By providing an attractive, enjoyable, organized and child-centered environment, our Toddler program at Medina allows children to be free to safely explore and experience the learning-rich, prepared environment. Each day includes time for individual and small group activities, circle, snack and outdoor play.
The toddler room is filled with materials that encourage children to touch, grasp, listen, smell, manipulate, and acquire and practice language. Practical life activities are the heart of the Montessori classroom, and offer all of the developmental benefits of movement and language.
Children practice sequencing and matching, refine gross and fine motor skills, and extend their concentration. The activities range from stringing beads to self-feeding and toilet learning to food preparation.

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Medina Montessori curriculum at the Primary level addresses the needs of the whole child and is based on the Montessori planes of development. The curriculum is designed to promote the students’ cognitive, physical, social-emotional, spiritual, and psychological development.
Activities provide purpose, procedure, closure, and opportunity for success. Our curriculum integrates Dr. Maria Montessori’s fundamental philosophy of the child and the core areas of Practical Life (including grace and courtesy and care of self, others, and the environment), Sensorial, Math, Language, Peace, and Cultural Subjects (including Geography, Botany, Zoology, Physical Science, Art, and Music).
The learning environment is student-centered and designed to promote the development of order, coordination, concentration, independence, cooperation, collaboration, inner discipline, self-motivation, self-regulation, and respect for self, others, and the environment. Self-directed learning includes choice, learning from built-in controls of error, and completing cycles of work by choosing, completing, and returning materials.

Peace Education, Concern for Others and the Environment​Children ages 6-9 have a keen sense of justice. The Elementary Montessori program includes peace education, conflict resolution and community building as part of the curriculum. Children learn to address concerns directly with classmates in the Peace Corner or raise unresolved issues with the class during weekly community meetings. Leadership and citizenship skills are developed as each child assumes responsibility for leading the morning meeting each day and the community meeting on Friday where issues concerning the whole class are discussed and solutions agreed upon by the students themselves. The children at Medina Montessori serve as hosts for guests who visit the class and at all Open Houses. They are responsible for maintaining the class environment, providing snack and for the care of class plants, pets, composting and organic garden.

As we continue to expand and develop our Montessori program, we are proud to partner with Bridgemont International School, a trusted Montessori secondary institution serving students around the country and beyond.
Medina Montessori is proud to partner with Bridgemont International School, a Montessori secondary program offering a dynamic online academic experience for adolescents ages 12–15 Through this partnership, Bridgemont provides a flexible structure that allows our students to pursue high-quality academics framed by Dr. Montessori’s principles with Montessori-trained teachers while continuing their hands-on learning and connection with our local community through Medina Montessori.
This collaboration gives our students the opportunity to be part of a global Montessori classroom while remaining grounded in the relationships, rhythms, and real-life experiences that make our school unique. In addition, we offer integrated Islamic studies, Arabic, Islamic health and fitness, caligraphy, and erdkinder - nature based education involving real life experience and entrepreneurship.
Our Students join live online multi-aged, small-group, interactive courses in classes at their developmental level and a wide range of electives, all guided by trained, secondary-level Montessori educators.

At Medina Montessori it is our belief all human beings are endowed with a perfect inner guidance at birth that naturally seeks peace, harmony, and justice and is by nature compassionate. It is our belief that this true nature (fitrah) of the human being can be allowed to shine or can be obscured depending on the environment. At Medina Montessori we believe that by respecting this inner guidance (Fitrah), we can allow the child to grow, develop and flourish according to his/her divine purpose. The mission of Medina Montessori is to provide an environment that respects and nurtures each child’s perfect inner guidance.