Our innovating teaching approach
Where French Elegance Meets traditional Montessori program and Modern Neuroscience
For over 13 years, in the heart of North Park, The French Montessori Infant & Preschool of San Diego has combined the timeless principles of authentic Montessori education with the richness of French culture and teaching practices inspired by the latest discoveries in neuroscience.
Our classrooms are thoughtfully prepared to nurture each child’s natural curiosity, independence, and love of learning.
we recognize that young children’s brains are naturally designed to learn through meaningful experiences, movement, exploration, and purposeful work.
Children are encouraged to choose activities independently, solve problems, and develop executive functions such as concentration, self-control, memory, and cognitive flexibility—essential skills for lifelong success.
Our approach integrates key principles from modern neuroscience with authentic Montessori education.
Neuroscience Principles
Brain Plasticity: Young children’s brains are remarkably adaptable. Rich, meaningful experiences strengthen the neural pathways that support lifelong learning.
Executive Functions: Carefully designed activities develop working memory, inhibitory control, cognitive flexibility, attention, and self-regulation—the cognitive skills that underpin academic success.
Autonomy and group work: Children are empowered to make choices, solve problems, and care for themselves and their environment, fostering independence, confidence, and intrinsic motivation.
Respectful Guidance: Educators provide calm, consistent, and compassionate guidance, building secure relationships that support emotional well-being and learning.
Mixed-Age Community: Montessori mixed-age classrooms encourage collaboration, empathy, leadership, and peer learning, allowing children to learn both by observing and by teaching one another.
This approach complements the Montessori philosophy by supporting the natural development of the whole child—academically, socially, emotionally, and cognitively.