Welcome Are you looking for a loving and nurturing school for your children? Los Ninos Montessori School is an exciting place, where children learn in harmony with their interests and their abilities. Our experienced Montessori-trained teachers direct and encourage each child to encounter the world of discovery and to develop a positive response to learning. Enrollment is open to children from six weeks old through kindergarten age. Hours are from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. Our schools exceed all state requirements for daycare centers, but they offer much more because they are based on the premise that the most important years for learning are from birth to age six. We provide a place where children can receive a well-rounded and happy learning experience, where they feel at home and nurtured. Montessori is a teaching philosophy that allows children to develop at their own rate of interest and ability. This freedom at early ages, motivated by the child’s own readiness for successful learning experiences, provides an excellent foundation for lifetime education. Subjects include science, geography, language arts, mathematics, computers, art, music, Spanish, dance and socialization skills. Montessori classrooms offer materials to enhance positive social exchange, communication skills, perceptual awareness, problem solving, motor coordination, and an aesthetic appreciation of the arts.

A Friendly Place for a Child Our schools will accept babies as young as six weeks old, and kindergartners are the oldest. Most children start at two years, and all children are introduced to an educational environment as soon as each child can comprehend his/her surroundings. Classes are individually based, and each class consists of a mixed age group, the point of the Montessori system being "each child according to his or her ability." The buildings are divided into rooms, and the largest room into areas, and it is delightful to see the groups of children sitting in orderly circles around each teacher, obviously fascinated with what the teacher is saying, reading or demonstrating. And they go on field trips, too: to the zoo, the aquarium, and museums, of course. At Thanksgiving, the children traveled to a pizza restaurant in Corrales, where they made pizza with their parents, who met them there. And the best trip was to the airport where they were able to examine a FedEx plane and even go inside it! There is a spacious play yard behind the school, and in the summer, everyone goes on picnics to the Village Park on Rio Grande. Hours for this splendid education are made as flexible as possible since the school functions in partnership with parents, aiming to fit with the parents’ schedule. Basically, school hours are from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Children may attend school from 9 to 12, from 9 to 3, and before- and after-care run from 7 to 9, and 3 to 6. Most children attend at least three days a week and many are at school five days a week. Three or more days’ attendance is recommended, since consistency is better for the child.