ABOUT MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF REGINA

The Montessori School of Regina, Inc., established in 1971, is a private, non-profit organization dedicated to child-centered learning that helps each student reach their potential. We offer Pre-Primary Programs that operate as licensed childcare facilities regulated by the Ministry of Early Years in Saskatchewan, serving children aged 2.6 to 5 years across three campuses in Regina. Our Elementary Programs for students in Grades 1 to 8 function as a Qualified Independent School in the south end of Regina. As an alternative school, the Montessori School of Regina strives to create a respectful and peaceful environment where students can nurture their unique talents and develop a foundation for lifelong independent learning.

Mission

The Montessori School of Regina, Inc., strives to create a respectful, peaceful Montessori community, where students can nurture and grow their unique talents and develop a foundation for lifelong, independent learning.

Vision

To make our school as the community’s choice for Montessori learning experience in Regina.

At Montessori School of Regina, we embrace four core values that shape our community and guide our approach to education:

Independence

Encouraging self-directed learning and fostering confidence in children to make their own choices.

Education

Providing a holistic, child-centered environment that nurtures intellectual, social, and emotional growth.

Diversity

Celebrating the uniqueness of every individual and building a community that values inclusivity and cultural richness.

Respect

Promoting kindness, empathy, and mutual respect in all interactions, creating a harmonious learning environment. These values reflect our commitment to nurturing well-rounded, compassionate individuals.

MONTESSORI PHILOSOPHY

Montessori School of Regina, Inc. adheres to the unique educational method, based upon scientific observations set out a century ago by Dr. Maria Montessori. She observed children’s almost effortless ability to absorb knowledge from their surroundings, as well as their tireless interest in manipulating materials. The Montessori philosophy aims at developing this desire to learn by children, using their natural curiosity and love of knowledge. They are able to learn and acquire an ‘inner discipline’ free of the need for external reinforcements. They teach themselves.

To educate the whole child, Dr. Montessori felt the child must have the freedom to learn at his or her own pace and in an individualized and self-directed manner. The Montessori teachers guide the child’s energies into constructive learning channels, taking into account the differences in learning styles and pace. The environment is specially prepared to encourage directed, independent learning. This is the core of the Dr. Montessori educational philosophy.

THE MONTESSORI METHOD

Learning progression and appropriate materials and lessons are all part of adhering to the Montessori method first created by the acclaimed Dr. Maria Montessori. Based on this time-tested approach to development, students are introduced to practical life skills, language, math, social sciences and sensorial skills, during a three-year educational progression.

PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS

Practical Life exercises help to instill care for self, others, and the environment. Activities include many of the tasks children see as part of the daily routine in their home, such as pouring, buttoning, sorting, along with exercises of grace and courtesy. Through these tasks, children develop muscular coordination, enabling movement and exploration of their surroundings. They learn to work at a task from beginning to end, and to develop their powers of control and concentration.

LANGUAGE

In Montessori classrooms, reading is taught with the ‘phonetic’ method – learning the sounds of the letters in preparation for reading and word building. We use the combination of the Alphabet phonics lessons and the Montessori language approach. When ready, students participate in a Reading and Writing program.

MATH

Early Math activities help children learn and understand number concepts by manipulating tactile materials. This work gives children a solid understanding of basic mathematical principles, prepares them for later abstract reasoning, and helps to develop problem-solving capabilities.

SOCIAL SCIENCES

Our Social Sciences curriculum explores the areas of science, social studies, geography, art and history. Children are exposed to a rich, stimulating variety of work through hands-on learning. Working with the cultural materials help children become aware that they are part of the greater family of humanity.

SENSORIAL

Sensorial Materials serve as tools for development. Children build cognitive skills, and learn to order and classify impressions by touching, seeing, smelling, tasting, listening, and exploring the physical properties of their environment.

PROGRAMS

Maria Montessori said, “Free the child’s potential, and you will transform him into the world.” At Montessori School of Regina, we believe in holistic education that fosters independence, diversity, and respect. We believe in the child’s natural ability to wonder and explore the World around them. Providing an educational experience where every child can develop who they were made to be!

PRE-PRIMARY

Our Pre-Primary programs, starting at the age of 2.6 years, are offered at our three campuses, which are licensed childcare facilities under the Ministry of Early Years: Pasqua campus (3515 Pasqua St.), Hillsdale campus (3913 Hillsdale St.), and Mayfield campus (101 Mayfield Rd.). We also cater to kindergarten-age children, offering the program five days a week in accordance with the school calendar at each campus.

Under the direction of a Montessori head educator and an educational assistant, the children explore Montessori areas: Practical Life, Sensorial, Cultural/Science, Math, and Language.

