ABOUT US
At the heart of our vision is not a method, but rather a goal: to help young people construct themselves as complete human beings.
OUR SCHOOL
“AT THE HEART OF OUR VISION IS NOT A METHOD, BUT RATHER A GOAL: TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE CONSTRUCT THEMSELVES AS COMPLETE HUMAN BEINGS.”
Middleburg Montessori School is an AMI recognized and VAIS Accredited Montessori School that has served children birth through 15 years of age since 1981 from our Middleburg community and the surrounding Virginia counties.
Middleburg Montessori School helps children develop into capable individuals by focusing on their intellectual, behavioral, and emotional development while providing the highest quality teachers to facilitate this development. The Montessori approach is centered on the respect for each child's development of the intrinsic curiosity, and on fostering independence, concentration, coordination, self-confidence, and sense of order. The children work in various areas of the total curriculum, which includes practical life, sensorial, mathematics, language, geography, science, culture and movement.
OUR STUDENTS
With each classroom consisting of multiple ages, students learn from each other in prepared environments. Our child-orientated method allows for enhanced learning at the unique pace of each student while they navigate academics and practical life skills.
We provide Montessori education and childcare for:
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Infants in our Nido Environment.
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Toddlers (ages 16 months to 3 years) in our Young Children's Community.
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Preschoolers and Kindergartners āØ(ages 3-6) in our Children's House Community.
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Children ages 6-12 in our Elementary Community.
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Children ages 12-15 in our Adolescent Community.
Our students come from a wide range of communities such as Stephens City, Front Royal, Strasburg, Bristow, Marshall, Leesburg, Middleburg, Purcellville, Aldie, Haymarket, Upperville, Boyce, Berryville, The Plains, and form our joyful, diverse Middleburg Montessori (MMS) community.
Learn more about our classes and programs here.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
DR. MARIA MONTESSORI
The primary goal is the development of the human potential. Dr. Maria Montessori's approach evolved from her observations of the children in her care. She observed that the child absorbs from the environment she is in, and using specially designed materials she was able to call to the child's inner desire to learn. An AMI trained adult presents these materials to individual children or in small groups. The independent work that follows a presentation encourages individual hands-on participation in the Primary, and peer problem-solving dialogue in the Elementary and deeper exploration and discovery in the Adolescent. Control of error is built into manipulative materials and charts, encouraging self-confidence and independence. The child is allowed the freedom to be independent within the highly sequenced structure of the Montessori approach and environment.
