We've Expanded Our Programs!
Now Accepting Applications:
Spring Semester 2025
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Toddler: 15-36 Months
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Early Childhood: 3-6 Years
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Elementary: 1st-6th Grades
TODDLER: TWO OPTIONS!
15 to 36 months
Option One:
Toddler Morning Program
Academic Year
2024-2025 Dates
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September 5 - June 17
Mornings
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8:30-11:30am
Tuition
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$8,500 Five Days/Week
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$7,300 Four Days/Week
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$5,850 Three Days/Week
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$4,400 Two Days/Week
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Parenting Course
2024-2025 Dates
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October 1 - May 20
Tuesdays
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11:30am-12:15pm
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Childcare provided!
Fee
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Complimentary
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Included in Tuition
This program is designed for children ages 15 – 36 months, and provides a nurturing and stimulating environment that fosters early childhood development through the Montessori method.
At Castle Island, we believe in fostering independence, curiosity, and a love of learning from a young age. Our Toddler Program is specifically tailored to support the unique developmental needs of toddlers, offering a rich curriculum that includes practical life skills, sensory activities, language development, and early mathematics.
Key features of our Montessori Toddler Program include:
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Individualized Learning: Each child is encouraged to progress at their own pace, with activities tailored to their developmental stage.
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Experienced Montessori Educators: Our teachers are trained in the Montessori method and are dedicated to creating a supportive and engaging learning environment.
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Hands-On Activities: Children engage in practical life exercises, sensorial activities, and creative play that stimulate their senses and promote cognitive growth.
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Safe and Nurturing Environment: Our classrooms are designed to be safe, welcoming, and conducive to exploration and learning.
Option Two:
Parent-Toddler Program
Six Week Sessions
2024-2025 Session Dates
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September 10 - October 15
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October 22 - November 26
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January 7 - February 11
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February 18 - March 25
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April 1 - May 6
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May 13 - June 17
Tuesdays
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12:15-1:00pm
Fee
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$95
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Parenting Course
2024-2025 Dates
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October 1 - May 20
Tuesdays
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11:30am-12:15pm
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Childcare provided!
Fee
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Complimentary
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Included in Registration Fee
Anna Mayta, parent-toddler guide and native Spanish speaker born in Chile, facilitates a series of six classes for parents and their toddlers, ages 15 to 36 months, to explore a Montessori learning space, and practice Spanish songs and movement!
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Enjoy fun with your child and observe your child as she joyfully explores the Montessori environment, experiments with the hands-on materials, and discovers the children around her.
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Meet other families with similarly aged children and develop your parenting toolkit. This is a time to ask questions, socialize, and share your experiences.
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Get parenting tips! The toddler years are exciting, but also challenging. Montessori principles can help you make the most of this precious time. Each week, the teacher offers ideas for topics on every parent’s mind as well as practical ways to apply the Montessori philosophy at home.
This is Montessori 101 in action, immersed in Spanish!
You and your child will be immersed in a hands-on learning environment, experience some typical daily Montessori preschool activities, and learn from an experienced teacher.
Parents tells us this parent-child session is a great way to:
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Practice Spanish
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Meet new friends
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Learn firsthand how children develop in a Montessori school!
Who is the
Montessori Toddler?
Some refer to this developmental period as “The Terrible Twos.” We disagree; toddlers are terrific!
We love everything about them – their energy, determination and curiosity – and purposefully created a very special place for your toddler to learn - our Montessori Toddler Programs at Castle Island!
Absorbing Language
We surround your child with rich and stimulating conversation in English and in Spanish to support this once-in-a-lifetime period of rapid language development. Your child, trying to blow bubbles, might be encouraged with “Blow! Can you make the air move just like the wind?” Your child’s mind effortlessly absorbs the new vocabulary, which plants the seeds for reading, writing and self-expression in the future
Not a Classroom, a Community!
At Castle Island, our students grow together into a close-knit, caring community. When children work, learn and grow together, they learn much more than any of them could learn alone.
Help Me to Do It Myself
Your child has a natural drive to be independent which we encourage by creating an environment where everything is just the right size for her to do things on her own. Child sized tools that fit her tiny hands allow her to prepare a snack and serve it to friends. A miniature broom empowers her to clean up on her own. She is taught the skills of self-care and toilet training. Your child learns a set of concrete life skills and self-confidence – but, more importantly, develops the belief that she can choose to make a genuine impact on her world.
A Beautiful Environment
Our bright and sunny Toddler program classrooms are specially designed for your child between the ages of 15 and 36 months. It is a world scaled down to your child’s size. Here, your child sings songs with friends and plays with materials that develop fine and gross motor coordination.
Practice Makes Permanent
Often, children who don’t do things for themselves simply don’t know how or haven’t been given the chance. We take a different approach – by observing your child closely, providing just the right lesson when she is ready and then allowing her to practice again and again (and again!) until she masters it. Mistakes are viewed as learning opportunities in an atmosphere of patience, trust and respect.
First Friends
Making first friends and learning how to function within a community is a life-shaping experience for your child. Your child emerges with strong friendships that will continue as she moves through the rest of the programs in Montessori.
An Environment Conducive to Learning
Where so many early childhood programs are chaotic and overwhelming, parents are often surprised to see the peaceful tone of our toddler classroom. The calm atmosphere and lack of distraction helps her to develop impulse control and concentration, planting the seeds for learning in this classroom and beyond.
A Joyful Experience
Maria Montessori once said, “One test of the correctness of the educational procedure is the happiness of the child.” Take a peek into our Toddler program classroom and you will see children who are happy, engaged and deeply connected to their friends and teachers. As a result, your child develops a deep affinity for school and a true love of learning.
Exploration
To be a toddler is to be curious. There are so many things to see, touch, hear, feel and do in the classroom! Beautiful materials that stimulate her senses are rotated frequently on low shelves to pique your child’s curiosity. She is encouraged to move freely around the classroom, to choose activities and explore her own interests.
Ready to Move Up
Sometime between the ages of 2 1/2 to 3 years of age, your child’s language skills and self-expression will develop rapidly; she will express a growing confidence in independence and a keen interest in broader concepts; he will want to know what lies ahead, outside of the Toddler Classroom. At this point, he is ready to move up to the Early Childhood Classroom, for children from the ages of 3 to 6.