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I Spy Room

This room is for our youngest "Villagers", beginning at 18 months until 24 months. In this room, we concentrate on potty training, social skills, gross motor skills, and sensory play. This age group naps from 12:30pm to 3:00pm.
Tumbling Twos Room

This room is for children from 24 - 36 months of age. The curriculum in this room focuses on social skills, gross motor skills, color and shape recognition as well as beginning letter and number sounds. We provide reading, art projects, group and individual activities in addition to the Montessori curriculum. This age group naps from 12:30PM to approximately 3:00PM. We also assist in potty training for children who have not yet mastered this skill.
Winker Room

This is our 3 year old room. The curriculum for this age group helps prepare the children for our Rising 4 room, reinforcing the skills learned in the Tumbling Twos room. In addition to those skills, they begin to introduce number and letter recognition and concentrate more on fine motor skills. They will learn such skills as how to cut and how to hold a pencil, as well as name recognition. They also introduce the concept of the calendar and we teach cultural awareness and science. They still take naps from 12:30PM to approximately 3:00PM. Children in this class are expected to be potty trained.
Rising 4 Room

The curriculum in this class builds upon the previous rooms, all with an eye to preparing the children for the Pre-K classroom. All the children in this room must be 3 1/2 year to 4 years old, completely potty trained and ready to give up naps. This classroom will concentrate more on letter and number recognition and writing, and we teach cultural awareness and science. They will build upon their fine motor skills and begin writing their names and do more classroom oriented group activities. The children will NOT take naps in this room in order to help ease the transition into the Pre-K classroom.
Pre - K Room

This is our preschool room for children 4 - 5 years of age who will be going to Kindergarten the following year. Our main focus in this room is on Kindergarten readiness. They will be building further on the skills learned in the previous rooms, and will now learn how to write the letters and make the connection between letter sounds and words. They will begin simple math concepts as well as a broader understanding of the world around them with cultural awareness, science, music and geography lessons. You can track the progress made by your child through progress reports you receive at the beginning of the year and in the spring. Children should leave this room with all the tools needed to excel in Kindergarten and beyond.
School Age Care

This service is provided for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years who are enrolled in public school. We offer before and after school care as well as transportation to and/or from many Cheyenne schools. Please see the Director for a complete list of schools. We offer homework assistance as well as all-day care during in-service days and many school holidays. During Spring break, Christmas break and the summer months, we offer many fun activities and field trips for the youngsters.

"The secret of good teaching is to regard the child's intelligence as a fertile field in which seeds may be sown, to grow under the heat of flaming imagination."

-Maria Montessori

 

About The Village Montessori School

The Village Montessori School has proudly served the Cheyenne community for over 25 years. We have been an important, active member in the education of its children. In continuing to strive for excellence, we have always and would like to continue proving ourselves as a pre-school with a difference. At the Village Montessori School, we offer a Montessori philosophy and education not readily available in Cheyenne.

We offer a uniquely hands-on environment that encourages independent, self-directed learning for life in a child-centered, international community valuing peace, respect for others and pride in individual difference. Each classroom contains a full range of educational equipment and activities. Parents are welcome and encouraged to visit the classroom and discuss the teaching methods and child care with teachers or the Director.

We receive funds from the USDA/CACF Program to assist us in providing nutritious meals and snacks throughout the day. We offer breakfast, 1 snack and lunch for all of our full-time students. USDA and The Village Montessori School are equal opportunity providers and employers.

There are classes for children ages 18 months - 12 years. If you are interested in our program, you may contact the Director for availability. If a spot is not available at the time, your name may be put on a waiting list, and you will be notified when a slot becomes available. Upon registration, a $75.00 non-refundable deposit will be collected along with all necessary information. All students are required to have up-to-date immunization records on file at the school. We do provide transportation to and/or from many local schools for our older, school-age children.

Our hours are from 6:30 am to 6:00 pm Monday through Friday. We are closed on the following holidays:

New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Thanksgiving Friday, and Christmas Day.

We also close early on Cheyenne Day (at 1:00) and Christmas Eve (at 2:00).There is one teacher in-service day per year (usually some time in May) for our teachers to attend the annual Stand and Celebrate educational conference in Casper. Emergency closing procedures provide that The Village Montessori School will close only when federal and state offices and Cheyenne public schools are closed.

The Village Montessori School, established in 1975, is a non-profit corporation, licensed by the Wyoming Department of Family Services, and complies with all governmental standards. The Village Montessori School has a volunteer Board of Directors that sets policies, tuition, and otherwise oversees its general operation. Daily operations of the school are the responsibility of the Director, Head Teacher and/or Office Asst.

This year, there have been some significant changes in the Pre-K room. We are currently operating as a combination of all teaching aspects of the Montessori program, and are slowly steering ourselves toward a full time Montessori Pre-school. You will notice the room will be more divided. You will find new "areas" around the room including a cultural area, art area and peaceful zone. These will allow the children to choose where they wish to be and how long they would like to spend at any given task. This goes along with the Montessori philosophy of free choice. Please feel free to look around and ask your child about the different zones and how they know whether the areas are open or full. If you have any further questions you may wish to check out our Montessori Philosophy page and follow some of the links there to more information on the concept. Eventually all of the rooms will make this transition, so if your child is not in the Pre-K room, don't worry, your child will see the changes soon. If you have any questions about the changes directly affecting the school, please come chat with Ms. Teresa or your child's teacher.

Teresa Meadowcroft
Director
E-mail - bostonianteresa@yahoo.com

I was born and raised in Boston, MA. and received a Bachelor's degree in marketing and management in 1990. I then moved to England where I lived for 11 years. After the birth of my three children I became interested in early childhood education. When my children started to attend pre-school, I became an assistant at Newton Longville pre-school in Oxford England. I received an early childhood education certification and taught at this school until I moved back to the states in 2001. I have been with the Village Montessori School since 2002. I received my Montessori Certification in 2003 and became the head Montessori teacher, in addition to the pre-k teacher. I took the position as Director in January 2006. I enjoy art, music and literature.