Children’s Montessori Center provides an MIA (Montessori Institute of America) certified school program for children between the ages of 4 weeks to 12 years of age. The school offers a full day program for all ages and a part day program for preschool and kindergarten. The hours of operation are 6:30am to 5:30pm Monday through Friday.

The owner and director of the school, Debbie Henry, received her teacher certification through the MIA and received training by the Montessori Preparation of Spokane. She successfully ran her own licensed in home child care for seven years before she worked at and eventually became the owner/director of CMCI where she has been for many years.

The staff is one built on experience, education, and a genuine desire to work with young children. The teachers have been carefully selected and are dedicated to the health and well-being of the children. They all must have current CPR/First Aid, HIV and Blood Borne Pathogen training as well as a Food Handler’s Card. They must pass a TB test and complete a Criminal Background check through the DSHS. The staff must also take additional training courses each year including Montessori workshops and conferences.

Infants

The infant room provides a loving and nurturing environment for children through the ages of 4 weeks to 12 months. It maintains a teacher to student ratio of 1:4. The infant program offers age appropriate activities to stimulate the early stages of development. The child has access to infant friendly books and materials that help foster growth and development and is introduced to activities such as painting with his/her hands and feet.

Tiny tots

The toddler ages have been broken up into two different classrooms in order to best meet the needs of the child. The tiny tot classroom provides a supportive environment that is designed to help the child move to the next level of physical, emotional, and social development between the ages of 12 months and approximately 22 months. This classroom maintains a teacher to student ratio of 1:7.

The child is given opportunities to develop large motor skills and coordination with activities that include music and dance.

Little learner

The toddler age group is divided into two different classsrooms. The litle learner classroom is the one designed for the older group of toddlers between the ages of approximately 22 months and 32 months. For this age group we also maintain a teacher to student ratio of 1:7.

This child has access to work that goes a step further to meet their developmental needs. They begin to practice their fine motor skills and are introduced to the premliminary forms of works they will find later in the preschool classroom. This classroom prepares both a winter and spring program for parents, friends and families.

Preschool

The preschool classroom is designed to meet the social, emotional, developmental, and academic needs of children between the ages of approximately 32 months to 5 years. This classroom maintains a teacher to student ratio of 1:10.

The work in this classroom goes more in depth preparing the child for not only successful every day living but also academically and socially for kindergarten. This classroom takes a couple of field trips a year that typically coincide with themes from classroom lessons. This classroom also prepares both a winter and spring program for parents, friends and families.

Kindergarten

Children's Montessori Center offers an MIA certified full or half day kindergarten program that prepares the child to develop mentally, socially and academically for grade school.

With a teacher to student ratio of 1:10, it offers a smaller class size so each child receives more one-on-one time. This classroom provides a full range of work in all the Montessori curriculum areas in order to best meet their needs.

We work hard to ensure the work aligns with the state kindergarten standards to help the child transition into grade school. The teacher and students work together to prepare a winter program for friends and families a kindergarten graduation program in the spring.