When you tour our Infant Toddler Community in Creve Coeur school, you will quickly recognize that the Montessori approach is about self-mastery. You will see children at ease, purposeful, curious, and confident. They are not perfect. They are not always serious or quiet, but they are very involved with being children and learning to cope with the world. The adults who care for them are loving and respectful of each child's individuality.

The Infant-Toddler Community is located off North Mason Road on a hill just above, and adjacent, to the Hope Montessori Creve Coeur preschool.

The school is designed to serve infants as young as 6 weeks and toddlers to the age of 3 years.

Like all Hope Montessori Academy schools, the Infant-Toddler Community classrooms and play areas are designed to feel more like home than a classroom. No where is this more evident than in the infant area where our smallest children are allowed to play, stretch, grab and explore on specially radiant heated floors.

A Montessori education is preparation for life. Our work supplements the parent's work in helping the children develop self-calming, self-control and self-confidence. Instead of looking at the child's behavior as what they are, we look at who the child may become. Optimism, positive attitudes, and hope for the future are essential to the success of children and our culture.