Programs & Tuition
The Pennington Montessori School application process is designed to give parents a full understanding of the school and what it has to offer, as well as answer any questions along the way.
Montessori Programs
Pennington Montessori is a private preschool offering enrollment to children aged 6 weeks to Kindergarten. We have both full and part-time enrollment options during the standard school year, September to June. Students enrolled in the school year program are invited to participate in our Summer camp program which runs from June to August but this is not included in the school year tuition. Information about Summer camp will be sent to our students in March. Tuition programs and fees will be updated each year. Please contact the admissions department to inquire about availability: admissionsinfo@penningtonmontessori.org
Nurturing the curious minds of children aged 6 weeks to Kindergarten.
Walk into a Montessori classroom anywhere in the world, and you will invariably see happy and busy children engaged in purposeful work. The classroom itself is distinct: typically beautiful and enticing, but also characterized by the carefully prepared environment designed to reinforce the child’s independence and natural urge toward self-development.
The room, the equipment, activities and the teachers respond to and guide children in ways that directly relate to their own developmental levels. In essence, the classroom provides an environment in which each child is respected and enabled to grow and learn at his or her own pace.
The elements of all Montessori classrooms are simple and effective, yet nurturing and engaging.
Learn more about any of our individual programs:
Pennington Montessori offers programs for children ages 6 weeks through Kindergarten.
- Infant/Explorer
- Toddler
- Pre-Primary
- Kindergarten
- Before/After Care
- Summer Session – available only to current students
Tuition & Financial Assistance 2025-2026 Academic Year
(Sep 2, 2025 – June 17, 2026)
Below, you will find a complete list of the programs we offer. All tuitions presented below are for the academic year 2025-2026 (September 2, 2025 – June 17, 2026). Program tuition will be prorated if the child starts after the first day of school but requests to start late in the year are subject to availability and not guaranteed.
*Please contact us if you would like to inquire about availability before submitting an application: admissionsinfo@penningtonmontessori.org or (609) 737-1331 x1
The below tuition rates are for the school year only
(Sep 2, 2025 – June 17, 2026)
These rates do not include Summer Camp
Summer camp only available to current students. We will not publish Summer information on our website.
- Infant-Explorer 6 weeks to 18 months
- Toddler 18 months to 3 years
- Pre-Primary 3 years through Kindergarten
Hours | Th-F | M-W | M-Th | M-F |
8:30 am – 3:30 pm (full day) | $13,580 | $19,450 | $24,700 | $29,300 |
Infant/Explorer add-ons: (only available as add-ons to the above program totals) | ||||
3:30-4:30 (after care) | $1,180 | $1,765 | $2,350 | $2,940 |
3:30-5:00 (extended care) | $1,765 | $2,650 | $3,530 | $4,410 |
7:30-8:30 (early care) | $1,180 | $1,765 | $2,350 | $2,940 |
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all kindergarteners must attend 5 days/week
Infant-Explorer 6 weeks to 18 months
Thursday - Friday
Thursday – Friday 8:30 am – 3:30 pm: $13,580
Infant/Explorer add-on: (only available as add-ons to above program total)
Thursday-Friday 3:30 – 4:30 pm: $1,180
Thursday-Friday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $1,765
Thursday-Friday 7:30 – 8:30 am: $1,180
Monday - Wednesday
Monday-Wednesday 8:30 am – 3:30 pm: $19,450
Infant/Explorer Add-ons: (only available as add ons to the above program total)
Monday-Wednesday 3:30 – 4:30 pm: $1,765
Monday-Wednesday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $2,650
Monday-Wednesday 7:30 – 8:30 am: $1,765
Monday - Thursday
Monday-Thursday 8:30 am – 3:30pm: $24,700
Infant/Explorer add-ons (only available as add-ons to the above program total)
Monday-Thursday 3:30 – 4:30 pm: $2,350
Monday-Thursday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $3,530
Monday-Thursday 7:30 – 8:30 am: $2,350
Monday - Friday
Monday-Friday 8:30 am – 3:30pm: $29,300
Infant/Explorer add-ons (only available as add-ons to the above program total)
Monday-Friday 3:30-4:30 pm: $2,940
Monday-Friday 3:30-500: $4,410
Monday-Friday 7:30 – 8:30 am: $2,940
Overview:
Infant & Explorer Program (6W-18M)
A Montessori environment understand the uniqueness of each infant
It is a teacher’s job to assess and learn from observation what the infant’s and parent’s needs are in order to forge a successful partnership. Through an initial observation with you and your child, the teacher learns how you hold your infant, how you play with them, how you put them to sleep, how you quiet them, change them, feed them. While observing you with your infant, the teacher learns your preferences in parenting and will mirror that routine for your baby in the classroom. This helps make each child feel safe and loved and that their experience at Pennington Montessori School is just an extension of their home life!
