Montessori School of Fremont Children’s House

If it was possible to give less than one star, I would most certainly do that! After one day at MCH the director decided that my child, who has never attended formalized school, required an assessment to continue in their program. Sharon the director did not even have the courtesy to meet with us an voice concerns rather she sent home a extremely harsh «observational letter.» Patience, compassion, and professionalism are definitely lacking at MCH — stay away!

Our son Michael attends the Montessori School of Fremont Children’s House and we’ve been very happy with his experience there. This school really understand the Montessori method to develope your child, unlike the non-​AMI Montessori certified schools. The interiors are beautiful and appealing to the parents as well as the children. We have been able to be involved as much as we want in our son’s school activities and have always felt welcome in the classroom. The teachers are thoughtful and care about the children very much. In the Montessori classroom, children are taught new things as soon as they show an interest and ability to learn the material. We’ve observed that the teachers do keep track of our son’s development and do move him along as soon as he’s mastered a skill. We are planning a second child and we are looking forward to sending them to this school when the time comes.

I just want to take the time out today and tell you about my experience with this school. i had my daughter enrolled at this other daycare on Wiebel. And the teachers there were much older and had little patience with her, even though she is a pretty good kid and had the kids watch tv in the afternoon. I than got an opening at this school. They are so patient and calm I can’t even tell you. She started at 2 and ended at 3.5 years because we have had to move to San Jose. We cried on the last day and she has been crying every day at her new school. Ms. Arlene, Ms. Alex, Ms. Sharon and Ms. Jennie are the best. They are a bit strict, but in the goodness of your child. I swear I’m not affliated with them in any way. I writing this from the goodness of my heart. I thought they were alright when my daughter was going there. After trying many places here in fremont, I totally reccomend this place.

Our son was there for one year of kindergarten few years back. Today, in his 3^rd grade at a different school, he still remembers the negative and unfriendly experience he had as a toddler! He was fine while he was there, but was glad that we left the school and learned so much more within months after he left the school. He just did not care for the school and, in retrospect, we were glad to have him move out.
Kids could not talk in normal volume… they had to always whisper. When they arrive, they could not just say ‘Good Morning’, they had to go to the teacher, shake hand that whisper Good Morning. That is strange. The classroom our son was in (near the entrance) has a strange floor plan and not large enough to handle the amount of kids they had. However, the place was usually clean. There was also a large backyard which was safe and fun for all the kids. The biggest problem was that they had a horrible girl-​boy ratio…12 girls and 3 boys. Really?! The director did agree and try to change that, but at the end it ended up being 12:6…the best it could get. That is when started to think that maybe the place is great for girls and not so much for boys.
While the school took so much details to encourage behavior, they did very minimal to drive basic education. The kids fended for themselves. The school had 1 full time teacher; the other teacher was also the director and she did not seem happy teaching — we seldom saw her smile. She had that elite, cloud 9 expression on her face all the time. A lot of us parents who met off site on birthdays, felt the same about the school’s ineffective method to teach the kids. It is not the Montessori style, but the director/school’s behavior and just a lazy attitude towards development (at least at the Children’s House).
The lunch menu was great! Otherwise, really not worth it. This review is only for the Children’s House, not the main campus a mile down the road. Thanks for taking the time to read!

We really loved the preschool program at Children’s House. Ms. Sharon was always great to deal with and the staff was great with our children.