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  • Montessori education focuses on the whole child, fostering vigorous, self-motivated growth in all areas of development – cognitive, emotional, social, and physical.
  • Children cultivate a strong sense of curiosity within a nourishing environment that extends beyond the classroom.
  • Concentration, confidence, collaboration and independence from an early age results in long-term positive outcomes on students’ success.
  • Students learn how to contribute to empathetic and caring communities.
  • Continuing Montessori into secondary school integrates academics with purposeful work, fostering confident, skilled citizens.

Let’s examine how Montessori students are set up for a life of success.

Children are individuals

Montessori education recognizes and accommodates all learning styles, letting students advance as they are ready.

Classrooms nurture concentration and independence

Intentional classroom design, materials, and daily routines support the student’s ability to self-educate and think about what they’re learning.

Multi-age classes offer a close, caring community

The multi-age classroom re-creates a family structure. Older students are mentors and role models, younger children feel supported and gain confidence, and teachers model respect, loving kindness, and a peaceful conflict resolution.

Students enjoy freedom within limits

Working within parameters set by their teachers and the classroom community, students are active participants in deciding what their focus of learning will be. 

Students become active knowledge seekers

The classroom environment gives students the freedom and tools to pursue answers to their own questions. Internal satisfaction drives curiosity and results in joyous learning that lasts a lifetime.

Self-correction and self-assessment are an integral part of the approach

As they mature, students learn to look critically at their work, and become adept at recognizing, correcting, and learning from their errors.

Montessori supports social-emotional skills

Contemporary research supports the 100-year-old Montessori Method’s effectiveness, indicating that children who learn in Montessori classrooms demonstrate stronger social-emotional skills in many areas than children in more traditional environments.

A growing body of evidence demonstrates the success of Montessori’s holistic approach in achieving strong student outcomes—academically and beyond.

  • Parents share their thoughts on what makes Montessori special:
    “I think that all children have an innate sense of wonder and curiosity…Montessori encourages and expands upon that.”
  • Parents share their thoughts on what makes Montessori special:
    “All children are different. They have a different outlook, a different spirit. Montessori caters to those differences.”
  • Parents share their thoughts on what makes Montessori special:
    “Students develop leadership skills, find their own way.”
  • Parents share their thoughts on what makes Montessori special:
    “Montessori gave [my children] a foundation for all of their academic achievement.”
  • Parents share their thoughts on what makes Montessori special:
    “Montessori is life preparation.”

AMS member schools who are participating in the Pathway of Continuous School Improvement or who have earned accreditation are dedicated to meeting quality standards, and work to provide a high-fidelity Montessori education.