Inspire Montessori School

Feb 2nd, 2023

Dec 29th, 2022

Dec 17th, 2022

Being a first time mom, I had a lot self doubt when sending my daughter to a daycare (Montessori) at a very young age, especially when grandma is staying at home and can take care of her. But my daughter needs the social interactions and other learning activities that grandma wont be able to help with, so we decided to send her to IMS part-time. The school facility is new, bright and clean. They have good sanitation procedures to reduce the spread of germs: all students wash their hands first thing before coming to class, bringing your own water bottles everyday and take it home to wash daily, sending bed sheet and blanket home weekly to wash, etc. My daughter loves all the activities they have in class. She learned how to scoop and transfer, using spoon, rolling mat, singing, dancing, cleaning up and putting trash to trash bin, etc. She picked up new words from class and showed interest and curiosity in more areas. My daughter has always been an independent baby and likes to do stuffs by herself at home, but the teachers really have the method to teach her how to do it appropriately for her age. This is very important because they can do it themselves only when they know how to do it. She also loves the crafts that they do in class and bring home, and mimics what they did in class everyday. The arts and crafts also look very good quality and made by decent materials compare to a regular daycare. My daughter likes to go to IMS. She is a part-timer and by 2nd month, she walked into class by herself at drop off no tear, and was always happy at pick up (just a bit emotional when seeing mom/dad), which reaaally helped with mom guilt. We can see the children there likes their teachers and schools staffs and theyre happy. I didnt see much tear or hear much crying in this school. Communication is also good. Like others said, pictures and daily tracking are sent through the app and quite timely. Its nice to know how the day going for your kids when youre not with them. The school has a lot of extra activities: dentist visit (my daughter is more interested of brushing teeth when I reminded her about this day), photo days, Christmas concert which was a very special, memorable and well-organized event, Halloween parade, etc. They were well organized and the kids really had fun. Special thanks to the teachers, Ms. Katie, Ms. Lancy and Ms. Lina. They are very kind, truly caring and experienced teachers. They were able to put my daughter to nap pretty well since day one and she never showed a sign of crankiness due to missed nap. They know how to give her time to get to know them and her little friends, and she trusts them and goes to school happily. On Halloween parade, we didnt see the email until last minute so we didnt really prepare a costume, but teachers made sure my daughter wasnt missed out and put on a nice costume for her :) My daughter also has eczema prone skin, but always been applied moisturizer well and didnt have any flare up since going to daycare. We do see a lot of small details that show care and love everyday, and we appreciate the teachers for taking very good care of our daughter. I had recommended this Montessori school to all the mom friends that were looking for a daycare and totally recommend to sign up if they have a spot open
Dec 2nd, 2022

My son has been enrolled in Pre casa since late Feb 2022 and has enjoyed going to school since. IMS has excellent staff, large facility, onsite-cooked meals, wide variety of extracurriculars, and offers both Cantonese and Mandarin teaching during summer camps and Chinese school (which my friends kid is part of). Its really hard to find a school anywhere in GTA that offers Cantonese these days and Im glad that option is available to us here. We also observed how much my child has learned - not just academics but also life skills. Ms. Katie has been fantasic; all the children and the kids love her - shes very warm and caring. The location is also convenient - its in a plaza with parking, restaurants and grocery stores so you can buy groceries or take your kids to eat before and after pick up. We live in the area and can pretty much walk there. Were super grateful for IMS.
Nov 28th, 2022