Montessori Children's House

"The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind."

- Dr. Maria Montessori

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Why Choose MCH:

You are interested in an extremely thoughtful, developmentally appropriate and respectful learning experience for your child.
You would like to be part of a wonderful, like-minded community.
You are looking for a preschool that is small enough for all children, staff, families to get to know each other.
You appreciate a welcoming and relaxed atmosphere.
You understand the importance of outdoor learning and play. MCH has a large outdoor environment with much to explore.
You would like to partner with well trained, dedicated and experienced staff that work together in a collaborative environment.
You are looking for an authentic Montessori program with trained AMS or AMI teachers in each classroom.
We are State Licensed and have been City of Madison Accredited since the program started in the 1970's
We are Madison's first Montessori School and Madison's first Verified Member School of the American Montessori Society.

Tour our lovely and peaceful classrooms. See what self-directed learning looks like at Madison's longest running Montessori Preschool. Meet our staff with more than 150 years of experience at MCH.

Now Enrolling children 18 months through 5 years old for 2026-2027!

Montessori Children’s House (MCH) is a non-profit, parent board run, Montessori preschool that provides whole child learning for children from 18 months to 6 years of age (elementary alumni program offered in the summer). MCH is Madison’s longest-running Montessori preschool, founded in 1964 through a community effort to bring this unique educational approach to our city. Community continues to be one of the concepts that our parent-led Board of Directors values most. We respect the trust that parents place in our school when they leave their children with us and we believe we can best serve that trust by creating a nurturing and collaborative community for our students, parents and staff.

From your family’s first tour of our preschool to your child’s last day in our classrooms and even beyond as alumni, we hope that your family feels connected to our MCH community.

"Every day we are reminded of how lucky we are to have found you all at MCH. Thank you for the kindness, the generosity of spirit, and the love that you show to all of the little ones that you come into contact with. We appreciate you!" MCH parent