Montessori at the Courtyard

I cannot say enough great things about this school. My son attended for about a year before we moved and leaving this school has been by far the hardest part of our move. My 4 year old constantly tells me how much he misses everyone. Mrs. Seema treats every child as her own and does her very best to adapt lessons to every child. Mrs. Amanda really makes this school feel like a community. I liked the observation rooms so I could peak in on him without him knowing. Children were always playing or learning when I picked him up, never stuck in front of a tv like other schools. I would recommend this school to anyone, you get what you pay for.

My daughter suffered several injuries at this school, the last being quite severe. I do not recommend this school since the level of care is not up to par.

We have only been here less than a month, but it is a whole world of difference from our last school! It is so clean and the teachers and staff are incredibly warm, friendly and caring! In less than a month, my children have already learned so much and they have matured tremendously. Amanda and Alisha always take the time to say hello and seem genuinely happy to see you. This is the most difficult choice to make and we are so happy we chose Montessori at the Courtyard!

The teachers are so nice!

Love this school! The staff is really what makes this school amazing. Big shout out to Amanda the director who took us in and made us feel at home as we were scrambling to find a good place for Ethan. She is very accommodating, responsive and great with kids. My son was in the toddler program and her teachers Mika, Andi and Celeste are amazing. They catered to my son’s interests as well as helped him expand his love for learning. They were very responsive to our goals for Ethan and let us know of any updates on how Ethan is doing. They are all so easy to work with and they truly have an invested interested in your child!
Highly recommend this place if you want your child to be taken care of!

I just wanted to update my review to let everyone know that my daughter and I still love this school /​daycare. My daughter is now 2 years old, and she adores Miss Rachel and Miss Andi. She comes home with a new art project almost every day. We’ve had a few incident reports here and there — some things are unavoidable with kids in groups, like one time another child bit my daughter, and several times she’s scratched herself — but these few incidents were always properly documented. The staff members are excellent about telling us what happened and what’s going on with our child every day. Our kiddo gets excited to go see Miss Rachel and her friends in the morning. Her vocabulary is outstanding for a child her age, and she is always eager to be a helper. There are lots of fun activities, too… Just this week, a petting zoo visited, and my daughter came home talking about petting a pig, a goat, and a chicken! LOL Anyway, I’d still highly recommend this school. It is well run with teachers who really do care about the children, and that makes all the difference.

We love this school! I used to have my son in a Bright Horizons preschool, which he loved. When we moved and I changed jobs, we had a difficult time finding another school/​daycare that was a good fit. (We first tried a preschool at a local church and my son hated it. The child: teacher ratio was very high, I didn’t even realize it was legal to have so many kids and so few adults watching them. Once my son came home with a footprint on his face from being kicked by another child, and they couldn’t even tell me how it had happened! He told me, «there’s just too many friends there»)
Anyways, we switched to Montessori at the Courtyard and it has been nothing less than excellent. The staff and the Director (Amanda) are super friendly and all know my son’s name, and my son knows all of his classmates and teachers names. The child: staff ratio is much lower than what the law requires, which adds to the safety and personal attention my son gets. If my son is misbehaving or being a poor listener, they tell me about it so I can work on that at home, too. I asked them not to sugarcoat any bad behavior and they have honored that.
The education program is excellent. My son is only three, and he only goes two days a week, but he is learning sooooo much. One day my son and I were at the museum and he saw a clock shaped like Texas, he said, «Mom, look, it’s a Texas!» And last month he sat at a table with a placemat that was a map of the world… he was able to tell me there are seven continents and named every last one of them! And he’s only been going there less than six months. His favorite activity of the week is Show & Tell on Fridays. He talks about it all week long, telling me what he wants to take to show his classmates. He makes tons of art projects and some of them are really cool for being so young, I’ll post one he made of Fourth of July fireworks.
The classrooms are super clean and very interesting looking, with all kinds of educational toys and activities. No piles of beat-​up looking toys or boxes of worn down crayon nubs. All of the art supplies are in great shape and neatly organized.
One thing I have found is that as far as childcare goes, you get what you pay for. My son only goes two days a week because that is what we can afford right now, and we don’t need more than that, luckily. It is much more expensive than, say, Kindercare or Children’s Courtyard (which it is an affiliate of). However, we are glad to pay it because of the peace of mind and quality of their programming. I am just grateful that we are blessed enough to be able to provide such an nice daycare for our son.

I am so glad to have found such a great Montessori program in the Bedford area. In the short time my 2 year old has been attending, the results have been remarkable. She is excited to get up every morning and go to school, During our evening playtime she likes to teach me what she learned during the day. The staff is amazing and genuinely care about the children — it is like she has an extended family. I would never consider changing schools for any reason!