas: Sensory and Perception, Physical and Motor, Self-Help Skills, Language, Social and Emotional. Toddlers go through a time of tremendous growth with unique needs and abilities that can be well met by the Montessori classroom. Toddlers enjoy freedom of movement and choice to explore the specially prepared environment tailored to their size and abilities. The children alternate between group and individual learning times throughout the day. Group time may include a story, art, music or introduction of a new concept. Individual time can be spent in the library area, practical life and dramatic play areas or choosing a puzzle or another learning material from one of the shelves. Everything in the environment is designed to be safe and aesthetically pleasing – appealing to the child’s natural curiosity. Lower fixtures in the lavatory help with toilet training, which is a vital developmental milestone our teachers will be assisting your child with in the class.

Supports children 18-36 months transitioning between babyhood and preschool, focusing on physical, cognitive, social, and emotional development through a structured Montessori curriculum.

Must be potty-trained. The Transitional classroom is a scaled down version of our older Pre-K classroom. The Montessori materials provide a wonderful vehicle to help children begin to sort and organize all they have been learning thus far. Our program offers children a natural environment to learn and progress at their own pace while focusing on potty training and social and emotional growth. The Transitional curriculum aims to help the child develop a “work cycle,” to work within the organization of the classroom and interact positively with others. In addition, the children develop their attention span to enable them to sit in small groups for a teacher’s presentation and to be able to select and complete age-appropriate work with focus. Initial exposure is made in all content areas of the Montessori curriculum, with the anticipation that the children will be introduced to yet another level when they move into the Pre-K Classroom.

Must be potty trained.

Must be potty-trained. At the Pre-K level, the focus is on developing the building blocks for learning. The well rounded program strengthens the child’s intellectual, cognitive, social, creative and emotional skill set and prepares the students for education beyond MMI. The enriched classroom environment allows the child to work independently and cooperatively, building upon concrete ideas with more abstract principals. The product of this creative, child-centered community is individuals who are self-motivated, confident and academically accelerated.

Focuses on developing learning building blocks for 3-5 year olds, strengthening intellectual, cognitive, social, creative, and emotional skills through a Montessori environment.