List of Schools in Southern Africa

Foreword:   It is the view of the SAMA, that a successful Montessori School incorporates the following Essential Elements ...




01. Conformity with all local and national laws and regulations pertaining to schools.
02. Teachers who hold a Montessori qualification at NQF level 5 from a training institution registered with the ETDP SETA.
03. Teachers who continuously upgrade their skills and knowledge through attending on-going Montessori and other training workshops, and reading books or articles on childhood development and parenting.
04. Mixed age groups per environment/class i.e. 3-6, 6-9 and 9-12 year olds in one class.
05. A classroom that is fully equipped with Montessori didactic materials in all areas of the Montessori Curriculum.
06. An uninterrupted work cycle of a minimum of 3 hours.

07. Adherence to the Montessori creed of 'follow the child' thereby ensuring that children are not forced into activities that are not appropriate to their particular developmental stage.
08. A teaching approach that must include all subject areas as an integrated whole (Cosmic Approach) thus showing the child the interrelatedness of everything.
09. Each child's freedom to choose any activity previously shown, that they wish to practice and sometimes perfect, for the process of developing themselves.
10. A 'peace education' that is highly valued and practiced by all children and teachers in the school. The Montessori philosophy dictates that all individuals, including children have the right to respect and dignity.
 
•  P L E A S E   N O T E  •
1. These pages list only those schools that are SAMA Members. 2. For further information on a listed school, please contact them directly via e-mail. 3. Many schools have their own websites which may be found through an Internet search. 4. We are unable to furnish any information on any Montessori educational organisation that is not a member.

Schools by Region

   Cape – Eastern & Southern view list      Limpopo view list
   Cape – Western view list      Mpumalanga view list
   Gauteng – North (PTA) view list      Namibia view list
   Gauteng – South (JHB) view list      North West view list
   KwaZulu Natal view list      Swaziland view list

Schools by Name

  Alex Blaikie Montessori
  Apple Tree Montessori Pre-School
  Auburn House School
  Baobab Montessori
  Blue Moon Montessori
  Brightstart Montessori
  Brooklyn Montessori School
  Brylin Pre-Primary & Educare
  Buccleuch Montessori Pre-School and Primary
  Care Free Kids Montessori Centre
  Carnegie House Montessori
  Centurion Montessori
  Chameleon's Montessori
  Constantia Kloof Montessori
  Cullinan's Casa Dei Bambino
  Curious Minds Montessori
  Eden Montessori
  Field & Study Montessori Pre-School
  Follow Me Montessori Pre-School
  Great Heights Montessori
  Greenwood Primary School
  Hatfield Montessori
  Headstart Montessori Pre-Primary
  Hearts, Heads and Hands Montessori School
  Hermanus Montessori School
  High Hopes Montessori School
  Hilltop Montessori Pre-School (Roodepoort)
  Hilltop Montessori School (Kyalami)
  Hilton Montessori Pre-School
  Honeycomb Montessori Pre-School
  Horizons Montessori
  Hout Bay Montessori School
  Ikhaya Labantwana Montessori
  Jam'eyyatul Qurra'
  Kaleidoscope School
  Kat River Valley Montessori School
  Klein Rassies Montessori
  Knysna Montessori School
  Kyalami Pre-school Montessori
  Little Hands Montessori
  Little League Montessori Pre-School
  Little Oak Montessori School
  Little Pioneers Montessori School
  Little Souls Montessori Pre-School
  Love to Learn Montessori
  Lynnwood Park Montessori
  Maria Montessori House
  Midrand Montessori Pre-School
  Mighty Minds Montessori Pre-School
  Modderfontein Montessori Pre-Primary
  Montessori @ Home
  Montessori @ Home Paarl
  Montessori @ Umhlanga
  Montessori Country Kids
  Montessori Eersterust Pre-school
  Montessori Feesgedigskool
  Montessori International Pre-School
 
  Montessori Kindergarten
  Montessori Life (KZN)
  Montessori Life Primary (Swaziland)
  Montessori Little Children
  Montessori Metaphysic Centre
  Montessori Willows Pre-Primary
  Morning Star Montessori
  Musgrave Montessori School
  My Montessori School
  Nakekela Montessori Pre-School
  New Beginnings Montessori – Paarl
  New Acropolis Montessori
  Newberry House Montessori School
  Noordhaven Montessori
  Noordhoek Montessori Pre-Primary
  Nutwood Forest Montessori
  Ocean View Montessori School
  O'Summit Montessori
  Olivedale Montessori School
  Phoenix Montessori School
  Pinelands Montessori Pre-School
  Plaintree Montessori
  Pooh Bear Montessori
  Pretoria Montessori
  Protea Valley Montessori Pre-School
  Rainbow Montessori School
  Randburg Montessori
  Ready, Steady, Go
  Sandton Montessori
  Seedlings Montessori Pre-School
  Shereens Montessori
  Shining Star Montessori
  Silver Creek College
  Skitterland Montessori Kleuterskool
  Small Beginnings Montessori Pre-school
  Somerset Montessori
  Stepping Stones Montessori Pre-School
  Sunflower Montessori Pre-School Port Elizabeth
  Sunshine Coast Montessori
  Sunshine Day Care Montessori
  Teddy Bears Montessori
  The Beehive Montessori Pre-Primary
  The Children's Campaign Trust
  The Children's Studio Montessori Pre-School
  The Cottage Montessori School
  The Kids Room Montessori
  The Little Star Montessori Pre-School
  The Montessori Academy and College
  The Sinai Academy
  Timlin Montessori School
  Tree Tops Montessori Pre-school
  Twinkle Star Montessori
  Tygervalley Montessori
  Villa Montessori Pre-School
  Village Montessori School
  Whizzkids Montessori
  Wonder Kids Montessori Pre-School
  Zippy Zebra Montessori



Is a Montessori school the right place for my child?



Yes! For your assurance, a successful Montessori school strives to answer each of the following questions positively, and SAMA assists them in this ideal.

Q.
Are the children: ...
Respected at all times so that their personal dignity is constantly upheld?
Given the responsibility for their actions and choices and so encouraged to develop spontaneous self-discipline?
Free to learn at their own pace?
Allowed to work undisturbed, either by an adult or another child?
Working with real objects?
Free to choose activities that interest them, even though the choice may be to avoid the academic area all day?
Free to do individual or group work?
Free to work at a table or on a mat on the floor?
Free to choose any activity from a shelf although it may be too advance for him/her (one can always turn it into a positive activity for the child, e.g. to polish or dust it)?
Given access to work that engages the hand and the mind?
Given unlimited opportunity to repeat any activity as long as she/he likes?
Working for the satisfaction of doing the activity itself, rather than motivated by some external reward, e.g. you can go outside after you have done something indoors?
Allowed to sit quietly doing nothing (in solitude)?
Given indirect presentations before receiving presentations, e.g. many I spy games before being presented the sand paper letters?
Writing before reading?
Is your environment very ordered, with a place for everything and everything always in its place?
Are the shelves low so the activities are displayed at the child’s height and narrow so the child can successfully lift materials off the shelf and put them back?
Does the child’s work cycle include fetching his/her own materials and putting them back ready for the next person to use?
Is each activity arranged and set up in a progressive and orderly way?
Do the children care for the order in the environment?

From :
'Letter from the Chairman' – Pru Ramsey
'Follow the Child' journal of the Montessori Society of Southern Africa,
Spring 1995.