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Educating Children Ages 12-months to 6th Grade

  • kid_learning_early_education Toddler (12m – 3 years)
    The Mountain Shadows Young Child’s Community offers your child much more than daycare. This program maximizes the development of young children through a beautifully prepared environment.
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  • IMG_5393 Primary (3-6 years)
    During these years, your child absorbs information effortlessly. That’s why the Primary classrooms at Mountains Shadows are filled with an array of colorful, exciting, and stimulating Montessori materials.
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  • 5788097698 Elementary (1st-6th grades)
    The goal of the Elementary Program at Mountain Shadows is to support children in deepening their interest in the earth and culture in which they live, and to assist them in learning how to work gainfully with others...
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We also offer extended hours coverage from 7:30am to 5:30pm       Read more

  • Imagine your Child Loving School

    Children learn by discovery with a sense of joy and wonder. Nurturing the intrinsic desire in every child to explore his or her world, the Montessori Method builds a strong foundation for a lifelong love of learning.

  • Academic
    Excellence

    With more than 35 years serving as Colorado’s only AMI accredited Montessori program for ages 12 months through 12 years. Our teachers have decades of experience teaching at elementary and primary levels.

  • Wonderful Place
    for Learning

    Our 12 acre country campus has open space and gardens for children to enjoy during outdoor learning activities and recess. Our clean and purposefully organized classrooms facilitate each child’s sense of independence and responsibility.

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Noteworthy

  • Get To Know Kay Lawson
    YCC assistant Kay Lawson is the quiet veteran Montessorian of Mountain Shadows.  She founded and directed her own Montessori school...
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  • On Growth and Expansion
    A presentation highlighting the potential future growth and expansion of the school and alumni accomplishments in the arts, sciences, technology,...
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  • Meet Justin Garber, E2 Teacher
    Elementary II teacher Justin Garber is a man of many talents: guitar, front lawn soccer, potato sack races, andguiding elementary students...
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