Kia ora welcome!
Montessori Blenheim offers a high quality, authentic Montessori preschool education for children aged 3 - 6.

Montessori Blenheim Sessions:  Children attend a minimum of 4 sessions per week.
Arrive: Between 8am – 9am          Pick up: 1pm, or between 3pm – 4pm

​We have an extensive wait list and are not currently taking new enrolments or expressions of interest.

Why Montessori?
  • Montessori is a child-centred approach where the curriculum fits around the child, rather than making the child fit the curriculum.
  • The Montessori classroom is calm and respectful, a learning environment like no other early childhood centre.
  • Prepare your child for school; they leave Montessori with confidence, respect, independence and a strong foundation of physical and intellectual abilities.
  • Children freely explore our beautiful indoor and outdoor Montessori classrooms and choose to work with the materials that appeal to their interests and developmental stage.
  • The high teacher to child ratio enables our teachers to foster the child's self selected interest and nurture each child's individual growth.
  • Relationships with peers and teachers are close, and develop over three years.
  • Respect for each other, self and the environment underpins our philosophy.
  • Specially designed materials allow tamariki to experience concepts and fully understand them, from sorting as simple as ’small and big’ for a three year old, to the theory of Pythagoras in primary school.
  • It’s hands-on learning through exploration leading to discovery. 
  • Tamariki have the freedom to make responsible choices about their work, guided by caring adults.
  • ​The philosophy tells kaiārahi to allow children to make a lot of mistakes, so they can work out and understand how it really goes.
  • ​It is about gaining independence in a supportive environment, guided by loving adults.
  • ​It is tamariki learning at their pace, using their particular learning style to make the most of their abilities.

We provide:

  • ​Specialised Montessori education for children aged  3 - 6 years old.
  • Qualified, experienced, warm and engaging staff
  • A beautiful and stimulating learning environment
  • Individual learning programmes catered to each child
  • A natural liaison between children and the environment, flowing from indoor to outdoor.
  • Teacher:Child ratios above the required levels
  • 20ECE available
  • A friendly and welcoming community
We foster purposeful, independent and engaged learning in the prepared Montessori environment.
"Montessori is an education for independence, preparing not just for school, but for life"
~ Maria Montessori
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"Children come from Montessori a lot more independent and aware of their own interests and needs as they have already begun to develop their own individuality and independence in their learning. "
~ Erin McPhail, New Entrant Teacher, Rapaura School