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Montessori Infant Program

A prepared environment for infants 6 weeks–18 months that supports independence, movement, and natural development from day one — the Montessori difference, from the very start.

Montessori School of Lawrence

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Traditional infant care is often built around a caregiver’s routine — group feeding times, shared nap schedules, and activities chosen for the whole room. A Montessori infant program flips that model: each child’s day is shaped by their own emerging needs, not the clock.

Instead of playpens and passive supervision, infants are given freedom of movement on the floor, low shelves with hand-picked materials to explore, and real opportunities to practice skills like grasping, crawling, and eventually walking — all within a calm, uncluttered space designed at their scale.

Teachers act as quiet observers and guides rather than directors, stepping in to support a child’s natural curiosity instead of leading a fixed lesson or activity. The result is an environment where babies build confidence, coordination, and independence at their own pace, laying the foundation for the self-directed learning Montessori is known for in later years.

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10 Ways A Montessori Infant Program Is Different

Character-building To Boost Emerging Social Skills

Daily lessons include kindness, empathy, compassion, and more. Teachers lovingly guide interactions with others to set your child up with social skills, confidence, and purposeful self-esteem.

Introducing Your Baby To The World Of Nature

Your baby learns about weather and nature and that the world around them is living. Spending time outside inspires exploration connects children to the natural world.

Educational Play Inspires Your Child’s Curiosity

Montessori educational materials help your child develop their senses! Purposeful materials enhance brain development and engage the child in concrete learning and instruction.

Daily Music, Language, And Movement Enrichments

Activities that enhance and enrich your child’s learning are just as crucial as traditional instruction. Music, language, movement, and more help cultivate your baby and introduce them to new concepts!

Sensorial Materials Invite Interesting, Open-ended Play

Offering materials made of natural materials and fibers, for example, wood, rubber, paper, and different fabrics, means your little one can see, hear, and feel something new. They love to grasp and explore! Older children explore scents, sounds, and more.

Jumpstart Development With Multi-age Classrooms

Children of other age groups contribute to your baby’s development as they model behavior and lend a helping hand when they can. Learning from their peers is an integral part of your child’s early learning.

A Strong Foundation Leading To Academic And Life Skills

The Montessori environment allows children to familiarize themselves with the order of their environment. Each area guides your child in the next natural step of their learning; the classroom becomes the teacher.

Montessori-certified Teachers Are Crucial At This Early Stage

Certified Montessori-certified teachers are aware of the sensitive periods of early development in babies. These critical developmental windows need nurturing, which is what Montessori teachers expertly do.

Children Are Given The Space To Explore Freely

If your child is learning to grasp, they get more grasping opportunities. When they start to pull up, they’ll have more opportunities to pull up in their space. Through observations, teachers follow their interests so that they can explore freely.

Arts And Crafts Spark Your Baby’s Creative Abilities

Your baby will be introduced to expression through art because artistic expression begins early! Through a specialized art program, your child will develop motor skills and explore their imagination through creativity.

As parents, we understand how hard it can be to entrust the care of your infant to someone else. Of course, you want to be there for each smile, squirm, and squeal. With our infant daycare program, you will. We take a partnership approach with parents, from working with you to developing your baby’s daily schedule to capturing special moments with photos and sending them to you.

Each day, you receive detailed written reports of your little one’s feeding, sleeping, diapering, and learning activities. At our infant daycare program, we make sure this first transition away from home is smooth and joyful for you and your baby.

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