Montessori Children's House • 2400 Division Street South • Northfield, MN 55057 • 507.645.2445
Montessori Children's House Community
Montessori Children's House welcomes you to our school community.
"Whoever touches the life of the child touches the most sensitive point of a whole which has roots in the most distant past and climbs toward the infinite future." – Maria Montessori
Third Year Testimonials
Hear what our parents say:
“Our experience with Extended Day was fantastic. Now, more than 18 months after graduation and with 10 of those being in Norway, we continue to experience the ways that MCH enriched Caroline's life, providing her with an incredible foundation (including confidence and independence) from which to move forward. There are academic things we witness and credit to her time at MCH like her confidence in sounding out words and tackling large mathematical numbers (bead experience), and there are the other things like respect for friends, animals and the earth that just became part of who she is. It almost seems unjust for us to try to summarize how much she benefited from being an MCH student, because never, in just a short summary could we truly do it justice. We can't say enough and we will always be grateful that MCH and Extended Day are in Northfield.”
Kelly Irvine
“James had such a wonderful third year with you and entered school with confidence. He was able to be self directed in his elementary work from day one and remains driven by his curiosity and interest.”
Michelle Martin
“Our son, Will, was fortunate to be in the first kindergarten class at Montessori Children's House. It was an amazing year of growth and exploration for him. Always eager to get to school, Will enjoyed the day's daily activities and the ability to interact with his surroundings. Because of the smaller class size, he was able to practice his leadership skills and enjoyed interacting with some of the younger children. He developed meaningful friendships with peers, teachers and the animals. To this day he still talks about Bella and is always helpful when working in our garden - part of the seed planted at MCH! He looks forward to alumni days to connect with some of his friends again. Our son transitioned well to public school but now I know if there were a first grade at MCH, we would have wanted to stay!”
Pam Tidona
“Madeline's year at MCH was priceless. She had attended a partial day/partial week preschool program for 2 years prior to her year at MCH. At MCH she had just turned 5 years old in August and was ready for an all day school experience.
At home as a younger sister, she had many things done for her. At MCH Madeline recognized her own abilities and was able to practice them: social responsibility, personal acceptance and confidence.
Today, Madeline is a leader in her First Grade classroom. She looks out for the younger students and feels empowered to excel in reading and math. The characteristics we see in her now were all planted during her year at MCH - priceless.
Marianne Moser
We are very excited to be able to write about our oldest Son’s experience in the extended day kindergarten program at Montessori Children’s House. Tanner, now eight years old, was one of the first to go through this program. The self confidence and independence the program helped build in Tanner started showing almost immediately and were great assets for him when he started elementary school. Tanner’s learning and concentration skills significantly improved throughout the time he spent at Montessori and now serve him very well.
We were especially impressed with how well rounded the extended day kindergarten program is. The program helped teach him respect and care for others and the environment through incorporating gardening and animal care tasks into his daily schedule. Tanner still loves to garden and explore the outdoors with us. The program also boosted his reading, writing, and math skills significantly. The instruction he received at Montessori was top notch and the teachers are some of the most caring people we have ever had the pleasure to know.
In short, we can not recommend the program highly enough and would be happy to discuss it with anyone who is considering it for their child.
Sincerely,
Jason & Tammy Wood
Calendar of Events
- Mother's Day Tea
- May 11, 2012
- 10:30:AM - 11:30:AM
- Spring Field Trip
- May 25, 2012
- 8:30:AM - 11:30:AM
Simple Harvest Farm and Big Woods State Park -- Nerstrand
- End of Year Picnic
- June 01, 2012
- 5:00:PM - 7:00:PM
- MCH grounds
- Summer Program
- June 04, 2012 - June 29, 2012
- Summer Application
- June 04, 2012 - June 29, 2012
- Summer Music Week
- August 20, 2012 - August 24, 2012
- 9:00:AM - 12:00:PM
- MCH
- Summer Music Application
- August 20, 2012 - August 24, 2012
- 9:00:AM - 12:00:PM
- MCH