The Pre-Primary program is individualized to meet the unique needs of every student, providing them with free choice and movement throughout the classroom. Our program offers Montessori materials, engaging activities, vibrant art projects for creativity and exploration,and a music program once a week. We believe in the importance ofdeveloping the whole child: physical, cognitive, social, spiritual, andcreative.

ELEMENTARY

Our Elementary program is offered from grades 1 to 8. The Elementary Program is divided into three multi-grade classrooms – Lower Elementary (grades 1-2), Middle Elementary (grades 3-5), and Senior Elementary (grades 6-8). Our elementary programs are based on Dr. Maria Montessori’s observations on the second plane of development. During this stage of growth, students aged six to twelve are innately learning socialization, reasoning, peer identity, and moral development.

By following the Saskatchewan Curriculum and Guidelines, students engage in a personalized learning experience that accommodates their unique needs and interests. The Montessori approach encourages independence, choice, and collaborative learning, promoting the development of the whole child through thematic exploration and cosmic education. Progress is monitored through regular report cards and parent-teacher interviews, ensuring open communication about each child’s development.

OUR CAMPUSES

PASQUA

PRE-PRIMARY

HILLSDALE

PRE-PRIMARY

MAYFIELD

PRE-PRIMARY

MCTAVISH

ELEMENTARY

STAY CONNECTED WITH THE MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF REGINA!

#ElementaryFeatureFridays

This week the Montessori Elementary Campus learned the basics of Contemporary Dance through workshops lead by Saskatchewan-born dancer Lindsay Harpham! Thank you to Live Arts Saskatchewan for hosting such a fun and informative program! 💃

#montessori #yqrschools #elementary #dance #livearts

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#ElementaryFeatureFridays

This week the Montessori Elementary Campus learned the basics of Contemporary Dance through workshops lead by Saskatchewan-born dancer Lindsay Harpham! Thank you to Live Arts Saskatchewan for hosting such a fun and informative program! 💃

#montessori #yqrschools #elementary #dance #livearts

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#MayfieldThursdays

Yesterday, students from our Aspen and Birch classrooms enjoyed a special visit from Saskatchewan Roughriders Wide Receiver, Dhel Duncan-Busby, who spent time reading a book aloud and talking with them about the importance of literacy, teamwork, and perseverance.

This special visit created an engaging connection between learning and real-life role models, inspiring students to value reading while also seeing how dedication and positive choices extend beyond the classroom and into the wider community.

Big thank you to Dhel, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders Foundation, for providing this fun opportunity for our students!

#montessoriyqr #preschool #kindergarten #elementary montessorischool

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#MayfieldThursdays

Yesterday, students from our Aspen and Birch classrooms enjoyed a special visit from Saskatchewan Roughriders Wide Receiver, Dhel Duncan-Busby, who spent time reading a book aloud and talking with them about the importance of literacy, teamwork, and perseverance.

This special visit created an engaging connection between learning and real-life role models, inspiring students to value reading while also seeing how dedication and positive choices extend beyond the classroom and into the wider community.

Big thank you to Dhel, and the Saskatchewan Roughriders Foundation, for providing this fun opportunity for our students!

#montessoriyqr #preschool #kindergarten #elementary montessorischool

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Curious about Montessori beyond Kindergarten and entering Grade 1 this fall?

Join us for our Elementary Information Night tomorrow, January 22 at 6:30 PM! This evening will focus on students entering Grade 1, while also sharing how our Montessori program supports learners all the way through Grade 8.

See poster for more details!!

See you there!! ✨

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Curious about Montessori beyond Kindergarten and entering Grade 1 this fall?

Join us for our Elementary Information Night tomorrow, January 22 at 6:30 PM! This evening will focus on students entering Grade 1, while also sharing how our Montessori program supports learners all the way through Grade 8.

See poster for more details!!

See you there!! ✨

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Hello 👋🏻 it’s #pasquawednesdays

Guess what? We’re cooking, again! 🧑‍🍳
As part of our Human Body Unit we are learning about the importance of nutrition! Together, we prepared a delicious vegetable soup. We washed, peeled, and cut using real tools! Our favourite vegetable to peel was the carrot and our favourite to cut were the potatoes, it’s a bit tricky! 🥕 🥔 We had so much fun working as a team and learning about healthy foods to fuel our body.

The best part, eating and sharing together! 😋

#preprimary #foodprepping #healthystart

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Hello 👋🏻 it’s #pasquawednesdays

Guess what? We’re cooking, again! 🧑‍🍳
As part of our Human Body Unit we are learning about the importance of nutrition! Together, we prepared a delicious vegetable soup. We washed, peeled, and cut using real tools! Our favourite vegetable to peel was the carrot and our favourite to cut were the potatoes, it’s a bit tricky! 🥕 🥔 We had so much fun working as a team and learning about healthy foods to fuel our body.

