Montessori Infant Care Minneapolis
Your baby’s earliest months are more than sweet moments. They’re the foundation of your little one’s entire life of learning, confidence, and connection. From the first smile to those wobbly steps, every experience is shaping your child’s brain, emotions, and sense of security. At our school, our Montessori infant care program honors this precious season with intention, warmth, and the proven Montessori approach. We combine nurturing child care with carefully designed environments that support natural exploration, independence, and discovery.
Montessori Infant Program Enrollment
Ages Served
6 weeks to 16 months
Schedule Options
Full-time and part-time enrollment available
Hours
6:30 AM to 6:00 PM, Monday through Friday
Is Potty Training Required?
Potty training is not required for the infant class. We respect each child’s natural development and work closely with families when readiness begins to appear.
Curriculum Focus
Our Montessori approach is built on deep respect for your baby and a carefully designed environment that allows little ones to move freely, explore real objects, and feel secure as they grow, principles supported by the Association Montessori Internationale. In our Montessori infant care program, your baby learns through gentle daily rhythms, meaningful interaction, and hands-on discovery that naturally support physical, emotional, and cognitive development.
Daily Routine
Your little one is gently guided through calm, predictable daily rhythms that honor their natural needs while encouraging freedom to move, explore, and discover. From morning welcomes and sensory play to language-rich moments and peaceful routines, every part of the day is thoughtfully designed to support comfort, confidence, and early development in our Minneapolis infant care classrooms.
Classroom Experience
Our infant classrooms feel peaceful, cozy, and purposeful, never chaotic or overstimulating. Inspired by Montessori Nido environments, everything is scaled to your baby’s size and stage of development. Low shelves hold beautiful learning objects, soft rugs invite movement, and mirrors build body awareness. This prepared environment encourages exploration while helping your baby feel safe and secure within our nurturing school community.
About Our Montessori Infant Care Program
Families often wonder if early education truly matters during infancy. The answer is a heartfelt yes. The Learning Policy Institute shares that high-quality early learning environments support school readiness, stronger academic outcomes, and social-emotional development.
Our program blends quality care with Montessori education, giving your little one a strong foundation for life while offering parents partnership, trust, and peace of mind.
From Birth to 16 Months: Child Development Support For Every Stage
From the moment of birth, your baby is already learning about their world through real experiences, gentle guidance, and loving connection. In our Montessori approach, even our youngest children are supported through early versions of the same curriculum areas that guide learning throughout childhood. This includes:
- Practical Life - Your baby builds early independence through everyday moments like feeding, grasping, movement, and gentle care routines that develop coordination, trust, and confidence.
- Sensorial - Little ones explore textures, sounds, light, movement, and real objects to organize their senses and strengthen early cognitive development.
- Language - Warm communication, singing, storytelling, and naming the world around them support vocabulary growth long before first words appear.
- Early Mathematical Awareness - Through hands-on discovery, your baby begins to notice patterns, size, sequence, cause and effect, and object permanence naturally.
- Cultural Exploration - Gentle exposure to nature, music, art, and their classroom community nurtures curiosity, connection, and a growing sense of belonging.
Montessori Infant Program Enrollment and Registration
If you’re looking for infant care Minneapolis families love because it feels nurturing, personal, and purposeful, we’d love to welcome you. Come visit our school, see our classroom in action, and talk with us about your baby’s unique needs and your hopes for their early education.
Why Families Trust Our Minneapolis School
Families choose our school because quality care, proven education, and loving support come together in a way you can truly feel every day.
- All of our locations are accredited by APPLE Accreditation (Accredited Professional Preschool Learning Environment) and proudly hold a 4-Star rating with Parent Aware, reflecting excellence in early childhood education and development standards.
- Our programs follow the Montessori philosophy, with Montessori-certified lead guides and highly educated support staff who nurture independence, curiosity, and confidence in every child.
- Each classroom is thoughtfully prepared to encourage exploration, focus, and natural discovery, helping children feel safe, capable, and excited to learn.
- By the time children complete their first Montessori cycle, 98% meet or exceed national first-grade readiness benchmarks, showing the lasting impact of our Montessori education.
- Since 1991, families across Minneapolis have trusted our childcare center network for consistency, emotional support, and high-quality child care that feels like an extension of home.
A Montessori Preschool Serving Minneapolis
Step By Step Montessori proudly serves families across the Minneapolis metropolitan area with eight welcoming school locations, making high-quality Montessori education easy to find close to home.
Many families begin in our infant program and continue seamlessly into our Minneapolis preschool pathway, creating stability and community throughout early childhood.
Other Montessori Programs Available at Our Locations
Our toddler program builds independence, coordination, language, and confidence through hands-on exploration, simple routines, and gentle guidance in a calm Montessori classroom.
Our Montessori preschool program helps children deepen focus, master early reading, math, and social skills through child-led Montessori work that nurtures curiosity, confidence, and a true love of learning.
Our kindergarten program strengthens academic foundations, responsibility, and problem-solving, preparing children with confidence for elementary school and beyond.
Other Montessori Programs Available at Our Locations
The toddler program builds independence and language skills. Step by Step daycare children practice practical life activities while developing coordination and confidence.
Our Montessori preschool program helps children deepen focus, master early reading, math, and social skills through child-led Montessori work that nurtures curiosity, confidence, and a true love of learning.
Our kindergarten program strengthens academic foundations, responsibility, and problem-solving, preparing children with confidence for elementary school and beyond.
Frequently Asked Questions About Our Montessori Infant Care Program
Our classrooms are carefully designed to support nurturing relationships and meaningful learning activities that foster early brain development, security, and confidence, as identified by the American Academy of Pediatrics as essential during the formative years. Our educators are not just wonderful teachers, they are Montessori guides who gently foster independence, curiosity, and emotional growth through purposeful daily activities.
Schedule a Tour!
If you're ready to give your baby a strong start in life, schedule a tour of our infant classrooms today. Our program is more than just a private school. Our program is designed to meet the needs of every family across the Twin Cities.