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# Glebe Montessori School: Glebe Montessori School is a privately operated, licensed Montessori school in Ottawa, Ontario, offering bilingual English and French education for children ages 18 months to 12 years. Founded in 1995, GMS is located at 650 Lyon St South inside Glebe St. James United Church in Ottawa's Glebe neighbourhood. Programs include Toddler (18-36 months), Preschool/Casa (ages 3-6), Elementary (Grades 1-6), Music (ages 4-12), After-School Enrichment (Grades 1-6), and seasonal Holiday and Summer Camps. All core programs follow the educational philosophy of Dr. Maria Montessori, emphasizing hands-on learning, mixed-age classrooms, and child-directed activity in a prepared environment. The school employs approximately 28 Montessori-trained teachers and staff who nurture each child's development in a safe, supportive, and culturally diverse setting. GMS holds an active Ontario child care licence and serves families from the Glebe, Centretown, Old Ottawa South, and surrounding Ottawa neighbourhoods.

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## Posts
- [Complex Kids? Try to prepare, teach, and motivate!](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2026/02/20/complex-kids-try-to-prepare-teach-and-motivate-article-written-by-jenny-denmark-ph-d-c-psych/): Article written by: Jenny Demark Ph.D., C. Psych.
- [A Family’s GMS Testimonial](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2025/09/15/a-familys-gms-testimonial/): Our two children attended Glebe Montessori School for over ten years, and we’re grateful for the education and care they received.
- [GMS’ Visitor’s Information Night – November 17, 2026](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2025/05/08/gms-visitor-information-night-november-18-2025/)
- [Dr. Montessori on the Value of Silence](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2023/02/09/dr-montessori-on-the-value-of-silence/): “True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.” (William Penn)
- [Spring/Summer Highlights](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2022/11/23/gms-winter-highlights/): GMS had a wonderful end to the 2025-2026 school year! May started off strong with GMS’ Annual Dinner and Dance. Students, families and staff enjoyed a delicious dinner prepared by Chef Scott of Benny’s Bistro and boogied with dance coach Robin Guy.
- [The Value of Montessori Elementary Education](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2022/03/21/the-value-of-montessori-elementary-education/): By Savka Wisecup, Montessori Educational Consultant
- [Value the Moment!](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2021/12/02/value-the-moment/): By Savka Wisecup, Montessori Educational Consultant
- [The ‘Joy of Learning’ at Glebe Montessori School](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2021/09/27/the-joy-of-learning-at-glebe-montessori-school/): by Savka Wisecup,  Montessori Educational Consultant
- [Learn to Listen](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2021/02/25/learn-to-listen/): By Savka E. Wisecup, Glebe Montessori School’s Educational Consultant
- [Dr. Montessori’s Anniversary](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2021/01/14/dr-montessoris-anniversary/): The year 2020 marked the 150th anniversary of Dr. Montessori’s birth. Her legacy is as relevant today as it is was a century ago, enlightening parents and educators world-wide with her profound educational insights and deep respect for the young child.   “Each child is truly a miraculous being and this should be felt deeply by the educator. Children are human beings to whom respect is due.”
- [Talking to Kids About COVID-19](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2020/10/02/talking-to-kids-about-covid-19/): Child psychologist Dr. Jamie Howard, Director of the Trauma and Resilience Service Child Mind Institute, offers some valuable insights on how to talk to children about COVID-19 in a way that is reassuring during these stressful times.
- [Our First Week at GMS!](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2020/10/02/our-first-week-at-gms/): We’re delighted to see new and returning children enter GMS with smiling eyes, which even their masks can’t hide.  Once they have said their difficult goodbyes to parents, the hum of children actively engaged in lessons, working with Montessori materials, and socializing with classmates can be heard in classrooms throughout the school.
- [Welcome Back to GMS!](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2020/10/01/welcome-back-to-gms/): We extend a warm welcome to all our GMS students and families. During these unusual times, we thank you for the trust you have placed in our school to provide a safe, enriched learning environment for your child. As psychologist Genevieve Von Lob states, “During periods of uncertainty and change, what our children need most from us is to feel safe, loved and protected”, and this is our ultimate goal. 
- [GMS Update](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2020/05/13/gms-update/): As the Coronavirus (COVID-19) continues to impact Ontario and areas throughout the country, we wish to reassure our school community that the health and safety of our families, students and staff remain a top priority. In support of Ottawa public health containment measures, GMS will follow the Ontario government’s directives and remain closed until further notice. We will keep you updated.
