Mulford Private School vs. Montessori Children's Center

Mulford Private School is a private preschool and kindergarten located on 15 picturesque acres in Centreville, Virginia.

Our school offers a safe and secluded setting. The relaxed country atmosphere offers children the opportunity to experience the wonders of nature, including our own farm animals, such as our horses, dogs, and cats.

Our playground offers children a great opportunity to develop their gross motor skills with tricycles, big wheels, see saws, swings, play houses, a play train, and a large sand area.

We have grassy areas for playing ball, and hard surfaces for bike riding.

Montessori Children's Center provides an environment structured for independent growth and advancement, while at the same time fostering community.

Pre-school aged children for instance share mixed age group classrooms, and in this environment equipped with specially designed floor plans and unique Montessori materials, the children move freely, with the older ones learning from and helping the younger ones- and vice versa.

Work materials or ‘lessons' are distributed throughout the classroom ,and students are free to select whichever one they are interested in, provided they have been taught how to use it appropriately.

These ‘lessons' are specially designed to foster and improve the development of certain skills- for instance practical life, sensorial, math, science, language etc.

The Montessori philosophy fundamentally differs from typical schools and teaching methods, which tend to treat students as empty vessels to be filled with knowledge.

In the Montessori method, students are treated as equals, and they are respected as individuals with their own unique thoughts, ideas, perspectives, and talents.

The Montessori philosophy places paramount emphasis on educating students holistically.