We love this little school! Our 2 year old started attending this fall and we are all loving the…read moreexperience!! After less than 1 week of drop offs with tears, he walks into class confidently with a big grin everyday. I can tell that he feels securely attached to his teachers, and feels safe in the environment. What a great feeling as a parent! While I'm at work he is learning how to grind cinnamon, water plants and count - it's the perfect place for him to be. Our whole family is grateful for the community, and we feel very supported by the teachers. His toddler teachers are wonderful, and really pour love and guidance into the kids.

This is the worst preschool I have ever encountered. They are frauds as far as Montessori, when my…read morechild went there, only ONE teacher (out of 5) was trained in Montessori. The owner was as well but is rarely present & if she is- she is in the office. This is a "damage control" school, the ratio between student & teacher is about 1 to 20. There are usually enough staff there, because they were turned into the state- but that doesn't mean they are with the children! The lack of compassion for children is obscene. I removed my child due to the rules of no hugging & absolutely no affection. I have spoken to other parents & a teacher who left for this reason. This place is a joke for a Montessori- worst school in Fort Collins.

Please fully educate yourself on this particular institution before sending your child here. There…read moreis a huge teacher turn-over without letting parents know. Children are taken off school premises and parents are not notified until after the fact. Very cold atmosphere. School does NOT allow parents to drop-by unless an appointment is made prior. Our experience with Montessori was AMAZING before we moved to Colorado. This school has been reported to Larimer County Child Social Services in the past. I highly recommend that if you are looking for a pre-school, stay away from this one.

This preschool has been and continues to be an INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE for my son. My son is…read moreextremely active and the staff at Loveland Montessori have helped him direct his energy toward positive learning. He absolutely loves the staff and we have seen a major change in not only his preparedness for kindergarten--in terms of academics, maturity, and social interaction--but also in the way he behaves and interacts at home. He is definitely learning to be an independent young learner and the environment at the school values his curious, adventurous nature. I am so grateful we discovered this great school. We are even planning to enroll our other child in their "tot" program!

My children love the Cheyenne Montessori School. Their teachers are well trained and have…read moreMontessori certifications. The classes are set up well, with each class having its own set of bathrooms, and hand washing sinks. The methods used encourage independence and creativity. My preschool aged children are making a lot of progress towards work they will do next year in kindergarten, and come home proud they did kindergarten work. I am seeing good growth in life skills, math, language, and handwriting. Really cool to see them learn so much and be able to explain things to me. One of my daughters classes has more extensive Spanish language instruction, and I enjoy her pointing things out to me in Spanish.

A bad teacher can ruin a child's education. If an individual cannot do the job properly, they…read moreshould not be in that situation. Poor communication and vague correspondence seems unprofessional in an education setting

Mountain Shadows International Montessori School is a phenomenal place for children to learn and…read moregrow. Head of School Lauren F, Assistant Head of School Jeff, and the entire teaching team are exceptional--caring, professional, and deeply committed to the Montessori philosophy. My son is in his fourth year at MSIMS and my daughter in her second, and both absolutely thrive here. It is also the only fully accredited AMI Montessori school in Colorado, offering a level of quality education you won't find anywhere else. I cannot recommend this school enough.

My daughter attended the school in 2020-2022 and our experience was far from positive. When we…read moretoured and applied in 2020, the school sounded fantastic. Unfortunately between the time we applied and the time we started, the seemingly wonderful head of school left and the board selected someone with no educational experience to replace them. A year later the other, fantastic, member of the original 2-person admin team left. My daughter started in YCC at 18mo. Several times my daughter came home with injuries (head injuries, bite marks) and no incident report or communication from the school. In 2022 we moved into one of the primary classrooms. My daughter initially had an ok experience in primary. But again we found out about several incidents from her that should have warranted an incident report, but never did. This culminated in her telling us that one child had hit and shoved her 3-4 times inn the course of a week. We of course brought this up and the teacher kept trying to tell us this was "normal behavior". We disagreed, and attempted to raise this with the head of school, who ignored us for weeks. In this time we had interactions with several other parents, where upon telling them of the issue we'd get responses like "oh, was it [kid]? My kiddo was getting hit by them too." One other parent told us their kid shook with anxiety about going to school and had to be kept home for a month as a result of bullying by this same kid. It became clear that the kid in question had bullied almost every other kid in the classroom, and the school had done nothing about it. Finally, we got a meeting with the head of school. He started by gaslighting us, telling us we were "complainers" and that he felt "nothing he could do would ever make us happy" - as if enforcing the school's own policies on bullying were too much to ask. We quickly ended the meeting after agreeing that the school would refund us the tuition we had paid for the two-month summer session we wouldn't be attending. The school refused to issue a refund until after the summer session, and then sent us ~$200. Half-day tuition at the school is ~$2,000/month. The refund is laughable and, in my opinion, an intentional fraud. In summary our experience was of an incompetent administration, classrooms that could not provide a safe learning environment for our child, a sudden termination of services and a wholly inadequate refund from a disingenuous head of school.

