West Chester Campus

Virtual Tour

International Montessori Schools at West Chester is a gem of a school. The outside environment boasts a natural-style play space, complete with a mud kitchen, a labyrinth built by our students, an appealing playground, and gorgeous trees. First-time visitors often marvel aloud at the peace and beauty of this special campus.

The toddler room is a happy little beehive where the children enjoy exploring nature and working with the Montessori materials under the guiding eye of their teacher. The children take such pleasure in the daily richness of the world around them as they are guided to engage fully with the Earth, their peers, and the “jobs” that so delight the child. One little one may be observing a bird’s nest, while another creates a model of a bird nest out of natural materials. Another child may be carefully making pies in the mud kitchen while others are gathering a collection of leaves for an art project.

In two serenely busy primary rooms children are training their senses by comparing scents, matching wood grains, studying length and width, and aligning color tablets. Some children are coloring sand for an artist design, a few are creating books about their latest research, and still another child is using the Montessori bead system to multiply and divide into the thousands. Across the room, a budding architect creates structures combining the red rods, pink tower, and brown stair while a friend observes quietly.

We invite you to explore IMS at West Chester for yourself by calling and scheduling a tour.

Pre-Primary (18 months through 3 years)

At this stage language development is actively pursued and it is imperative that your child is surrounded by rich and stimulating conversation. An 18 month old child, trying to blow bubbles, might be encouraged with "Blow! Can you make the air move just like the wind?" The toddler's mind absorbs the new vocabulary, which plants the seeds for reading, writing and self-expression in the future.

Our bright and sunny toddler classrooms are designed for children ages 18 to 36 months. It is a world scaled down to your child's size. Here your child paints, cooks, waters the garden, sweeps with miniature brooms, washes dishes and plays with materials that develop fine and gross motor coordination.

"Help me to do it by myself". Very young children working toward independence in eating, dressing and toileting are really working toward what they want to do. We take each child as an individual, allowing them to go at his or her own pace, to achieve their independence.

Making new friends and learning how to function within a classroom community is a life shaping experience for your child. Children emerge from the toddler program with strong friendships and confidence, ready to thrive in our Primary setting.

Primary (3-6 years)

International Montessori School's Primary program provides a rich, hands-on educational experience with didactic Montessori materials that develop concentration, coordination, independence, self-discipline and problem solving skills. Our dedicated, Montessori certified lead teachers and assistant teachers guide children through a specifically targeted curriculum designed for each individual child's needs to reach his own full potential.

Students are required to be 3 years old as of September 1st of the Academic year they are joining, and fully toilet-trained to enter this program.