Welcome to Step By Step Montessori Schools!

Step By Step Montessori has locations throughout the Twin Cities Metro Area. We serve the surrounding western suburbs of Minneapolis including Brooklyn Park, Chaska, Corcoran, Maple Grove, Plymouth, Saint Anthony, Southdale-Edina and Wayzata.   We offer programs for children from 6 weeks old through third grade/Kindergarten.

We’re open year round including the summer months and we offer a School Age program for children through the 3rd grade.

Montessori Education

The Montessori method is an approach to education that
emphasizes the individual potential of young children which
is developed by means of a unique strategy utilizing
specially trained teachers and scientific teaching materials.
Based on a method developed by Maria Montessori, an
Italian physician and educator, children learn to work by
themselves in the prepared environment, enjoying the
presence of other children, but not necessarily working
directly with them. Dr. Montessori developed her method of
education over a number of years and was honored and
respected for her developments in education throughout the
world at the time of her death in 1952.

Children who have had the benefit of a Montessori
environment are freer at a later age to devote themselves
more exclusively to the development of their intellectual
faculties. The Montessori teacher is able to teach the child
individually because he/she is aware of the learning
readiness and interests of each child: when a child is ready
to learn new skills, the teacher steers the child toward a new
activity or project. In the new activity, the student will work
at his or her own pace, with guidance and assistance from
the teacher.

The developmental teaching materials are designed to test
understanding, correct errors, and train the child’s mind to
think in logical patterns. The well prepared classroom
environment helps the child to be self-disciplined,
independent and to respect the rights of others.