Programs
Authentic Montessori programs follow a 5 day schedule.
Willow Tree Montessori has three programs available to serve children from 4 months to 6 years.
Lower Young Children’s Community
Nido Program
Offered to infants 4 months - 18 months
This 5-day program with a yearly schedule of:
Half Day (8:30am - 11:30am) or
Full Day (8:30am - 3:00pm)
Willow Tree Montessori has expanded its programming to support the first sub-plane of development. Our infant program offers the opportunity to awaken to life through self-development and growth within a setting that supports a gentle environment of love, understanding, and respect.
This program serves infants that are provided a prepared environment offering a variety of materials with which children may freely interact and explore, while being nurtured by a trained AMI Assistance to Infancy Guide and an Assistant.
Upper Young
Children’s Community
Piccolino Program
Offered to children 18 months - 36 months
This 5-day program with a yearly schedule of:
Half Day (8:30am - 11:30am) or
Full Day (8:30am - 3:00pm)
Willow Tree Montessori’s Piccolino program supports the first sub-plane of development. We offer the opportunity for self-development and growth within a setting that fosters independence, speech and communication, and the refinement of motor skills.
Willow Tree Montessori’s Full Day YCC Piccolino program gives consistent opportunities to our older children before they transition to Primary.
Primary Community
Casa Dei Bambini
Offered to children 2.5 years - to 6 years (including the child’s Kindergarten year)
This 5-day program with a yearly schedule of:
Half Day (8:30am - 11:30am) or
Full Day (8:30am - 3:00pm)
Willow Tree Montessori offers an authentic Montessori experience for children as they work in their self-construction of the person they are meant to become during this place and time in history.
Our youngest children are invited to join us for a complete morning work cycle between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. This provides the opportunity for them to experience the fullness of the Montessori community and to participate meaningfully within the boundaries of their development.
Willow Tree Montessori is not a traditional childcare and offers the full day experience through our Primary Full Day program. It is designed to provide a flawless integration of the Primary Morning multi-aged environment with activities that support the Montessori philosophy throughout the day, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Extending the day allows the younger and middle children the opportunity to experience the noon meal within the environment. Truly unique and gracious, this daily event is orchestrated by the children. In the afternoon there is time for rest and quiet work. It is a natural extension of the morning work cycle that supports the life of the child.
The kindergartner child (5-6 year olds) completes the three year cycle. It is a time for consolidation of all that has been experienced during the previous two years. The most advanced work is done during this time as the kindergartner begins to reach a new plane of development.