This is an amazing family run school. The director is amazing and truly puts her heart and soul…read moreinto it. It was a really great find in the country. The owner, Mrs. Lynn, is really calm and so insightful. She teaches montessori and trains teachers in boulder. Her dad comes to the school to do the shoveling and gardening. He is a retired doctor and also helps check out the kids if they fall or have any problems. He is really fun to talk to and has some pretty hilarious stories!! It is out on the outskirts of town which is neat. Not a lot of traffic to get to. They also have pets and animals at the school. Drop offs are super easy. They come to your car. It makes the transition easier for the kids. You sign them in and out from your car (unless it's really cold or rainy). This was such a great find!!!! Update: 11/9/14 This school continues to surprise me. I have been helping out a little in my sons preschool classroom and I absolutely love the new teacher Mrs. Katie. She is wonderful with the little ones. I have also been shadowing the elementary teacher. And oh my goodness she is amazing. They are learning college level biology and 6th grade English in the lower level elementary. The elementary teacher mixes Montessori and Core education. She has over 30 years experience teaching. All the children out of the Kindergarten can read before first grade. The Kindergarten teacher is probably one of the best Montessori teachers in Colorado. She trains Montessori teachers in Boulder at MECR. Next week the kindergarten is doing the human body. They have a working heart model complete with chambers. The class ratio as of November is 4 to 1 elementary, 4 to 1 kindergarten, preschool is 10 to 1. i will be keeping my son here as long as possible.

Excellent school. Exceeds public schools hands down. Student/Teacher ratio is 10/1. This ensures…read morestudent gets the right level of attention and focus on growth. My daughter learned to read, write, add/subtract, skip count all in Kinder. The curriculum also includes science, music all traditional classes. However, Mrs. Lynn's approach is very hands-on/interactive learning. This school is amazing. They offer pre-school, K-4th grade.

We've had two kiddos in this school from toddler through Kindergarten. The teachers are amazing,…read morethe socio-emotional skills they develop and the relationships they foster are top-notch. I'd recommend this place to anyone looking for quality childcare in Greeley.

Exceptional school. Very responsive to all my questions and I had an easy experience enrolling my…read moreson in the toddler room. The Montessori method makes all the difference. My 2 year old has learned so much! I am so thankful that he is able to be in school and have the socialization with other children his age.

I cannot in good faith recommend this school to any child or family. My child went to this school…read morefor about 1.5 years, starting at about 2.5. I have PTSD from the judgement my child received, lack of support, poor communication, and overall unprofessionalism of leadership. The teachers were very kind, but unfortunately, not fully equipped to support a variety of children's needs. My child has thrived since leaving this school and had zero issues with classmates and teachers. I believe if you're child is quite docile and loves to work alone that this could be a fine enough option for you, but if that's not the case, I'd encourage you to look elsewhere. And my best advice is just to talk to a handful of parents at the school. It can seem really nice on the surface, but the best way to know what it's really like is to talk to the community of parents that currently have children enrolled. Many felt the same way, but as you know, it's hard to find good childcare so it was the lesser of the evils for a lot of families. I fully expect the school to try to retaliate this review (as defense was often the communication I was met with for any concerns), but I hope that some of the professionalism has come back to the school and they will just receive the feedback and learn from it.

My children have attended Autana for the last two years and we have had a great experience! It's…read moreimportant to remember when dealing with toddlers they will always be unpredictable. But the one thing that you can count on at Autana is them addressing and mediating any issues that may be happening. The women are sweet and nurturing. They teach structure and peace and love our kids. I love that they eat healthy snacks and do community activities with the families of the school so we can all get to know each other. If you are looking for women who really invest in their job this is the school for you.

I have seen Rivendell School almost every week when I drive by to deposit my recycling. They have a…read morebrightly colored playground and a huge peacock statue that was once was covered in CD's which was very very creative! It reminded me of a real peacock! It has since lost the CD's and is now dressed Hawaiian style. About a week ago I saw that Rivendell has signs up for a book sale. The prices looked very reasonable. About 50 cents to 2 dollars, depending upon what type of book. I went in and looked around the place. I was very impressed! The school is fairly small and the main room is covered in books. A very impressive library! I bought about four or five books all for a very good price and the ladies that were working there were all very nice and sweet. After going to the book sale I decided to investigate more about what Rivendell School was about. I saw that they have been around Fort Collins since 1976. They are a nonprofit, secular private school. They have a huge emphasis on respect. They teach children how to respect the teachers and each other no matter how different you may be. In other words they don't let the cliche's run wild like at regular public schools. Their curriculum is less 'goal oriented' meaning they don't primarily focus on test scores and make things so directional. If a child needs a little extra attention then they can get that extra attention because of the small class size. Wow! How I wish I could have gone to a school like Rivendell! I was not impressed or amused overall with my public school experience and think I would have done much better in a place like this. While I don't have children I would highly recommend this place to friends that have children that are about to start school. I think they could greatly benefit from it. I also will be keeping tabs on the school's events and would love to continue to support this place! There really, really needs to be more schools like this!

Both of my children attend or attend here. The teachers are wonderful, caring, and highly…read morequalified. The curriculum allows students to progress at their own pace. The low teacher/student ratio provides a wealth of time for individual instruction in literacy, math, foreign language, science, and social studies. The school has a tight-knit community that fosters a life-long love of learning,, a trait that is more than worth the cost of tuition.