Guidepost Montessori School at Naples
Montessori education provides your child with a love of learning and discovery throughout critical stages in their early development. Designed for children aged 2 to 6 years old, our Montessori education programs offer opportunities to learn, explore, and grow in a safe environment.
We offer year-round enrollment into our programs, as well as extended day hours and few closures throughout the year to serve the needs of your family.
We are currently offering enrollment for students starting at two years old until August 2022, but starting August will only be accepting students who are two and a half and older.
Our School
Our school offers a continuing Montessori education for preschoolers through kindergarten age children. Have a sneak peek at our beautiful campus on this page - we would love to show you around and welcome your family into our community!
- Address: 6051 Bayshore Dr., Naples, FL 34112
- Hours: Monday to Friday 7:45am - 4:00pm
- Call: 949-519-2919
- Email: naples@guidepostmontessori.com
About Guidepost Montessori Naples
Guidepost Naples is part of an international network of Montessori schools dedicated to helping children grow through joyful learning. Our school in Naples, FL offers a nurturing and educational environment for children ages 2 1/2 to 6 years old.
Early childhood years are the most critical time in your child's development. These years are foundational in shaping your child's future health, well-being, and happiness at school and home. Montessori education provides your child with the tools to navigate lifelong learning.
Are you searching for a preschool or kindergarten school in Naples, Florida? You may want to consider Guidepost Montessori. With Montessori's emphasis on helping children grow through joyful learning, Guidepost at Naples can provide a nurturing environment for your child and prepare them for their elementary school years.
We are also pleased to offer virtual and homeschool learning options for elementary, middle school, and high school students through the Academy of Thought and Industry (ATI). ATI is like Guidepost for the youth, pre-teen and teenage years. Our Montessori-inspired programs deliver a powerful education for independence and help to develop curious, self-motivated adolescents who thrive in school and in life.
Explore our Programs
We offer year-round enrollment into our programs, as well as extended day hours and few closures throughout the year to serve the needs of your family.
- Early years programs run five days a week
- Full-day or half-day options are available
Ready to get started?
Just Learning
If you are newer to Montessori, we invite you to attend a virtual overview to learn more about our programs and approach. This info session will be alongside other prospective families and will not cover campus-specific details.
Doing Your Research
You are in the process of choosing a school for your little one and have specific questions about this campus like availability, daily schedule, and tuition rates. Just fill out our form below and one of our admissions specialists will be in touch to answer all your questions or help schedule a school tour!
Join Guidepost
You have decided to join our community, welcome! If space is available for your desired program and start date, we will send an offer letter and process your registration right away. If a program is full, join our waitlist to hold your child's spot when space becomes available.
Set Start Date
We offer rolling admissions for families who are looking to get started right away. Once you receive an offer and register, we will confirm your start date and await your first day with us!
A Peek Inside our School
Guidepost Montessori classrooms are light, airy, calming, aesthetically beautiful spaces. Each lesson and learning material is carefully curated in order to encourage children to learn and explore.
Meet our School Team
We offer regular events to foster a vibrant school community: coffee chats with the school staff, seasonal events to bring our parents, families and staff together and open houses to share the school community with new families. We look forward to meeting you!
Ramona Summers
Gelsey Jeffreys
Why Guidepost?
As educators, we believe our role is to support the child's natural growth and to challenge them in age-appropriate ways so that they grow up to be increasingly independent, capable, confident, happy and secure.
The Montessori Method
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.
Close-Knit Community
Guidepost staff and families tend to be friendly and welcoming folks, eager to make connections and form strong bonds. We believe it takes a village to raise a child, and do all we can to foster a strong community in our area, with plenty of fun events and opportunities to meet and mingle.
Global Support Network
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.
Guidepost Montessori education takes a holistic approach: enabling social, emotional, and physical development alongside academic success
The Guidepost Approach
Educating the whole child
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
Teachers choose their moments of instruction wisely, offering lessons and presentations at suitable junctures in each child's development
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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
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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
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Independent learning by the child
With the freedom to move and choose their own work, children develop internal discipline and social awareness
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Empowered by choice
Lessons are designed to appeal to each child's level of development and interests
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Individually tailored lessons
Giving children the keys to life
Guidepost Montessori enables children to understand the world and choose their place within it.
With over 80 campuses across the US and Asia, and at-home and virtual learning programs serving more than 7,000 families worldwide, Guidepost is the world’s largest Montessori network.
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