Children’s House Montessori of Cornwall
Children's House Montessori of Cornwall is a Montessori day care and preschool at 10 Torrey Lane in Cornwall, NY, serving children from 18 months through 1st grade. It runs a toddler program called The Nook (18 to 36 months) and a primary program for age 3 through 1st grade in multi-age classrooms. Families can choose half-day or full-day schedules, with the toddler program offered 3, 4, or 5 days a week.
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A Montessori toddler-through-1st-grade program in Cornwall, NY with multi-age classrooms and half-day or full-day schedules — details families can confirm before enrollment.
Programs
Two Montessori programs run here: a toddler program called The Nook for 18 to 36 months, and a primary program for age 3 through 1st grade.
Age range
Children from 18 months through 1st grade are served across the toddler and primary classrooms.
Hours
The primary program offers a half day from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM or a full day from 9:00 AM to 3:15 PM. The toddler program runs a half day from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM or a full day from 9:00 AM to 3:00 PM, available 3, 4, or 5 days a week.
Approach
Classrooms are multi-age, grouped across roughly three-year spans, and children work in uninterrupted blocks of about two or more hours, choosing materials and working at their own pace.
Curriculum
The classroom is divided into five areas: practical life, sensorial, mathematics, language, and culture. Materials sit on low, open shelves, and a child may choose work from the shelves once a lesson has been presented.
Setting
The Montessori classroom is meant to feel more like a home than a school, with child-sized furniture, cozy spaces for quiet reading, reachable shelves, and low sinks accessible to children.
Toddler program
The Nook focuses on practical life and self-care, including toilet awareness and children helping prepare, serve, eat, and clean up their own meals at low tables. It uses a language-rich setting with adults using proper vocabulary rather than baby talk, plus equipment like low ladders with railings that build gross and fine motor skills.
Affiliations
The school holds memberships in the American Montessori Association (AMS) and the International Montessori Council (IMC). It was founded in summer 2020 by Parinaz Mokhtari, a Primary Montessori certified teacher who previously operated a Montessori school in Montgomery for ten years.
Enrollment
Applications are accepted throughout the year. Enrollment includes a parent interview and tour with the director, a classroom visit for the child, and an application with fees, and spots are filled first come, first served as programs fill up.
Licensing
Operates as a New York OCFS-licensed day care center (license #861125) with a licensed capacity of 36 toddlers at 10 Torrey Lane, Cornwall.
Location
Located at 10 Torrey Lane, Cornwall, NY 12518; reachable at (845) 820-5750.
Program details can change, so ask about current program ages and which classrooms have openings, the exact daily end time for each program (the toddler full day and primary full day are listed differently), the number of days per week available, tuition and fees, registration and waitlist timing, transportation and health-form requirements, inspection-history details, and current licensing status before making plans.