Starting off the Montessori preschool year with confidence and positivity is a great way to prepare your child to excel as they progress through the Montessori Curriculum.

Friday 22nd December is the last day of the Montessori Academy Preschool Year! To celebrate, we’re showcasing a few of the end of year speeches presented by our Macquarie Park Preschool Class!

On Friday 8 December, Montessori Academy hosted its annual Excellence Ball at Clarence House, Belmore to celebrate the successful completion of 2017.

During the holiday season, it can be difficult to find activities to keep your little ones busy; particularly when you’re trying to finish the Christmas cooking! To keep children entertained and involved, we’ve broken down a simple Christmas cookie recipe into Montessori activities that are perfect for toddler and preschool aged helpers!

To meet the early education needs created by the rapid population growth in South-West Sydney, Montessori Academy is thrilled to announce that construction begun in early December at our newest campus at Oran Park, which will cater for 90 students.

The Sandpaper Numbers are an important foundational Montessori mathematics material that introduce numerals 0 – 9 to young children.

Each Montessori material isolates one particular skill, and the material’s purpose often correlates with other Montessori activities. This means that there are endless extensions students can embrace once they have mastered the original concept!

The Knobbed Cylinders are a Montessori Sensorial material, designed to assist children in making distinctions in their immediate environment. This material primarily engages the senses of touch and sight.

Life is full of challenges and obstacles that can cause children to feel overwhelmed and frustrated. We all experience a range of stressors in our day-to-day lives, and children are no exception. Tripping and falling in the playground, transitioning to a new school, or not being able to complete a puzzle or activity, are all examples of difficulties our children may experience in their early years.

On Tuesday, September 12, children and teachers began their first day at the new Montessori Academy child care centre, a state-of-the-art early learning facility, located at 52 Waratah Road, Engadine.

The Large Number Cards are a Montessori Mathematics material which are used to introduce young children to the decimal system.

Have you heard the saying: “Having kids is like continually cleaning up after a party you didn’t attend?” For busy mums and dads, the struggle to get children to pack away after themselves, is a real and constant daily battle.