Montessori Infant Program | Best Montessori Child Care Program Minneapolis
Our Peaceful Valley Montessori Academy Infant Program offers a warm, nurturing beginning where your baby is cherished as an individual and embraced with gentle, intentional care. We aim to create a calm environment that is lovingly prepared to honor your child's natural rhythms, providing soothing routines, responsive caregiving, and the freedom to explore, feel secure, and grow with confidence. Through purposeful movement, rich sensory experiences, and beautifully designed materials, your little one will naturally begin building early problem-solving abilities, fine and gross motor skills, language foundations, and a budding sense of independence. This is more than infant care, it's a tender, Montessori-guided start to lifelong learning, rooted in compassion, citizenship, and partnership, and it reflects what families often recognize in us as the best Montessori childcare option in Minneapolis. Schedule a tour, visit our school, and feel the warmth of our community for yourself.
Montessori Infant Program Enrollment
Ages Served
6 weeks to 16 months
Locations
Schedule Options
Full-time and part-time enrollment available
Hours
Monday through Friday, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM
Potty Training Required
Not required for our infant program
Curriculum Focus
Our Infant Program is rooted in genuine Montessori principles, offering a warm, thoughtfully prepared space that gently supports your baby's natural stages of growth. With loving guidance and beautifully designed sensory materials, your little one will begin to build early motor skills, language awareness, concentration, and problem-solving in their own time.
Daily Routine
Each baby is lovingly supported with an individualized feeding schedule that follows their natural hunger cues, and rest times that honor their own comforting biorhythms. Plenty of peaceful floor time invites mobility and exploration, while soft, sensory-rich experiences help spark curiosity and joyful early learning.
Classroom Experience
Our infant spaces are warm, inviting, and thoughtfully designed with plenty of room for gentle movement and exploration. Our Montessori guides offer attentive, nurturing care while supporting each baby's growing independence through calm observation and responsive guidance.
About Our Montessori Infant Program
The Infant Program here at Peaceful Valley Montessori Academy is a gentle, nurturing beginning where your baby is truly seen, supported, and respected. In these earliest months, every sound, touch, and connection shapes the foundation of who they are becoming, and our program is designed to honor this incredible stage of growth. From purposeful movement to early language experiences and sensory-rich materials, your little one begins building essential skills that support brain development, confidence, independence, and meaningful connections. Our Montessori guides observe with intention, guide with tenderness, and prepare spaces that encourage curiosity and secure attachment. According to the American Montessori Society, starting Montessori at a young age gives your baby the gift of a calm, respectful beginning, one that nurtures early developmental milestones, builds emotional security, and helps them grow into capable, confident learners.
From 6 Weeks to 16 Months: Development Support For Every Stage
Our Infant program curriculum is shaped by the belief that even the youngest children are full of potential, as beautifully captured by Dr. Maria Montessori: "The infant in arms has far greater mental energies than are usually imagined." From 6 weeks to 16 months, we lovingly support each stage of your baby's development with gentle guidance, meaningful activities, and a calm, nurturing environment. Every element of our curriculum is created to help your little one feel safe, connected, and confident as they explore and grow at their own pace. Here, your baby's earliest experiences become the warm foundation for a lifetime of learning.
Sensory Development
Our infant program nurtures early sensory development through gentle experiences like touching soft fabrics, exploring natural textures, and watching simple black-and-white visuals that support healthy brain growth. Soft music, calming sounds, and sensory-rich objects help babies explore their world with comfort and curiosity.
Freedom of Movement & Gross Motor Skills
We support natural motor development by offering open floor space where little ones can enjoy tummy time, practice rolling, crawl freely, and later pull up using low bars or soft climbing structures. These opportunities help strengthen balance, coordination, and body awareness at each stage.
Fine Motor Development
Our curriculum encourages early fine motor skills through activities like grasping rings, transferring objects between containers, and exploring simple materials that build hand-eye coordination. These moments help little ones strengthen their fingers and hands and develop a growing sense of control.
Early Language Foundations
Language is introduced through warm interactions such as naming objects, singing songs, reading picture books, and narrating daily actions. These simple, consistent experiences help infants absorb vocabulary, practice early sounds, and feel connected through communication.
Practical Life: Early Independence
We nurture early independence by gently encouraging little ones to try simple tasks like self-feeding with small utensils, placing toys back into baskets, and participating in early handwashing with support. These experiences build confidence and help children feel capable in their world.
Emotional Security & Social Development
Emotional development is supported through consistent routines, one-on-one bonding moments, turn-taking games, and gentle naming of feelings. These warm interactions help little ones feel safe, understood, and ready to connect with others.
Cognitive Development & Problem-Solving
Curiosity is encouraged with materials that reveal cause and effect, such as simple puzzles, object permanence boxes, and opening-and-closing containers. These activities strengthen concentration, memory, and early problem-solving skills.
Care of Self & Care of the Environment
We introduce small routines that help your little one feel involved, like brushing hair with guidance, wiping a small spill, or participating in tidying up their materials. These gentle moments nurture responsibility, confidence, and awareness of their surroundings.