- [Glebe Montessori School Highlights Spring/Summer 2025](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2020/01/17/glebe-montessori-school-highlights-for-january-and-february/): Spring is here! With the warm weather comes a ton of fun events happening at Glebe Montessori School, rounding out a terrific 2024-2025 school year!
- [What is the Montessori Method?](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2020/01/06/what-is-the-montessori-method/): By Savka E. Wisecup, Glebe Montessori School’s Educational Consultant
- [Glebe Montessori School’s Highlights for November and December](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2019/11/05/glebe-montessori-schools-highlights-for-november-and-december/): The next two months will be filled with many events for our GMS Community. GMS families will enjoy seasonal concert performances, workshops, field trips and more.
- [Preschoolers Discover the Joy of Reading at Glebe Montessori School](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2019/11/04/preschoolers-discover-the-joy-of-reading-at-glebe-montessori-school/): Written by: Savka E. Wisecup, Montessori Educational Consultant, Glebe Montessori School
- [](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2019/09/19/2652-2/): The beginning of the school year at GMS is one filled with exciting events for our GMS community.
- [Springtime Events At GMS](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2019/07/04/springtime-events-at-gms/): Our students enjoyed a wonderful spring at GMS!
- [Our Children: The Hope of the Future](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2019/07/04/our-children-the-hope-of-the-future/): As we come to the end of another inspiring academic year, we note the remarkable growth our children have made. Dr. Maria Montessori so accurately described this process in the following quote: “The child is capable of developing and giving us tangible proof of the possibility of a better humanity. S/he has shown us the true process of construction of the human being. We have seen children totally change as they acquire a love for things and as their sense of order, discipline and self-control develops within them….. The child is both the hope and the promise for mankind.” — Dr. Maria Montessori
- [Montessori:  An Educational Choice](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2018/03/29/montessori-educational-choice/): Montessori:  An Educational Choice
- [Mindfulness](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2018/02/28/mindfulness/): Mindfulness 
- [An Observation at Glebe Montessori School](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2017/03/20/observation-glebe-montessori-school/): An Observation at Glebe Montessori School  
- [Let’s All Engage in Questionable Thinking?!](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2016/11/15/lets-engage-questionable-thinking/): Let’s All Engage in Questionable Thinking?!
- [Be Organized Inside & Out!](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2016/10/28/be-organized-inside-out/): Be Organized Inside & Out!
- [Dr. Montessori Revolutionizes the Business World!](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2016/10/28/dr-montessori-revolutionizes-business-world/): Dr. Montessori Revolutionizes the Business World
- [Movie Premiere – Freedom: A Child’s Dream](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2016/06/09/movie-premiere-freedom-childs-dream/): Glebe Montessori School senior elementary students have been exploring topics of human rights for children during the past 2 academic years. This year, our students produced a film entitled, Freedom: A Child’s Dream, following the same theme as their 2015 art exhibit.
- [Freedom: A Child’s Dream Artwork](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2016/06/09/freedom-childs-dream-artwork/):           Glebe Montessori School students presented their artwork in an exhibition entitled Freedom: A Child’s Dream at the Certosa di San Giacomo in Capri, Italy, in conjunction with the photo exhibition Freedom Fighters: The Kennedys and the Struggle for Civil Rights. The opening of this exhibition was held on July 18, 2015, with the participation of Fawn Wilson White, C.M. International Chairman, Amici della Certosa di San Giacomo, Capri and Kerry Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Europe. Along with GMS students, Capri and Belgian students and internally displaced Syrian and Iraqi refugee children participated in the exhibition.
- [Glebe Montessori School’s 20th Anniversary Celebration!](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2016/06/09/glebe-montessori-schools-20th-anniversary-celebration/):  
- [An Invitation to Celebrate Glebe Montessori School’s 20th Anniversary!](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2016/04/27/invitation-celebrate-glebe-montessori-schools-20th-anniversary/):  
- [The Dark Side of Sleep](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2016/01/25/the-dark-side-of-sleep/): The Dark Side of Sleep
- [Montessori Education in the 21st Century](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2015/04/29/montessori-education-in-the-21st-century-2/): By Dijana Bate, Founding Director of Glebe Montessori School
- [Comparing Montessori to Traditional Education](https://www.glebemontessori.com/2014/06/13/comparing-montessori-to-traditional-education/): A Montessori program is based on self-direction, non-competitive and cooperative activities that help a child develop a strong self-image, high levels of academic and social competence, and the confidence to face challenges with optimism. Encouraged to make decisions at an early age, Montessori educated children are problem-solvers who can make appropriate choices, manage their time, and work well with others.

