16 Months Through Elementary School

Ridgewood Montessori School is a community of professionals providing a safe, nurturing environment where every child's educational, emotional, physical, and social needs are respected and fulfilled. We foster the love of learning where everything matters! Call or visit us today!

The Seedlings classroom is thoughtfully set up to create an atmosphere of freedom and exploration. It is designed to welcome the children, keep them safe and encourage them to interact with each other. The materials in the environment help them develop cognitive, motor, sensory, language, social and practical life skills.

This is a traditional Montessori mixed-aged classroom where children progress from doing simple tasks to doing and using more complex material at their own pace.

Our elementary education offers children a wider array of academic work. Lessons imparted under this program develop the students' independent and critical thinking skills.

A Montessori school is an environment that is child-centered, educational based and initiates learning in a supportive, prepared environment. Montessori values the human spirit and the development of the whole child - physical, social, emotional and academic growth. The Montessori way of education was developed by Dr. Maria Montessori, the first female doctor in Italy (1896) who specialized in pediatrics and psychiatry. In 1907 she started Casa dei Bambini (Children's House).

Our Montessori classrooms are designed to put the children at ease by giving them freedom in an environment prepared with attractive material. These materials are arranged on low shelves within easy reach of even the smallest of children.

Our Montessori teachers are always committed to each child's personality development and academic progress simultaneously. They also share a duty to protect and respect children, and never shy away from appreciating them and learning from them.

As per the Montessori philosophy, parents are the primary teachers in a child’s life. We make it a point to have parents feel welcomed at our school and emphasize that they should be involved as much as possible in their child’s educational process.