Montessori Preschool / Child Care in Minneapolis MN area

Arise And Shine Montessori:
Arise and Shine Montessori in St. Louis Park in Hennepin County provides daycare and education for preschoolers and kindergarteners for children ages 33 months to kindergarten, and before and afterschool care for kids up through to third grade. St. Louis Park is a suburb immediately west of Minneapolis. The school is licensed under Hennepin County Rule 3 as a group family day care and carries liability insurance for the safety of your child. Our setting gives your child the benefits of a Minneapolis day care setting and the familiarity and comfort of a home, while still delivering benefits of a Minneapolis Montessori child care center in a rich indoor learning environment.

Arise and Shine Montessori provides a diverse variety of neurologically challenging activities and a wide array of learning materials to provide an optimum environment for your child’s growth and development. We have a mixed-age classroom and a smaller sized classroom which models the real world environment. This provides an opportunity for optimum child interactions and learning social skills.

Our Minneapolis preschool gives children an excellent preparation for kindergarten going above and beyond the simple requirements for public kindergarten. Our Minneapolis preschool staff are Montessori trained and have a wealth of experience. The staff are also trained in CPR and first aid to help facilitate your child’s safety.

Our Commitment:
We are dedicated to providing students with a wonderful learning experience that will form the foundation for their development as complete persons and open up a world of positive social, emotional, intellectual, physical and spiritual opportunities for their growth and development.

Our goal is to meet the needs of the whole child, academically and socially, to nurture the innate love of learning and to inspire each child to explore his true potential.

Montessori Preschool / Childcare Programs:
- Daycare & education programs for preschoolers & kindergarteners for children ages 33 months to kindergarten age
- Full & half day kindergarten programs available
- Before & afterschool care programs for kids up through to third grade.
- The normal hours of our Minneapolis preschool are Monday through 8:15 am until 3:20 pm.
- Our Minneapolis daycare component assists with the extended schedule opening at 7:45 am and continuing childcare until 6pm.
-  A full complement of Montessori materials is available to the children as is an abundance of other hands-on experiential activities to facilitate their learning.

- Master of Arts degree in Counseling and Psychological Services from St. Mary's University
- Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the State of New York
- Certificate of Early Childhood Montessori Training from the Northwest Center for Montessori Education/American Montessori Society
- Trained in two levels of Brain Gym
- Over 16 years of teaching experience in Montessori environments
- Completion of the teacher's course, The Writing Road to Reading
- Over 25 weeks of language study in various Spanish speaking countries
- Over 5 years experience in institutionalized food programs
- Trained in the introductory 40-hour Handle® course, Get a Handle on Neurodevelopmental Disorders
- In training as a certified facilitator for the Work of Byron Katie
- Taken training in The Nurtured Heart Approach by Howard Glasser

School Lunch and Snack Program:
Our Minneapolis child care serves two healthy snacks and a healthy lunch to ensure your child gets good nutrition. This saves parents time, while ensuring good nutrition for their child. We study nutrition and the children at our preschool love to help prepare meals and to set the table.