As the child changes, their environment will reflect their needs. An infant has many physical, emotional and intellectual developmental needs. The Teacher’s job is to keep up with your child’s growth in each area. Through observation, the teacher will assess if your infant is ready for the next step of their development. Our classroom environment will change as the infants are ready for new
milestones and challenges.
Key to a Montessori infant classroom is peace. Teachers will project calmness toward all infants and each other when speaking. Low lighting and soft music also make for a serene and soothing environment. We must be kind, respectful and always model desired behavior. Diaper changing and all physical contact is done while using language, letting the baby know that they will be moved or what will be happening in the next steps. If there is a choice, the child will be asked permission to be picked up, fed, or given a diaper change. During whatever action a Montessori teacher is engaging in with
her students, it will be described and talked about to provide the beginnings of conversation.
Toddler 18 months to 3 years
Thursday - Friday
Thursday – Friday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm (half day): $8,820
Thursday – Friday 8:30 am – 3:30 pm (full day): $13,580
Toddler add-ons (only available as add-ons to the above program total)
Thursday – Friday 3:30-4:30 pm: $1,090
Thursday – Friday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $1,640
Thursday – Friday 7:30 – 8:30 am: $1,090
Monday - Wednesday
Monday – Wednesday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm (half day): $12,700
Monday – Wednesday 8:30 am – 3:30pm (full day): $19,450
Toddler add-ons (only available as add-ons to the above program totals)
Monday – Wednesday 3:30 – 4:30 pm: $1,640
Monday – Wednesday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $2,460
Monday – Wednesday 7:30 -8:30 am: $1,640
Monday - Thursday
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm (half day): $16,230
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 3:30pm (full day): $24,700
Toddler add-ons (only available as add-ons to the above program totals):
Monday – Thursday 3:30 – 4:30 pm: $2,180
Monday – Thursday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $3,280
Monday – Thursday 7:30 – 8:30 am: $2,180
Monday - Friday
Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm (half day): $18,520
Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 3:30pm (full day): $29,330
Toddler add-ons (only available as add-ons to the above program totals)
Monday – Friday 3:30 – 4:30 pm: $2,730
Monday – Friday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $4,100
Monday – Friday 7:30- 8:30 am: $2,730
Overview:
Toddler Program (18M – 3 years)
The Montessori Toddler classrom is designed to encourage independence, the child’s inner sense of order, socialization, and language development
Sense of Order
Toddlers have a very strong sense of order. Each material has its own place and is always returned there. The class is run on the same schedule every day. Being able to expect what comes next helps the Toddler
feel safe, engaged, and confident.
Independence
Through the Practical Life area in the classroom, the children are presented materials and activities that will develop skills to enable them to do everyday tasks by themselves. Upon arriving each day, Toddlers will
identify their cubby, take off and hang up their coat or backpack, remove
their lunch, snacks, water bottle and put them in the proper place. They will aid in daily attendance by identifying their picture and place it in the
“present” slot. They will be able to choose work while the rest of their classmates file in before the whole class meets for morning circle time.
This independence continues throughout the Toddler’s day, choosing their own work, putting their coats on themselves, they even active participants in their toilet training. Ultimately, these early building blocks of independence help Toddlers feel prepared for new challenges and able to meet and exceed them those challenges with confidence.
Socialization
In our classroom we encourage social interaction by giving our students the correct words to use to share their feelings. Learning to be gracious and courteous to one another is a focus of the Montessori method as being kind and treating friends with respect helps to foster a very warm and nurturing environment for all to learn in.
Language Development
The toddler is very sensitive to language. At circle time, songs are sung and books are read to enrich the child’s vocabulary. The work available to children in a Toddler classroom helps to engage their natural curiosity to not only identify objects but to be able to articulate their name. Toddler teachers will sit down or kneel to the Toddler’s eye level vs. standing over them when speaking. This encourages the Toddler to feel a part of the learning process as it helps them to be able to mimic sounds and words that their teacher is using.
