The developing economies like India are rapidly moving from joint family system towards the nuclear ones. The working women face the common problem of where to leave the child when she is away to work. ABC Montessori Day-Cares helps them in ensuring for their child a home away from home. The prepared Montessori environment encourages the child’s innate zeal for learning. The children are helped with opportunity to choose among an array of purposeful activities to work on with the guidance of a trained adult. Through Montessori activities, children are helped to develop concentration and self-discipline.

Q. How Do I obtain application form?
Ans. - Application forms are available at ABC Montessori Day-Care office on working weekdays during office hours.

Q. What supplies I need?

Q. Are field trips offered and if so, how often?
Ans. - Yes. Field trips may be offered about two times per semester.

Q. When will I be in charge of snack day?
Ans. - Each family will have their name posted on the bulletin board in alphabetical order. On snack day, the family is asked to provide for the whole class.

Q. May I come for an observation?
Ans. - Yes. In fact, we welcome parents once in a month to observe their child in school.

Q. What about children safety?
Ans. - We have developed comprehensive policy for children safety. During working hours, the school doors are locked and guarded. Besides, no stranger is allowed around classrooms.

Q. Why Montessori is more expensive as compared to conventional schools?
Ans. - It is because of high cost occurring due to extensive teacher training, costly Montessori material and superior furniture.

Q. How can Montessori teachers meet the needs of so many different children?
Ans. - Montessori teachers do not spend time in teaching lesson as traditional classrooms. They maintain physical, intellectual and socio-emotional environment within the classroom in which children work at their will. Again, Montessori teachers work with each child for long time, comprehending their strengths and weaknesses excellently.

Q. Is Montessori for all children?
Ans. - Yes. Montessori system has been used successfully with children from all socio economic levels as well as children with development delays and emotional/physical disabilities.

Unlike other traditional schools, the prime focus of ABC Montessori Pre-School is on refinement of five senses of the child. The children are allowed to grow by letting them explore the world around them. The classroom is transformed into a prepared environment. Rather than teaching skills solely through repetition, hands-on learning is encouraged. Continuous working with scientifically designed material leads the children to master skills.

Q. How Do I obtain application form?
Ans. - Application forms are available at ABC Montessori Preschool office on working weekdays during office hours.

Q. What supplies I need?

Q. When will I be in charge of snack day?
Ans. - Each family will have their name posted on the bulletin board in alphabetical order. On snack day, the family is asked to provide for the whole class.

Q. May I come for an observation?
Ans. - Yes. In fact, we welcome parents once in a month to observe their child in school.

Q. What about children safety?
Ans. - We have developed comprehensive policy for children safety. During working hours, the school doors are locked and guarded. Besides, no stranger is allowed around classrooms.

Q. Why do Montessori classes group different age levels together?
Ans. - The grouping allows younger students the stimulation of older children, who in turn benefit from serving as role models. Since children normally stay in the same class for three years, the classroom culture remain stable. The students develop a strong sense of community.

Q. Why Montessori is more expensive as compared to conventional schools?
Ans. - It is because of high cost occurring due to extensive teacher training, costly Montessori material and superior furniture.

Q. How can Montessori teachers meet the needs of so many different children?
Ans. - Montessori teachers do not spend time in teaching lesson as traditional classrooms. They maintain physical, intellectual and socio-emotional environment within the classroom in which children work at their will. Again, Montessori teachers work with each child for long time, comprehending their strengths and weaknesses excellently.

Q. What would be the most important advantage of keeping my three-year-old son in a Montessori school?
Ans. - The Montessori way of teaching is focused on teaching for understanding. More emphasis is laid on a process that facilitates a child to understand the concept through practical application, rather than to learn or rote. Researchers have shown that children in their early years learn more by observing than any other method.

Q. Is Montessori for all children?
Ans. - Yes. Montessori system has been used successfully with children from all socio economic levels as well as children with development delays and emotional/physical disabilities.

Q. Since most children will eventually have to go to the neighborhood schools, wouldn't it be better for them to make the transition in Kindergarten rather than in first grade.
Ans. - It has been observed that children passed out of Montessori school have an excellent start as compared to students from other schools. Montessori kids are self confident, independent and enthusiastic and generally adapt to all sorts of new situations. In addition to this, the curriculum also includes enriched lesson in Maths, reading, languages, science, geography and other cultural areas.

Q. In a class with such a wide age range of children, won't my 5 years old son end up looking after the younger students?
Ans. - Montessori education encourages children to work in groups. Working in group makes a particular child understanding. Apart from this, it imbibes qualities like understanding, teamwork and cooperation in a child. Such qualities are considered as key attributes in today's world.

Q. Who can be a Montessori teacher?
Ans. Anyone, right from fresh college passout to retired professionals. Prior to become a Montessori teacher, everyone has to undergone teacher's training along with proper internship.

Q. What About Internship?
Ans. - The teachers graduating from ABC Montessori Institutes will have option to get their internship in India, US or in any other country (subject to VISA).

Q. What about Teacher Training certification?
Ans. - The teachers graduating from ABC Montessori Institutes are provided with international certification that are valid all over the world for Montessori education.

Q. What is the training of the staff?
Ans. Staff undergoes extensive training so understand Montessori philosophy and the use of the apparatus appropriately. The trainees have to pass oral and written examination given by a panel of Montessori Trainers. Afterwards, they have to gain Montessori teaching experience through internship.

Q. How can Montessori teachers meet the needs of so many different children?
Ans. - Montessori teachers do not spend time in teaching lesson as traditional classrooms. They maintain physical, intellectual and socio-emotional environment within the classroom in which children work at their will. Again, Montessori teachers work with each child for long time, comprehending their strengths and weaknesses excellently.