Montessori School of Schenectady
History
The Montessori School of Schenectady is a non-denominational, nonprofit, educational corporation, founded in 1968 by parents who wanted this particular educational approach for their children.  The school's objective is to give each child the tools necessary to reach their highest potential.

Enrollments are accepted without regard to race, religion, or national origin.

The Montessori Philosophy
Dr. Maria Montessori, the first woman doctor in Italy, recognized that each child has strong inner directives to learn a particular skill at a particular time in their life. In every child's life there are times, when they are sensitive to: order, language, math concepts, reading, color, development of the senses, etc.  During these times, the child is motivated by inner directives which enable him/her to learn the skill effortlessly, rapidly and with greater depth than would be possible at any other time.

It is the task of the Montessori teacher to observe each child's particular interests at any given time and then to guide him/her toward developing the skill.  She accomplishes this by providing a prepared environment and by presenting specially designed, self-correcting materials he or she is ready for at that moment: whether it be in the practical life, sensorial, language or math areas.
This page was last updated: May 27, 2010
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Notifications
  • Please make sure your children have appropriate clothing to go outside every day.
  • We have limited openings for Class A 2009-2010 school year, please call for more information.
  • We have limited openings for the PM Kindergarten Enrichment program, please call for more information.
  • We are accepting applications for the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years.
  • Please make sure that we have the most current immunization forms on file.

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Montessori School of Schenectady
124 Lakehill Road
Burnt Hills, NY 12027
(518) 384-0074
"Where Children Play To Learn"
About Our Program
Our day starts with a free work time where children work independently along with the direction of the teachers.  We then have circle time.  At this time we share items the children bring to school relating to the theme of the day and we work on our enrichment programs.  We also sing and have a story time each day.  Although the weather does not always cooperate, we try to go out to play every day.  We also take a number of field trips throughout the year that are interesting as well as educational.
We are located at:
124 Lakehill Road, Burnt Hills, NY 12027
(518) 384-0074