About International Montessori Academy in Atlanta, GA

International Montessori Academy is an authentic Montessori School in Candler Park serving children ages 8 weeks – 12 years. Our community has families from over 20 countries, covering 5 continents.

School Programs

Infant Program: Nido (the nest): Assisting the child to engage with the world. The first few years of a child’s life are critical to his/her personality and intellectual development. To attain the best mental and physical capabilities, the young child requires a nurturing environment with interesting and beautiful materials, exposure to rich language, as well as one that promotes their very real need to learn. Our Montessori infant program provides appropriate activities for even the earliest stages of a child’s life.

Toddler: The Young Children’s Community. A Preparation for Life. 14 months (confident walkers) to 3 years. Children in our toddler programs flourish in a prepared environment that respects, supports, and responds to their basic needs for independence, exploration, and the building of trust and confidence. Our care giving teams are made up of an AMI trained lead Guide, a Spanish Speaking morning assistant, and an afternoon assistant. Our three Toddler environments–Lilacs, Butterflies and Sunflowers–share a dedicated toddler outdoor play space, and our student-teacher ratio is typically 5:1.

Primary Program: Ages 3 – 6 years. The Primary curriculum is divided into five areas of focus: Practical Life, Sensorial, Language, Mathematics, and Cultural Studies. The program includes purposefully designed materials that are often multi-dimensional, that is they involve several skills. Younger children are primarily given individual lessons while older children participate in small group lessons. Each day there is a time when the whole community comes together as a group for stories, songs, or discussions. All lessons and materials are purposeful. Table scrubbing, for example, involves logical sequencing, memory recall, fine and large motor coordination, and eye-tracking in preparation for reading. On any given morning in a Primary classroom, you will find children engaged in various activities such as baking, arranging flowers, painting, labeling parts of a plant or animal, sewing, doing math operations with beads, playing the bells and much, much more. Each classroom is led by an AMI trained guide, a morning assistant, and an afternoon assistant.

Elementary Program: Ages 6 weeks to 12 years. The elementary program offers a continuum built on the Primary experience. The environment reflects the needs of children in the Second Plane of development and offers what Dr. Montessori refers to as Cosmic Education, which is the tool designed to meet these needs. The objective of Cosmic Education is to spread humanity’s knowledge before the child and the method provides the whole first with the parts, or details following thereafter. Cosmic Education helps the child learn how they fit within the universe by finding answers to big questions, such as “How do I relate to living and nonliving things?” At this level, the Montessori philosophy, methods, and lessons are designed to show the child their responsibility towards the world we inhabit.

Extracurricular Program

After school enrichment activities offer a continuum of the development of the whole child through fun and engaging activities. Children as young as two years can begin participating in extracurricular activities that support gross motor development, confidence, cooperation and skills acquisition. Current offerings include Ballet/Gymnastics, Playball , Soccer Shots  and Playmakers . After school group violin lessons are also included in the Elementary student experience. 

Visit Us Today!

Prospective parents are encouraged to come see our classrooms, immerse yourselves in the Montessori Method and witness how independence, confidence and a love of learning are nurtured and supported.