The best part, eating and sharing together! 😋

#preprimary #foodprepping #healthystart

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Presenting #HillsdaleTuesdays!!!

It’s Week 3 in our newest Montessori classroom at our Hillsdale campus!! Please meet the Oak Classroom 🌳

New friends, new routines, and the Montessori basics in action! From sharing family trees and exploring emotions to working with the Pink Tower and Brown Stairs, our students are settling in beautifully. They even celebrated a friend’s birthday today the Montessori way with a Birthday Walk ☀️🎉

We’re so happy to welcome our new students and families as they begin their Montessori journey with us. ✨

#preschool #yqrschools #montessori #preprimary #childcare

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Presenting #HillsdaleTuesdays!!!

It’s Week 3 in our newest Montessori classroom at our Hillsdale campus!! Please meet the Oak Classroom 🌳

New friends, new routines, and the Montessori basics in action! From sharing family trees and exploring emotions to working with the Pink Tower and Brown Stairs, our students are settling in beautifully. They even celebrated a friend’s birthday today the Montessori way with a Birthday Walk ☀️🎉

We’re so happy to welcome our new students and families as they begin their Montessori journey with us. ✨

#preschool #yqrschools #montessori #preprimary #childcare

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What a GREAT #montessorimonday!

Our friends at the Pasqua Campus this morning were working with the Sensorial Materials! The Sensorial Materials in the Montessori Pre-Primary Classroom help children build their senses and develop skills like classification, comparison, discrimination, vocabulary, and focused attention 🤯!

The best part of the Pre-Primary classroom happens when asked to explain what they built; which they promptly informed our teachers, an airport! So much amazing creativity, care, and attention in the Sensorial area today! Great work young learners!

#preprimary #sensorial #earlylearning #classroom

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What a GREAT #montessorimonday!

Our friends at the Pasqua Campus this morning were working with the Sensorial Materials! The Sensorial Materials in the Montessori Pre-Primary Classroom help children build their senses and develop skills like classification, comparison, discrimination, vocabulary, and focused attention 🤯!

The best part of the Pre-Primary classroom happens when asked to explain what they built; which they promptly informed our teachers, an airport! So much amazing creativity, care, and attention in the Sensorial area today! Great work young learners!

#preprimary #sensorial #earlylearning #classroom

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Hello & Happy New Year from #MayfieldThursdays!

Lately, our Birch classroom has been delighted in discovering how animals adapt to winter’s chilly changes. Through stories, experiments and hands-on activities, they have been learning how some animals grow thicker fur, others migrate to warmer places, and some curl up to hibernate until spring.

Exploring winter habitats sparks curiosity, builds early science skills, and helps the students understand the rhythms of nature—all while fostering empathy for the animals that share our world.

#preschool #kindergarten #montessori #yqrschools childcare

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Hello & Happy New Year from #MayfieldThursdays!

Lately, our Birch classroom has been delighted in discovering how animals adapt to winter’s chilly changes. Through stories, experiments and hands-on activities, they have been learning how some animals grow thicker fur, others migrate to warmer places, and some curl up to hibernate until spring.

Exploring winter habitats sparks curiosity, builds early science skills, and helps the students understand the rhythms of nature—all while fostering empathy for the animals that share our world.

#preschool #kindergarten #montessori #yqrschools childcare

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#ElementaryFeatureFriday

❄️‘Twas the week before the holiday break, and MSR Elementary was an extremely busy place! ❄️

On Tuesday, we held a showcase for the grade 5-8 students to show off the songs that they learned with School of Rock over the last eight weeks. The students all worked very hard on their performances, and they did an amazing job! Thank you to School of Rock for sharing their space with us and for supporting our students on this musical journey! As well, thank you to all the parents who came out to watch the show! 🎶

Thursday brought the Holiday Market! Our grade 3-5 students created their own holiday businesses and worked hard to promote them around the school! From ornaments and holiday crafts to yummy treats and drinks, there were so many fun products to choose from. The market was a huge success! 🛍️

And, of course, though all of this, we had our Holiday Spirit Week! The halls of elementary were filled with students sporting holiday hats, festive flannel, ugly sweaters, winter character costumes, and cozy pajamas! We also had fun activities like school-wide musical chairs, bouncy castle fun, movies, and many (so so many) treats.

We hope you all have a restful holiday break! See you in January!