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- [Music Program](https://www.glebemontessori.com/programs/music-program/): Believing in the tremendous potential of the young child, Dr. Montessori established that musical training can start at a very young age and is highly beneficial for the child’s personal and academic development.
- [Toddler Program](https://www.glebemontessori.com/programs/toddler-program/): Our beautifully designed Montessori toddler classrooms are equipped with didactic materials that have a clear and defined purpose.  The enriched bilingual environment provides optimal learning opportunities in language, sensorial education, practical life, cultural activities, science, mathematics, music, art, and movement – which indirectly refine motor skills, auditory and visual development, concentration, social and intellectual skills.
- [Holiday & Summer Camps](https://www.glebemontessori.com/programs/summer-camps/): For children ages 4 to 12 years, March Break and Summer Camp programs are available at the Glebe Community Centre, located nearby. We actively participate in Glebe Community Centre programming, such as tennis lessons, which are included in our gym classes during the school year. For more information on the camps, please go to www.gnag.ca.
- [News and Events](https://www.glebemontessori.com/news-and-events/)
- [Home](https://www.glebemontessori.com/): Glebe Montessori School offers Bilingual Full-Day and Extended-Day programs for children ages 18 months to 12 years old. Dr. Maria Montessori’s educational philosophy is more relevant today than ever! In Glebe Montessori School’s bilingual, enriched learning environment, each child is nurtured and provided with tools to thrive academically, socially and emotionally, now and into the future. A Montessori education develops creativity, critical thinking, organizational skills, independence and self-motivation, a strong academic foundation and most important of all, a love of learning!
- [Careers](https://www.glebemontessori.com/contact-us/careers/): GMS welcomes applications for employment throughout the academic year. We look for experienced applicants who wish to join our professional team, one which is committed to the Montessori philosophy and upholds the highest academic standards. GMS offers its staff excellent working conditions, with competitive salaries and benefits, in a warm and nurturing environment, with ongoing curriculum support and professional development.
- [Contact Information](https://www.glebemontessori.com/contact-us/contact-information/): GLEBE MONTESSORI SCHOOL
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- [Parents’ Resources](https://www.glebemontessori.com/parents-area/parents-resources/): List of Books on Montessori
- [School Uniforms](https://www.glebemontessori.com/admissions/school-uniforms/): All GMS students are required to adhere to the GMS uniform requirements:
- [Application Forms](https://www.glebemontessori.com/admissions/application-form/): Once you have visited the school, and wish to enrol your child at GMS, please send this application form by email to gmsinfo@glebemontessori.ca, or submit it to:
- [Tuition and Fees](https://www.glebemontessori.com/admissions/tuition-and-fees/): Toddler (18 – 36 months)
- [Enrolment Procedures](https://www.glebemontessori.com/admissions/enrolment-procedures/): The admissions process can take place at any time of the year. However, we urge parents of prospective students to apply in the Fall for entry into our programs the following September. If our classes are full, your application form will be processed and your child’s name will be placed on a waiting list for entry as soon as a space for him/her becomes available.
- [School Admissions Policies](https://www.glebemontessori.com/admissions/school-admissions-policies/): The Montessori curriculum is based on three-year learning cycles for each of the following levels (except for the Toddler Program):
- [Admissions](https://www.glebemontessori.com/admissions/)
- [After School Enrichment](https://www.glebemontessori.com/programs/after-school-programs/): Our afterschool program offers GMS students a wide variety of exciting learning opportunities at the end of the formal school day. Students may select programming that meets their individual interests and expands their horizons.
- [Elementary (Grades 1 to 6)](https://www.glebemontessori.com/programs/elementary-learning/): The Montessori elementary classrooms and materials provide students with the tools for self-directed learning under the guidance of their teachers. Self-discipline, self-motivation, and organizational skills are strengthened as students work at their own pace. In our classrooms, the focus is on the process of learning, rather than on a simple accumulation of facts; the student applies knowledge gained through critical thinking.
