Rivendell Preschool

Rivendell Preschool, a pre-primary Montessori school, opened in September 1977. Originally called The Children’s House of Park Slope, in 1998 it was incorporated into Rivendell School as its model early childhood inclusion setting.

At Rivendell Preschool, we believe that learning to get along with a wide range of people and learning to respect both similarities and differences has lasting benefits. Our preschool classrooms typically include children with a variety of learning styles and abilities and offer rich opportunities to discover materials especially designed for their levels of readiness and maturity.

Our teachers, along with the special educators and therapists who support children with identified special needs, provide a warm, rich preschool experience for all the children, for each other and for parents.

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

Rivendell Preschool is an Associate Member School of the American Montessori Society.

The Montessori Connection

Young children take great pleasure in learning to master the world around them. The Montessori prepared environment fosters their first steps on the road to independence. Our Montessori classrooms provide a warm, cooperative environment where two through six year olds can confidently start on that journey.

Our twos classroom offers what Montessori considered essential: thoughtful and gradual separation from parent or caregiver and an environment where our very youngest students can use their senses to explore the new world of school.

Multi-age classrooms allow children to find their individual comfort levels, emotionally, socially and cognitively. We want children to consider themselves both learners and teachers and we nurture strengths and support needs through a flexible, Montessori curriculum.

Our Montessori curriculum is amplified by visual art, music, movement, dramatic play and our Growing Connections horticultural science program.