At three years of age, the child has already laid the foundations of the human personality and needs the special help of education in the school. The acquisitions he has made are such that we can say the child who enters school at three is an old man.

Dr. Maria Montessori

GOALS & OBJECTIVES

Our Montessori program provides a well-rounded curriculum that caters to the unique needs of every child. We are committed to nurturing and educating the total development of your young child.

The school goals and objectives are as follows:

• Provide a Montessori education personalized to each child, enabling them to become active, contributing members of society.
• Provide plenty of physical activities and free play time in complying with the Montessori learning experience.
• Provide children with a quality program in a safe, nurturing and stimulating environment that enables them to become independent individuals.
• Help children develop socially, intellectually, emotionally, and physically at their own pace.
• Help each child to develop the good foundational habits, attitudes, and skills which are essential for a lifetime of creative learning.
• Build a strong partnership between home and school to cultivate a family-oriented program with a comfortable, inviting atmosphere.

“The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind.”

Dr. Maria Montessori

Our Staff

Our school is staffed with Montessori-certified teachers and accredited Early Childhood Educators - staff is all classified under Manitoba Family Services and Labour, as Early Childhood Educators and Child Care Assistants.

Asha Doreen Edirisinghe  ECEIII, AMI
Director

Asha received her AMI Montessori Diploma in 2006 after studying for two years at the prestigious Association Montessori International (AMI), Good Shepherd Maria Montessori Training Center, Sri Lanka.

She has also completed her Early Childhood Educator (E.C.E.II) program and the Early Childhood Program Management Course (Early Childhood Educator III) in Manitoba and has met the qualification under The Community Child Care Standards Act as an Early Childhood Educator III.

Asha worked in two leading Montessori schools in Winnipeg as a Montessori teacher and supervisor for over six years before she started the Richmond Montessori School (RMS) in 2012. She had previously taught as a kindergarten teacher for two years and a primary school (English, Mathematics, Science and Geography) for four years, which further expanded her experience in early childhood education.

Asha is dedicated to creating a loving environment and a versatile teaching program based on the Montessori teaching theories/methods as well as additional Kinder Music, French lessons, physical activities to meet every child’s individual needs. Asha has two sons, and both grew up in a Montessori educational environment.

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