Pre-Primary 3 years through Kindergarten
Monday - Wednesday
Monday – Wednesday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm (half day): N/A
Monday – Wednesday 8:30 am – 3:30 pm (full day): $18,520
Pre-Primary add-ons (only available as add-ons to the above program total):
Monday – Wednesday 3:30 – 4:30 pm: $1,390
Monday – Wednesday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $2,080
Monday – Wednesday 7:30 – 8:30 am: $1,390
Monday - Thursday
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 12:30pm (half day): $15,880
Monday – Thursday 8:30 am – 3:30pm (full day): $22,230
Pre-Primary add-ons (only available as add-ons to the above program totals):
Monday – Thursday 3:30 – 4:30 pm: $1,850
Monday – Thursday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $2,770
Monday – Thursday 7:30 – 8:30 am: $1,850
Monday - Friday
Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 12:30 pm (half day): $17,640
Monday – Friday 8:30 am – 3:30 pm (full day): $26,240
Kindergarten (must be 5 by 9/30/24) M-F 8:30 – 3:30 pm: $18,000
Pre-Primary add-ons (only available as add-ons to the above programs)
Monday – Friday 3:30 – 4:30 pm: $2,310
Monday – Friday 3:30 – 5:00 pm: $3,470
Monday – Friday 7:30 – 8:30 am: $2,310
Overview:
Pre-Primary Program (3Y – Kindergarten)
The Montessori Pre-Primary classroom consists of a 3 year cycle, culminating in a mastery of critical thinking skills necessary to achieve success in future challenges. Students remain with the same teacher, in the same classsroom throughout their time in the program. Children do not move from classroom to classroom each school year.
The Pre-Primary classroom consists of a mixed age group. This grouping enables
children to learn from and help each other without the pressure of competition.
Practical life activities such as buttoning, pouring and washing, enable the young
child to acquire a wide range of skills necessary in building the child’s self-image as
a successful, capable person. The basic readiness skills and concepts necessary for reading, writing and math are developed in a broadly based program which includes science, outdoor education, movement, social studies and geography.
The range of activities in each classroom can satisfy both the youngest child’s interest in concrete manipulative material and the older child’s increasing understanding of
abstract concepts. The Pre-Primary program is based on a three-year cycle. Parents are strongly encouraged to have their child remain through the entire three year cycle in order to maximize the benefits of this highly sensitive time.
Discounts, Tuition Payments and Financial Assistance
Pennington Montessori offers the following discounts to its students:
Discounts:
- 10% discount on each tuition agreement if:
- 2 children starting September or October 2025 and are enrolled in a full day (8:30-3:30) plus extended care (7:30, 4:30, or 5:00) program. Discount applies to matching portion of the programs, only.
- 8% Discount on each tuition agreement if:
- 2 children sarting November or December 2025 in a full day (8:30-3:30) plus extended care (7:30, 4:30, 5:00) program. Discount applies to matching portion of programs, only.
- 6% discount on each tuition agreement if:
- 2 children enrolled January or February 2026 in a full day (8:30-3:30) plus extended care (7:30, 4:30, or 5:00) program. Discount applies to matching portion of programs, only.
- No tuition discounts if starting after February 2026.
- Tuition Payments – School year 25-26:
- Tuition payments begin August 1, 2025
- payments due monthly (1st of the month) from August 2025 – May 2026 (10 payments) OR a one-time payment in full on August 1, 2025.
- please note: tuition payments begin 1 month BEFORE the start of school and they end 1 month BEFORE the last day of school. Likewise, if your child begins mid-year, payments will begin the month prior to his/her start date.
Information regarding Financial Aid is available from the business office (marcella@penningtonmontessori.org). To apply for financial assistance during the 2025-2026 school year, please complete an application online at: School and Student Services website. Pennington Montessori School code #2801. Deadline to submit a Financial Aid application for the 2025-2026 school year is March 1, 2025.
Other Information:
Pennington Montessori School requires students to receive a minimum number of age-appropriate vaccines to attend school.
Pennington Montessori School is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization/all members of the community are expected to contribute to and participate in fundraising and community events.
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