The Montessori philosophy of education is based on the realization that the very young child will naturally approach the things that he/she needs for optimal, intellectual, physical, emotional, and social growth. In the Montessori Preschool, the child will move upon his own natural path of learning at his own pace, when offered the opportunity to do so. The total child begins to develop within the socialized Montessori "prepared environment".

The preschool child can explore, discover, and create with activities unique only to the prepared environment of Montessori education. The child enjoys a "sense of freedom" in movement and in choice making. In turn, the developmental steps to learning self-reliance, self-discipline, and independence gradually emerge and become a stronger foundation for later learning.

Countryside Montessori School preschoolers gain a sense of personal dignity at an early age and a foundation of learning skills to last their lives!