Kindergarten · 3–7 years

Primary – a kindergarten full of adventure, courage, respect and harmony

Adventure Montessori Academy.
The family atmosphere of a single-storey, step-free building surrounded by forest and peaceful countryside.

AMA – Adventure Montessori Academy

A kindergarten founded for children and their parents

Deer come to visit us, wild boar with their young too, birds call, squirrels run about and we find rare insects. We explore a safe environment with no crossroads, cars or street noise – and even no smog, which stays down below the hill while we have clear skies and sunshine.

Our aim is to give children space for their natural development in a motivating, free environment. We build on children's inner need to learn, explore and discover new things. We respect each child's individuality and we do not grade them – we teach every child to value and complete their own work.

We encourage children to communicate and cooperate with one another, to be independent and to fulfil themselves. We believe it makes sense, and the response from parents shows us that we were in the right place at the right time.

From our class

Photos from the class

Czech-English class

A second language as a natural part of the day

Up to the age of six, a child is at their most receptive to language – both their mother tongue and a foreign one. So this is not foreign-language teaching, which would be ineffective at this age, but the creation of a foreign-language environment that the child soon comes to see as natural.

The result is that the child perceives English as their second native language. What is more, learning a second language at pre-school age creates new neural pathways, quite separate from those that serve the mother tongue.

Montessori-trained teacher

leads the prepared environment and work with the materials

English-speaking teacher

speaks only English with the children all day

Teaching assistant

helps the children and the guides throughout the day

Daily schedule

The day has a clear, calm structure

An uninterrupted work block, time outdoors, rest.
The after-school club is open from 7:00 in the morning and until 16:00 in the afternoon.

In the after-school club the children choose their clubs. When the weather is good, they are mainly outside in the garden. In bad weather they play board games, build with Lego or make things with the after-school club leaders.

7:00–7:30
After-school club
7:30–7:55
Arrival in the home classroom
8:00–11:00
Morning Montessori work block
Work with the materials in the prepared environment, with a snack within the children's reach.
11:00–11:55
Time outdoors
The forest or the meadow behind the kindergarten – every day.
12:05–12:40
Lunch
13:00–14:30
Afternoon Montessori block / nap
14:30–16:00
Snack and time outdoors
A garden with play equipment, vegetable beds and a sandpit.