Montessori Nursery Brno -
Children's Group
THE GROUP FOR THE ACADEMIC YEAR 24/25 IS NEARLY FULL – ONLY TWO PLACES LEFT. We are also accepting applications for the academic year 2025/2026. The admissions process runs until August 31, 2024, and will continue throughout the year if space allows. Priority is given to children attending the Poupě Club (adaptation group).
We accept children aged 20 months to 4 years (children must turn 3 between September 2024 and August 2025).
"The first three years of life deserve much greater attention than all the others." — Maria Montessori
We offer the opportunity to place your child in Montessori mini-nursery in Brno from 7:30 AM to 3:30 PM for children aged 20 months to 4 years, including meals and care provided by Czech and English-speaking caregivers.
The nursery provides an environment that serves as preparation for children entering preschool institutions (kindergartens, childcare groups, etc.). It is a prepared environment with Montessori materials for children aged 20 months to 4 years, where they attend without their parents, allowing for a gradual process of becoming independent.
The nursery functions as a "bridge" between activities where children spend time with their parents (such as parent-child exercise classes) and their subsequent attendance at kindergartens, where they are without their parents. Here, children can spend morning time or even an afternoon rest and activities, gradually getting used to being without their parents. Parents can extend the time spent in the nursery based on their assessment of whether their child is ready for longer periods in a group of children without them.
In the nursery, we emphasize an individual approach, which is achievable only with a smaller number of children, with a maximum of 9 children at a time, guided by 3 qualified caregivers with healthcare and educational backgrounds (one of whom speaks English throughout the day). Children encounter a prepared environment that includes a small kitchen area (for washing dishes, serving, and preparing snacks), potties for all children, and child-friendly toilets. Montessori materials for children aged 2 to 4 are accessible to them, along with outdoor activities at a public playground and excursions in the local area. In our nursery, we strive to create an environment very similar to that in subsequent preschool education, ensuring that children do not experience significant changes.
We focus on instilling hygiene habits, self-care, and care for the environment, as well as basics of table manners, helping with potty training, learning independence, and the fundamentals of etiquette (such as greetings and expressions of gratitude in natural situations). Our goal is to support the overall development of the child's personality, particularly in gross and fine motor skills, language, and to promote a well-rounded personal growth.
In the Children's Club, children will find several areas they can engage with:
- Practical Life
- Sensory Education
- Exploring the World Around Us
- Circle Time Activities
- Outdoor Activities
We provide full-day meals for the children (snack, lunch, snack) along with hydration. The meals are delivered to the nursery by Lakšmana, a company specializing in the preparation and delivery of healthy dishes exclusively for mini-schools, kindergartens, schools, and childcare groups. We focus on the nutrition of our youngest children, offering both traditional and vegetarian meal options.
Thanks to meeting the criteria for healthy eating, the children receive partially subsidized meals from the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs.
We encourage independence in the children and teach them to participate in meal preparation for the whole group. This means that children help with preparing fruits and vegetables, spreading spreads on bread, pouring soup, and more, all in a child-friendly environment equipped with appropriate utensils. Each day, they have the opportunity to taste a small portion of each component of the offered meal and then decide according to their individual preferences what they would like to have for their snack.
In addition to the regular meals, we also prepare seasonal fruits, vegetables, and other healthy snacks for the children every day.
Parents are informed a week in advance about the menu for the upcoming days through the internal application Twigsee.