The mission of Woodland Montessori School is to prepare an outstanding Montessori environment and experiences that:

FOSTER

collaboration

cooperation

independence

PROMOTE

curiosity

inquiry

engagement

We follow the method of Dr. Maria Montessori by following the child and his unique interests, talents, and abilities.

Dr. Maria Montessori believed that no human being is educated by another person; she must do it herself or it will never be done.

Montessori programs, both Young Children’s Community and Children’s House, are designed to put the child at ease by giving freedom in an environment that is prepared by the adult specifically for the child.

Montessori focuses on each child as an individual. As Montessori educators:

  • We believe that the child and her or his needs are the central and commanding focus of the learning process. It is the role of the school to observe, to know, and to represent the child as she or he proceeds through the stages of development. 

  • We acknowledge that each child is born to be a learner, and that the full potential of each person is realized only through work in an ordered, challenging, nurturing environment that contributes to the child's physical, intellectual, social and spiritual development. 

  • We see in each child the future society, our nation, and our planet. The child has unlimited possibilities and the future rests on our ability to cultivate this potential.

Our goal is to provide an environment that will lay the foundation of education by fostering growth, independence, and the child’s own natural desire to learn.

Woodland Montessori School seeks students from diverse social, economic, ethnic, racial and religious backgrounds. We recognize that education requires an ethical environment in which the values of community are respected and the worth of the individual is protected. Our philosophy includes the cultivation of the following values:

Self Reliance and hard work. We facilitate education based on self-inquiry while maintaining school-wide standards of academic excellence. We recognize the intrinsic rewards of the children’s work.

Respect for other people, including those who live or have lived in other places and times.

Interpersonal skills. We seek to create situations where children cooperate at least as much as they compete.

Meet Our Staff of Caring Guides

Each person on staff is dedicated to developing a relationship with children in their classroom, encouraging independence, fostering curiosity, and supporting unique personalities, interests, strengths, weaknesses and developmental needs.

Our Board of Directors

  • Sheila Reinsch

  • Sarah Swoboda

  • Melissa Hensley

  • Melanie Cook

Accreditation and Affiliation 

In 2021, we became an accredited school in Missouri with the Association Montessori International. We are proud to say that we are currently the only Accredited Montessori school in Central Missouri.  We seek AMI trained Montessori teachers who hold an internationally accredited diploma from an approved AMI training center.

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