Welcome to Montessori Center School’s website.
As you explore the site, you will find that MCS is an established school with a fifty year commitment to providing students with a quality education, encouraging the development of the whole child and a lifelong love of learning.
Our highly trained teachers have decades of experience and an unmatched passion for the Montessori philosophy. The MCS program emphasizes independence, freedom within limits, and respect for the child. It builds the academic, intellectual, physical, social, and emotional well-being of the child while challenging each child to achieve his or her potential.
Our well-structured classroom environments are inspiring and engaging, allowing exploration of a broad scope of curricular areas. We invite you to visit our extraordinary campus to see firsthand how a love of learning can be nurtured in a beautiful setting.
I do not believe there is a method better than Montessori for making children sensitive to the beauties of the world and awakening their curiosity regarding the secrets of life.
— Gabríel Garcia Márquez, Nobel Prize Winning Author
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Recent Blog Posts
MCS’s Drama Program Makes COVER of Santa Barbara News-Press
At the end of May, our Upper Elementary students performed over a dozen songs, stories and poems from Marlo Thomas' book, "Free to Be...You and Me." The Santa Barbara News-Press featured the performance and...
Living Montessori in the Summer
If you’re reading this, you're likely: Sending your child to a Montessori school and totally dedicated to the philosophy, or Very curious about whether Montessori might be a good fit for your family. Either way, you can create a Montessori-style summer that will...
Gardening with Kids
With the end of the school year approaching, we now find ourselves shifting our thoughts to warmer weather, the outdoors and our gardens. Whether you are new to gardening or have cared for plants for years, why not give it a try with your children? It’s not too late...
A Montessori Book List for Parents
Whether you are looking for original titles written by Montessori herself, modern parent-friendly guides, or other books that may be of interest to Montessori parents, this list is for you. Some of these titles may be available at your local library, but we’ve...
Booklist: Chapter Books
Whether your four or five-year-old is ready for some longer read-alouds at bedtime, or your elementary-aged child has discovered the wonder of reading to themselves and cannot get enough, this special book list has you covered. The following chapter books are...
Montessori Basics: Sensitive Periods
“A child learns to adjust himself and make acquisitions in his sensitive periods. These are like a beam that lights interiorly or a battery that furnishes energy. It is this sensibility which enables a child to come in contact with the external world...