Countryside Montessori Academy — Corona, CA

Countryside Montessori Academy

Countryside Montessori Academy is a Montessori preschool and daycare in Corona, California. It offers Montessori-based early education and care including infant, toddler, preschool and before-and-after school options, plus year‑round extracurricular activities.

About

Overview

Countryside Montessori Academy is a Montessori preschool and day care center located in Corona, California. The centre provides Montessori-based early education in prepared environments intended to support children’s independence, exploration, and practical skills.

Approach and curriculum

The program is based on the Montessori method, emphasising self-directed activity within prepared classrooms guided by teachers as nurturing guides. The published curriculum areas include Practical Life, Language Arts, Cultural Science, Physical Activity, Sensorial work, Mathematics, and Music & Arts.

Facilities, meals & activities

Classrooms are described as bright and designed to stimulate learning with materials that encourage hand/eye coordination and cognitive development. Children have daily opportunities for outdoor recreation, the centre offers year‑round enrichment and extracurricular activities, and a warm nutritious lunch is provided to children for a nominal fee.

Programs

Before & After School Care

Before and after school care is provided to support families with earlier drop‑off and later pick‑up times.

6:30am - 9:00am; 2:30pm - 6:00pm

Infant

The infant environment is prepared with developmentally appropriate materials and activities to support mental, motor, social and emotional development; teachers monitor each child’s schedule and communicate with parents daily.

9am - 12pm (half day); 9am - 2:30pm (full day)

Preschool

The preschool classroom is mixed‑age with an expanded academic curriculum focused on self‑care, internal discipline, mathematics, reading and writing, and learning through hands‑on work.

9am - 2:30pm

Summer program

The centre offers year‑round extracurricular activities and a summer program to provide additional enrichment outside the regular schedule.

Toddler

The toddler program uses prepared environments and materials to develop fine and gross motor coordination, language, practical life skills, sensorial exploration, music and movement while promoting social interaction.