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Language, independence and a will of their own arrive all at once between 18 and 36 months. Our toddler classrooms on Gratitude Trail are built for exactly that — real work at child height, a small group, and a guide who knows your child's rhythm.
A toddler is not a small preschooler. This is a separate developmental job, and the room, the materials and the adults all have to be built for it.
Pouring their own water, carrying a tray without spilling, buttoning a coat, wiping a table. Real work with real consequences is how a toddler builds concentration — a plastic kitchen cannot do it.
Between 18 and 36 months vocabulary goes from a handful of words to hundreds. Guides name everything precisely, read and sing every day, and give a child the whole sentence back rather than correcting the half-sentence.
Toilet learning belongs in the toddler years, so it is part of the curriculum here rather than a condition of entry. Child-height bathroom, clothes a toddler can manage alone, and the same approach you are using at home.
The same guide receives your child every morning, the goodbye is short and identical each day, and you get photos while you are at work. Most families see the storm pass inside two or three weeks.
A 6:1 ratio means an adult can follow one child's sleep, appetite and mood instead of moving the whole room on a bell. It is the single thing that makes everything else on this page possible.
Toddlers steady themselves with order: the same shelf, the same sequence, the same song before lunch. Materials sit at child height so movement and choice are built into the room, not granted by an adult.
Monday to Friday, 7:00 AM to 6:00 PM. The order never changes, which is precisely why a toddler can relax into it.
Healthy meals and snacks are available through our third-party meal provider, billed separately from tuition. Meridian is a nut-free campus.
A toddler room lives or dies on the ratio. At six to one, a guide can take one child to the bathroom without the room unravelling, can sit on the floor for ten minutes while a child works a puzzle for the twentieth time, and can notice on a Tuesday that a child has started pointing at words.
Every classroom is led by a Montessori-trained lead guide.
Our Toddler program is for children 18 to 36 months. Most children move up from our Infant classroom around 18 months, and children also join from home or another school at any point in that window. Walking confidently is the practical readiness marker, not a birthday.
Toddler classrooms run a 6:1 ratio — one adult for every six children. Every classroom is led by a Montessori-trained lead guide. Small groups are what let a guide follow one child's sleep, language and toileting rhythm instead of running the whole room on a single schedule.
Yes. Toilet learning is part of the toddler curriculum, not a prerequisite for it. Children wear clothing they can manage themselves, the bathroom is child-height and part of the classroom, and we follow your child in step with what you are doing at home. Children moving up to our Primary program at three are expected to be toilet trained by then.
Most toddlers settle within two to three weeks. We keep the same guide receiving your child each morning, agree a short and predictable goodbye at the door, and send photos during the day so you can see the recovery for yourself. Tears at drop-off followed by a contented morning ten minutes later is the normal shape of the first two weeks, and we will tell you honestly if it is not going that way.
Meals and snacks are available through a third-party provider (billed separately from tuition) — or send your own. Meridian is a nut-free campus.
Openings change through the year, and our Toddler classrooms are where seats most often come free as children move up to Primary. The openings shown on this page are read from our own enrollment records rather than a brochure, and a tour is the fastest way to confirm a start date for your child.
Meridian Montessori is at 8565 Gratitude Trail, Plano, TX 75024, in West Plano near Legacy West and minutes from Frisco and The Colony. Call (214) 856-6337 to arrange a visit.
Thirty minutes, during the morning work cycle, while the children are actually working. You will know within ten minutes whether this is the room for your child.