Peaceful Routines & Natural Rhythms
Our Montessori infant program honors individualized feeding and sleep schedules, allowing babies to eat when they are hungry and rest when they are tired. Calm transitions and soothing sensory moments help babies feel secure as they move through each part of their day.
Exploration Through Safe, Prepared Environments
Our infant classrooms are thoughtfully prepared with low shelves, soft mats, mirrors, and baskets of developmentally aligned materials that invite independent exploration. Everything is designed to be accessible and safe, giving infants the freedom to discover at their own pace.
Montessori Infant Program Enrollment and Registration
Ready to begin your baby's Montessori Infant Program journey? Families in Golden Valley and Eden Prairie are invited to explore our enrollment process and discover why so many consider us the best Montessori program in Minneapolis. Contact us to schedule a tour! Our warm, caring guides look forward to welcoming your family.
Why Families Trust Our Montessori Infant Child Care In Minneapolis
Parents trust Peaceful Valley Montessori Academy because they know their baby is cared for in a place where gentleness, patience, and respect guide every moment of the day. Families value that our Infant Program offers:
- A loving, responsive guiding team that understands each baby's unique rhythms and needs
- Authentic Montessori care grounded in Dr. Maria Montessori's principles and early childhood development.
- Warm, peaceful classrooms thoughtfully prepared for movement, exploration, and sensory-rich learning.
- Meaningful hands-on experiences that nurture independence, problem-solving, and early motor and language development
- A whole-child approach that supports emotional security, social connection, and a strong sense of comfort and belonging
- Open, supportive communication with families to create a true partnership in every stage of infancy
This thoughtful combination gives parents confidence, reassurance, and the comfort of knowing your child's earliest experiences are filled with care, purpose, and a beautiful foundation for lifelong learning.
A Private Montessori School Serving Minneapolis Families
Visit either of our welcoming locations in Golden Valley or Eden Prairie, where your baby will be gently supported through every stage of their earliest development. Contact us to learn more, schedule a tour, and join a caring school community that feels like home.
Other Montessori Programs Available at Our Locations
As your little one grows, our Montessori toddler program gently supports their blossoming independence, confidence, and curiosity. In our warm, thoughtfully prepared environments, toddlers explore practical life skills, build early communication abilities, and begin expressing themselves with a sense of pride and growing capability.
Our Montessori preschool program offers a caring, child-centered foundation that prepares children for kindergarten and the years ahead. Preschoolers move at their own pace, developing essential academic skills while nurturing creativity, empathy, and a strong sense of who they are becoming.
Other Montessori Programs Available at Our Locations
As your little one grows, our Montessori toddler program gently supports their blossoming independence, confidence, and curiosity. In our warm, thoughtfully prepared environments, toddlers explore practical life skills, build early communication abilities, and begin expressing themselves with a sense of pride and growing capability.
Our Montessori preschool program offers a caring, child-centered foundation that prepares children for kindergarten and the years ahead. Preschoolers move at their own pace, developing essential academic skills while nurturing creativity, empathy, and a strong sense of who they are becoming.
Parent Reviews
Amy S.
June 10, 2025
The teachers, the administrators and the communication is top notch. I completely trust the people that work there and that watch my kids.
Ashley G.
May 13, 2025
I feel so privileged to have my children cared for by such capable, professional, and kind staff.
Brian G.
March 18, 2025
We absolutely love this school and the amazing staff. So welcoming and thorough and our boy loves it here as well. We wouldn't be anywhere else! Brian and Matthew
Devaleena D.
March 18, 2025
The student-teacher ratio and the personal care taken for each student.
Diana H.
March 4, 2025
The teachers are amazing!
Benjamin F.
December 24, 2024
The hands-on environment and child-centered learning are wonderful.
Ben S.
December 10, 2024
The care, compassion, and patience are truly remarkable in CH2. The classroom management is also very impressive. Hattie absolutely loves her class and her teachers and we are so glad we put our trust in PVMA for her preschool years!
Jeremy F.
December 10, 2024
There is nothing to dislike. Everything and everyone are great.
Emily E.
November 5, 2024
We love PVMA and so does our kiddo. The staff is incredible.
Lily J.
October 22, 2024
Great communication from all staff members. The children always have ample teachers around who are always available to help and support. It makes me feel that the children are supported and well taken care of.
Frequently Asked Questions About Our Infant Montessori Minneapolis Program
Our Montessori school offers authentic Montessori education grounded in the Montessori method and guided by trained guides who understand your child's strengths. Families feel valued knowing their children are in a nurturing community where infants can explore, feel secure, and thrive. According to the National Education Association, children who have access to early education are less likely to repeat a grade, less likely to have special needs, and more likely to graduate high school.
Schedule a Tour and Experience Our Infant Montessori Minneapolis Program Firsthand
Come see how our Infant Montessori Minneapolis program will gently support your baby's earliest milestones. Schedule a tour, visit our school, and feel the passion and warmth of our community for yourself.