Casa
Junior Kindergarten
3 – 5 years
The Casa classroom provides a calm, child-centred Montessori learning environment where children are encouraged to choose meaningful activities and become increasingly responsible for their own learning. Children are given freedom within a structured and carefully prepared environment, helping them become confident and capable learners who are ready for kindergarten and beyond.
What Your Child Will Experience
In the Casa, children experience a prepared environment where every material has a purpose and every choice builds independence.
- Kindergarten readiness through structured, hands-on learning
- Growing independence in self-care and classroom responsibility
- Confidence built through mastery of real skills
- Responsibility for their own learning and environment
- Hands-on Montessori learning with concrete materials
- Concrete concepts progressing naturally toward abstract thinking
- Practical life skills — food preparation, cleaning, caring for plants
- Children learning at their own pace, free from comparison
- Freedom within a structured, carefully prepared environment
What Your Child Will Learn
The Casa curriculum spans five interconnected areas that support the whole child.
- Early literacy — phonics, writing, and reading readiness
- Early numeracy — quantity, operations, and mathematical thinking
- Social development — cooperation, empathy, and community
- Problem-solving and critical thinking
- Creativity through art, music, and imaginative expression
- Confidence and responsibility for oneself and others
The Montessori Approach
A method built on observing the child
In the Casa, children are given freedom within a structured and carefully prepared environment. They choose their own work from materials on open shelves, work at their own pace for uninterrupted periods, and learn in mixed-age groupings where older children naturally mentor younger ones. Educators observe each child closely and introduce new materials at the moment of readiness — never too early, never too late. The result is a child who is not just ready for kindergarten, but ready to learn for life.
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The Classroom Environment
The Casa is a “living room” for children — beautiful, ordered, and entirely their own.
- Montessori materials on open, child-height shelves
- Mixed-age grouping (3–5 years) that mirrors a real community
- Uninterrupted work periods that protect deep concentration
- Child-sized furniture, tools, and real materials
- Five curriculum areas: Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics, and Culture
- A calm, beautiful atmosphere that inspires care and respect
See this classroom in person
The best way to understand our approach is to walk through the door. Book a tour and see it for yourself.
Developmental Areas
Developmental areas supported
Our Junior Kindergarten supports seven interconnected areas of development that grow together.
Language & Literacy
Developing communication, vocabulary, early reading, and language skills through conversation, storytelling, and Montessori language materials.
Practical Life
Everyday activities that promote independence, concentration, coordination, and responsibility — from pouring to food preparation.
Sensorial Learning
Hands-on exploration that helps children understand and organize information about the world around them through their senses.
Early Mathematics
Hands-on materials that introduce numbers, quantities, patterns, sequencing, and mathematical thinking from concrete to abstract.
Movement & Coordination
Activities supporting gross motor skills, fine motor skills, balance, and physical confidence both indoors and outdoors.
Social & Emotional Development
Developing confidence, empathy, communication, cooperation, emotional awareness, and respect for others.
Creative Expression
Art, music, movement, imaginative activities, and opportunities for children to express themselves in many languages.
A Day in the Classroom
Typical activities your child will love
Practical Life
Food preparation, polishing, and classroom care develop coordination, independence, and a sense of responsibility.
Sensorial Materials
Grading, matching, and sorting refine perception and build the classification skills that underpin mathematics and science.
Language & Literacy
The movable alphabet, phonics materials, and early reading and writing open the door to literacy.
Mathematics
Golden beads, number rods, and spindle boxes make quantity and operations tangible before abstraction.
Cultural Studies
Geography, botany, science, art, and music connect children to the wider world and their place in it.
Why Kidzville
Why parents choose Kidzville
Kindergarten Readiness
Children leave Casa with the literacy, numeracy, and social-emotional skills they need to enter kindergarten with confidence.
Freedom Within Limits
Children choose their work, but from a carefully prepared set of options — real autonomy within a structure that keeps them safe and engaged.
Mixed-Age Learning
Older children teach younger ones, reinforcing their own learning while building empathy and leadership.
Concrete to Abstract
Children hold quantity in their hands before they write numbers on paper — understanding, not memorisation.
Read what families say about us on our testimonials page.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Visit Us
Find us in Surrey
Our centres are located in Surrey, British Columbia. Location details are confirmed by our team — please contact us for current availability.
South Surrey
2388 156 St, Units 101–102
604-861-7861
Panorama
12996 60 Ave
604-861-7861
Newton
6899 King George Blvd, Suite 204
604-861-7861
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