- [Preschool (Casa)](https://www.glebemontessori.com/programs/preschool/): Dr. Maria Montessori believed that, “the most important period of life is not the age of university studies, but the first one, the period from birth to the age of six. The more fully the needs of one period are met, the greater will be the success of the next.”
- [GMS Classrooms & Curricula](https://www.glebemontessori.com/about-glebe-montessori-school/gms-classroom/): When visiting a Montessori classroom, you will discover a wide range of activities as children of different age groups work independently and cooperatively. You will observe students who have the discipline, the confidence, and the willingness to apply themselves to a chosen task. The classroom reflects an environment specifically tailored to each child's needs.
- [Programs](https://www.glebemontessori.com/programs/): GMS offers the following full-day and extended-day programs:
- [Our Staff](https://www.glebemontessori.com/about-glebe-montessori-school/our-staff/): GMS Head Teachers have Montessori diplomas, qualifying them to teach at the toddler, preschool or elementary grade levels. Their qualifications include AMI, AMS or TMI Montessori Teachers’ Certification in addition to undergraduate and graduate degrees. GMS Head Teachers are assisted in the classrooms by Montessori trained assistants, Certified Early Childhood Educators or by co-teachers, who have their Montessori Teachers’ Certification and/or Ontario Teachers’ Certification.
- [Accreditation](https://www.glebemontessori.com/about-glebe-montessori-school/accreditation/): Glebe Montessori School is a non-denominational, private school, located in Ottawa and licensed and governed by the Ontario Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Community and Social Services. The school was established in April 1995 by Dijana Bate, MA, AMI (International Montessori Association) certified, with 20 years Montessori teaching experience. GMS is administered by the Head Director, Sylvie Rankin, under the guidance of an Advisory Board of Directors.
- [What Is Montessori?](https://www.glebemontessori.com/about-glebe-montessori-school/what-is-montessori/): Dr. Maria Montessori, Italy's first female physician, created a revolution in childhood education with her Montessori Method. A basic Montessori tenet is that a child learns best in an environment that supports the individual and offers appropriate materials and guidance for each stage of development. Advocating the "whole child approach," Dr. Montessori's goal was to provide a program in which the child flourishes intellectually, physically, socially, emotionally and spiritually.
- [Protected: Parents’ Secure Area](https://www.glebemontessori.com/parents-area/secure/): Toddler
- [Parents’ Area](https://www.glebemontessori.com/parents-area/)
- [Our Philosophy](https://www.glebemontessori.com/about-glebe-montessori-school/our-philosophy/): Each child's development is nurtured in a safe, supportive, culturally diverse environment at GMS. We encourage children to use their inquisitiveness to educate themselves and to reach their full potential under the guidance of our dedicated Montessori-trained teachers.
- [Our Past & Present](https://www.glebemontessori.com/about-glebe-montessori-school/our-past-present/): Demand was so great for Montessori education that GMS rapidly expanded to include two toddler classes (ages 18 to 36 months), three preschool (casa) classes (ages 3 to 6), and a junior and senior elementary program (Grades 1 to 6).
- [About Our School](https://www.glebemontessori.com/about-glebe-montessori-school/): Selecting a school is one of the most important decisions a parent can make. We invite you to learn more about Glebe Montessori School and how we can help your child realize his or her full potential.
- [Welcome](https://www.glebemontessori.com/about-glebe-montessori-school/welcome/): Our parents have been amazed by the advantages of a Montessori education for their children, and scientific evidence continues to support Maria Montessori's discoveries. We welcome you to review our website and hope that you will schedule a visit to our school to discover what a Montessori education at GMS would mean for your child. We think it could mean everything!

## Events
- [School Commences](https://www.glebemontessori.com/event/school-commences/)
- [Thanksgiving](https://www.glebemontessori.com/event/thanksgiving/)
- [Visitor’s Information Night/Open House](https://www.glebemontessori.com/event/visitors-information-night-open-house/)
- [Professional Development Day – School Closed](https://www.glebemontessori.com/event/professional-development-day-school-closed/)
- [Winter Break](https://www.glebemontessori.com/event/winter-break-2/)
- [School Commences](https://www.glebemontessori.com/event/school-commences-2/)
- [Visitor’s Information Night/Open House](https://www.glebemontessori.com/event/visitors-information-night-open-house-2/)