Infant Program — Enrollment paused
Beginning August 2026, enrollment in our Infant program is paused.
Beginning Aug 2026, Sun Grove has paused enrollment in its Infant program.
Infant Montessori Program
Our Infant environment is designed as a nurturing home-like setting for infants from about 6 weeks until approximately 18 months.
The Infant and Toddler environments are prepared to aid in the natural development of the child. These environments are physically safe, cognitively challenging, and emotionally nurturing. The child is free to explore and manipulate, and to be fully involved in learning projects. We allow children to do what they are ready and willing to do. We reinforce their self-initiated activities by paying full attention, while being quietly available, and by appreciating and enjoying what the children actually do. Our environments are sanitary, and our student-to-caregiver ratios are low. The infant environment of Sun Grove Montessori School is prepared to aid in the natural development of the child. Infancy is a period of rapid change physically, emotionally, socially, cognitively and neurologically. Therefore, it is important that the environment for the child be physically safe, cognitively challenging, and emotionally nurturing. During this time, exposure to the appropriate materials and experiences is critical. The child is free to explore and manipulate, fully involved in learning projects. We allow children to do what they are ready and willing to do. We reinforce their self-initiated activities by paying full attention, while being quietly available, and by appreciating and enjoying what the children actually do. For example, infants who are learning to walk need a free range of motion and the opportunity to move. Your child’s experience in school should be positive. Our environment is sanitary, and our friend to caregiver ratio is low (4 infants: 1 staff member). Sun Grove Montessori School is here for you and your child, providing quality care and valuable learning experiences. Montessori environments for infants are prepared to be as homelike as possible. These environments involve small children in a routine of daily activities including quiet times and rest periods. The characteristics of these environments include:
- continuity of care
- an ordered physical environment
- consistency of activity
In environments with these characteristics infants build a sense of security, a sense of order and a sense of time. Continuity of care lays the foundation for emotional and social well-being. If infants interact with the same people day after day, they feel secure, and they have the opportunity to build lasting relationships and social bonds they can depend on. An ordered physical environment lays the foundation of an ordered mind. If infants find things in the same place day after day, they learn to recognize those things and where they belong. In such an environment children grow confident in their ability to know and memorize things, in other words, they become confident in their own intellectual capacity. Similarly, consistency of activity contributes to children’s security and intellectual confidence. A daily routine develops in infants an understanding of the passing of time. If, day after day, infants follow the same routines at the same time and the same places, they have further opportunity to discover that they know something when they recognize familiar things and events. If infants take part in the same activities, in the same order day after day, they further consolidate their sense of security, order and time.
Infant Room Staff
Infant classroom staffing is paused along with enrollment. See our Toddler and Primary teams on Meet Our Staff . This environment is organized and directed by a Montessori trained adult who is assisted by carefully selected adults. Activities in Montessori environments for children under the age of three are related to real life. They provide children with opportunities to develop voluntary, controlled movement, independence in daily life and spoken language.
