School of Excellence

Our Community

Pebblecreek Montessori is a community of families, working together to provide an environment for the optimal development of our students. Through purposeful work, independence, and movement, our students acquire skills and explore concepts that build a foundation for life.

Love of Learning

At Pebblecreek Montessori, we believe that intelligence is innate. Our goal is to feed a child’s natural curiosity and transform it into passionate intellectual pursuit. We believe in ultimate respect for a child’s natural timing in the development of all areas of their being. 

A successful Montessori education encourages personal excellence and imagination and instills a true love of learning. Visitors are always impressed with our school’s positive energy and the harmony in which our students work with their peers and guides (teachers).

Achieving Mastery

All classes follow a Monday through Friday, five-day/week schedule. As an authentic Montessori, Pebblecreek’s classrooms include multi-age groupings; students engage in uninterrupted work periods using specially designed Montessori learning materials. Our students have the opportunity to exercise their skills in everyday life in order to solidify their purpose and achieve mastery.

Recognition with Association Montessori Internationale

Pebblecreek Montessori is Recognized (Provisional) for ages 0-6+, Associated (Provisional) for ages 6-12 through the Association Montessori Internationale, the organization that Maria Montessori founded in 1929. 

Standards From AMIUSA.org:
AMI pedagogical standards maintain the level of excellence that Maria Montessori envisioned. Established by the AMI Scientific Pedagogy Group, the standards insure that each school offers programs for their children that allow for their full intellectual, social, and psychological growth and that the approach is consistent with what is presented in AMI training courses worldwide.

The Teacher
There will be one AMI teacher trained at the appropriate age level in each class.

“We must support as much as possible the child’s desires for activity; not wait on him, but educate him to be independent. It is necessary for the teacher to guide the child without letting him feel her presence too much, so that she may always be ready to supply the desired help, but may never be the obstacle between the child and his experience.”
~ Dr. Maria Montessori

Assistants
Each primary and elementary class may have one non-teaching assistant. The classroom assistant should support the teacher by making materials, noting observations, supervising outdoor activities, and assisting with “going-outs.” For assistants to infancy classes, the adult to child ratio should be 1 to 5.

The Materials
In order to ensure a prepared environment that is consistent with AMI standards, each Montessori classroom must be equipped with a complete set of Montessori materials. These materials should be purchased from an AMI authorized manufacturer. A “complete” set of Montessori materials is all materials needed by AMI trained lead teachers to present the lessons in their albums in the way that their training intended.

“The fundamental fact in the preparation of the environment is to have only one set of each type of material. When there is only one specimen of each object, and if a piece is in use when another child wants it, the latter will wait for it to be released. Since this happens every hour of the day for years, the idea of respecting others, and of waiting one’s turn, becomes a habitual part of life which always grows more mature.”
~ Dr. Maria Montessori

Materials beyond the scope of the AMI lead teacher’s training may be considered extraneous with a requirement for them to be removed.