Rivendell Montessori Preschool

Rivendell Preschool, a pre-primary Montessori school, opened in September 1977 in a Park Slope brownstone with twenty-five students and was called The Children's House of Park Slope. In 1998, it became part of Rivendell School as its model inclusion setting.

Rivendell believes that learning to get along with a wide range of people and accepting and respecting their differences has lasting benefits for everyone. This approach shapes our firm commitment to each other and to Montessori education. Our preschool classrooms typically include children with a variety of learning styles and abilities. Students discover materials especially designed for their levels of readiness and maturity in a warm, creative atmosphere. Our Montessori teachers, along with the special education itinerant teachers and therapists who help children with identified special needs, provide a rich school experience for all the children, for each other, and for parents.

The environment of cooperation and respect that we foster at Rivendell incorporates Maria Montessori's belief that a more peaceful world begins by nurturing each child's spirit so that kindness and compassion may follow.