Guidepost
Montessori
at Duhui Road.
learn more about our programs & approach.
What makes Montessori unique? How will Guidepost support your child at each stage of development? What does a typical day look like? In this info session, we discuss the Montessori curriculum and approach, schedule options and what a typical day looks like, and how we collaborate and communicate with parents.
explore our programs.
Our approach is designed to empower each child to achieve independence by combining our hands-on curriculum with personalized learning to create an environment where curiosity flourishes, independence grows, and academic excellence is a natural outcome.
We want your child to see and believe: “I am capable!”
what makes us stand out.
At Guidepost, we join with parents on their mission to help their child grow and live well. Together, we design an education to empower each child to build the knowledge, skills, and confidence she needs to craft an independent, flourishing life.
Though there are many differences between the conventional approach and Guidepost, here are some of the most important:
Read more about the Guidepost Montessori approach.
At Guidepost, our mission is to support each child in achieving her own independence. To do this, we help her gain the knowledge, build the skills, and craft the personal character she needs to flourish. Above all, our goal is to cultivate joy—in the pursuit of knowledge, in effort applied to work worth doing, in the achievements of herself and others, and in taking the steps to author her own life.
Read more about the Guidepost Mission.
Learn about the key milestones we support—from infancy through high school.
Read more about why we educate for independence, and how we support independence for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and elementary-age children.
Montessori education is known world-wide for having positive impacts on both academics and social and emotional skills.
At Guidepost Montessori, when we design an environment to meet the developmental needs and interests of children alongside personalized care and support, the child can learn advanced skills at an accelerated pace.
Our students, for example, regularly learn to read by the time they’re 4-years-old and can perform all four math operations with 4-digit numbers by the end of their Kindergarten year.
The language and math skills of our kindergartners are on a par with what children in conventional programs learn in 3rd grade or beyond! What’s more, our students learn advanced academics joyfully—while simultaneously developing deep focus, self-discipline, and positive social skills.
Read more about the Guidepost Montessori advanced Language Curriculum in Children’s House.
Read more about the Guidepost Montessori advanced Math Curriculum in Children’s House.
Yes! The third year of our Children’s House program, designed for 3- to 6-year-olds, is the capstone kindergarten year. In this year, the child has been well-prepared to experience an explosion of literacy, learn advanced math concepts, and use her hard-won ability to focus, problem-solve, and persist through challenges to then make advanced gains across the curriculum. Children who continue with Guidepost through Kindergarten are often well-ahead of their peers when they enter 1st grade.
Learn more about the capstone Kindergarten year at Guidepost.
Learn more about the next exciting stage: the Guidepost elementary program.
Following elementary, students continue on to our Montessori middle and high school, the Academy of Thought & Industry: a school that combines a classical liberal arts emphasis on history and great books, and a Montessori emphasis on independence and agency.
At Guidepost, we want to make the best education the best for children and parents. This is why we provide year-round, extended-day programming at no extra cost, enabling consistent and uninterrupted access to the care and developmental support parents expect. We invite you into your child’s world—with daily photo and video updates, regular milestone meetings, and parent-child events that showcase your child’s progress. We work to understand your unique context and needs, so that we can provide support for milestones at home as well as at school.
In everything we do, we strive to cultivate joy as you watch your child grow!
Read about Transparent Classroom, the app that provides a window into your child’s day.
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Read about recent family events such as Grandparent’s Day, a cultural celebration, and a spring celebration.
stay connected to your child's learning.
With our app, Transparent Classroom, you can closely monitor your child's daily progress and assessments at our school. It tracks their development, provides important notes on routines and milestones, and offers reminders for events. Become a room parent by informing your child's Lead Guide.
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Guidepost Montessori at Duhui Road
The ultimate goal of an education is authentic, holistic independence. At Guidepost Montessori, we offer this to your child, in the fullest possible sense.
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Guidepost Montessori at Duhui Road is a new English-Mandarin bilingual Montessori school in the Minhang District of Shanghai.
About Us
We are a new English-Mandarin Bilingual Montessori school, serving children from 6 months old to age 3. We offer year-round programming and rolling admissions into our programs to meet the needs of your family.
Our Programs
- Offering infant and toddler bilingual programs
- Available as 5-day, full day or half day options
- Monthly tuition rates vary based on program and start date
Our School
- Guidepost Montessori at Duhui Road
- Address: Building No.3, No. 3788, Duhui Road, Minhang District, Shanghai
- Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30am-4:30pm
- Call: 8621-3336 2808
- Email: duhuiroad@guidepostmontessori.com
Program Overview
We are now accepting registrations for our programs at Duhui Road. You can enroll to start right away if your program is available, or we are accepting waitlist applications if not currently available.
We are also pleased to offer at-home programming for families needing immediate child-care support. We'll partner with you to create a personalized program delivered by our Montessori-trained guides in your home while your waitlist spot becomes available.
A Peek Inside our School
At the heart of our school is our belief that children thrive when given freedom and responsibility in environments prepared for them.
Guidepost Montessori classrooms are light, airy, calming, aesthetically beautiful spaces. Each material is carefully chosen and carefully displayed — to inspire and entice your child to explore.
A Day at Guidepost Montessori
Why Guidepost?
The Montessori approach to human development is based on the belief in the potential of the child, and on the belief that it is only the child who can realize this potential. To grow up well is to grow up to be increasingly independent, capable, confident, happy and secure. At Guidepost, we are the village that supports you in raising your child.
The Montessori Approach
The Montessori method of education offers a knowledge-rich environment, through a child-led model. Children learn joyfully, through working with carefully sequenced, hands-on materials. Your child’s enthusiastic exploration naturally leads to a solid foundation and advanced academics.
A Close-Knit Community
Guidepost families tend to be friendly and welcoming folks, eager to make connections and form strong bonds. We think the education of our students is stronger when we can serve as a hub for such relationships, and we do all we can to foster a strong community in our area, with plenty of fun events and opportunities to meet and mingle.
A Global Network to Support You
Guidepost Montessori offers access to high-quality Montessori education in schools, at-home, or from anywhere around the world. Move seamlessly through our network as the needs of your family change to ensure continuity and consistency in your child's education, wherever you are located.
Guidepost Montessori education takes a holistic approach: enabling social, emotional, and physical development alongside academic success
The Guidepost Approach
Educating the whole child
Teachers choose their moments of instruction wisely, offering lessons and presentations at suitable junctures in each child's development
The Guidepost Approach
A teacher whose job is to guide, not lead
Our teachers follow each child's natural schedule, which encourages them to trust their own bodies
The Guidepost Approach
Respecting the young child's rhythm of life
Children are given the tools and uninterrupted time to work on activities and materials they value
The Guidepost Approach
More study, not less
Children are given the freedom to follow their academic interests, which reduces the need for external motivation
The Guidepost Approach
No need for rewards or punishments
The teacher connects the child with their environment, showing them how to use the learning materials and evaluate their own work
The Guidepost Approach
Independent learning by the child
With the freedom to move and choose their own work, children develop internal discipline and social awareness
The Guidepost Approach
Empowered by choice
Lessons are designed to appeal to each child's level of development and interests
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Individually tailored lessons
A place where every student feels a sense of belonging, building confidence in the knowledge that their social identity is an asset and not a barrier
The Guidepost Approach
Identity safe classrooms