Villa Montessori’s full-day kindergarten curriculum includes units that combine language, math, art, science, geography, history and cultural studies.  A low student/teacher ratio allows for highly personalized teaching.

For a child to enter Loudoun County’s kindergarten, they MUST turn 5 by September 30th.  Because we are a Private Kindergarten accredited by Middle States Association, we are not bound by arbitrary ‘cut off’ dates. Any child at least 4.5 years old is eligible for our Private Kindergarten Program as long as they are able to meet our readiness criteria.

Why Montessori for Kindergarten?

You are not alone in this question!  Parents of almost five-year-olds around the world in thousands of Montessori schools are faced with the same decision.  Keep my child in Montessori or send them off to traditional schools?

Kindergarten is a special time in a child’s Montessori journey.  After two full years, the Montessori classroom is a familiar environment for these five-year-olds.  They know the daily routines inside and out; their teachers know them well and are able to work to their strengths and encourage them to tackle challenges.  They are fully aware of being the oldest students in the classroom having lived through two years of transitions starting when they were three.  During their third year in the Primary Classroom, Kindergarteners (and you) will notice the phenomenon Maria Montessori called “explosion into learning.”

The third year in the Primary classroom (Kindergartner) at Villa Montessori Preschool, students experience mastery and control over skills and concepts they’ve practiced during their two previous primary years.  This mastery, along with their position as the oldest students, solidifies the child’s self-esteem and develops their leadership skills.

Language for Reading Comprehension

All the work your child has done during the first two years with the sandpaper letters, learning the sounds and the symbols of the letters, and building words with the moveable alphabet now forms the foundation for reading.  It’s not just the act of acquiring comprehension and fluency that will keep your child busy and engaged.  There is work with nouns, adjectives, verbs, etc. – everything that forms a strong foundation in grammar – as well as perfecting cursive handwriting, creating and writing stories and so much more!