#montessori #yqrschools #elementary #holidays

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#ElementaryFeatureFriday

❄️‘Twas the week before the holiday break, and MSR Elementary was an extremely busy place! ❄️

On Tuesday, we held a showcase for the grade 5-8 students to show off the songs that they learned with School of Rock over the last eight weeks. The students all worked very hard on their performances, and they did an amazing job! Thank you to School of Rock for sharing their space with us and for supporting our students on this musical journey! As well, thank you to all the parents who came out to watch the show! 🎶

Thursday brought the Holiday Market! Our grade 3-5 students created their own holiday businesses and worked hard to promote them around the school! From ornaments and holiday crafts to yummy treats and drinks, there were so many fun products to choose from. The market was a huge success! 🛍️

And, of course, though all of this, we had our Holiday Spirit Week! The halls of elementary were filled with students sporting holiday hats, festive flannel, ugly sweaters, winter character costumes, and cozy pajamas! We also had fun activities like school-wide musical chairs, bouncy castle fun, movies, and many (so so many) treats.

We hope you all have a restful holiday break! See you in January!

#montessori #yqrschools #elementary #holidays

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#mayfieldthursdays

The weather outside is frightful, but Montessori is so delightful! ☃️

Our Aspen and Birch classrooms have been enjoying some holiday fun this week, from themed work to special dress up days, students have been embracing the holiday season with cheer ❄️ ⭐️

#yqrschools #preprimary #childcare #montessorischool winterbreak

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#mayfieldthursdays

The weather outside is frightful, but Montessori is so delightful! ☃️

Our Aspen and Birch classrooms have been enjoying some holiday fun this week, from themed work to special dress up days, students have been embracing the holiday season with cheer ❄️ ⭐️

#yqrschools #preprimary #childcare #montessorischool winterbreak

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#pasquawednesdays from our Poplar & Willow class!

Wow! Look at these hard little workers focused on their math lessons! The most beautiful aspect of Montessori is our students having the opportunity to enhance their skills, learning, and development self-directed in their own way. Sometimes that means working on a floor mat, at a table, or with a friend! We are so proud of our eager mathematicians!

#preprimary #montessorieducation

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#pasquawednesdays from our Poplar & Willow class!

Wow! Look at these hard little workers focused on their math lessons! The most beautiful aspect of Montessori is our students having the opportunity to enhance their skills, learning, and development self-directed in their own way. Sometimes that means working on a floor mat, at a table, or with a friend! We are so proud of our eager mathematicians!

#preprimary #montessorieducation

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#HillsdaleTuesdays from Maple Class! 🍁

Our learners are exploring winter animals through hands-on, meaningful work - studying penguins with three-part cards, sorting animals by hibernation, migration, and adaptation, exploring the winter animals shelf, and discovering textures in our sensory tray with rice and animal figures. Every activity invites curiosity, independence, and thoughtful learning. 🐧🦊🐻

#preschool #montessori #yqrschools

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#HillsdaleTuesdays from Maple Class! 🍁

Our learners are exploring winter animals through hands-on, meaningful work - studying penguins with three-part cards, sorting animals by hibernation, migration, and adaptation, exploring the winter animals shelf, and discovering textures in our sensory tray with rice and animal figures. Every activity invites curiosity, independence, and thoughtful learning. 🐧🦊🐻

#preschool #montessori #yqrschools

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#montessorimondays

Our friends are working with a language material called the Moveable Alphabet! It is a beautiful wooden box containing 26 different compartments, each containing wooden letters! Guess what? The vowels are blue and the consonants are red! Our students are working with the material hands-on, allowing them to build words without using a pencil and paper. What an amazing pre-writing tool!

#montessorieducation #preprimary #language

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#montessorimondays

Our friends are working with a language material called the Moveable Alphabet! It is a beautiful wooden box containing 26 different compartments, each containing wooden letters! Guess what? The vowels are blue and the consonants are red! Our students are working with the material hands-on, allowing them to build words without using a pencil and paper. What an amazing pre-writing tool!

#montessorieducation #preprimary #language

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WHAT FAMILIES SAY ABOUT US

We feel privileged to have the opportunity to send our children to Montessori School of Regina for Pre-Primary. Our daughter attended even before the school became a licensed childcare facility, and we can confidently say it was worth every penny. She has grown to think outside the box, exudes confidence, demonstrates kindness, and works hard. Now, with our youngest, we feel even more fortunate to send him to MSR with the support of childcare fees, while still receiving the same high-quality care and programming. Thank you to all the educators and staff at MSR for the incredible care and teaching you’ve provided to our children!

- Bonus Family, a part of the MSR community since 2021

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ABOUT MONTESSORI SCHOOL OF REGINA

Mission

Vision

Independence

Education

Diversity

Respect

MONTESSORI PHILOSOPHY

THE MONTESSORI METHOD

PRACTICAL LIFE SKILLS

LANGUAGE

MATH

SOCIAL SCIENCES

SENSORIAL

PROGRAMS

PRE-PRIMARY

ELEMENTARY

OUR CAMPUSES

PASQUA

PRE-PRIMARY

HILLSDALE

PRE-PRIMARY

MAYFIELD

PRE-PRIMARY

MCTAVISH

ELEMENTARY

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