Specialties
Pacific First Montessori is located on the third floor of the City Centre building in downtown Seattle. The school has a lovely outdoor playground overlooking 6th Avenue, where the children play each day away from the foot and car traffic of downtown. On our playground we have an urban garden that our chef utilizes as much as possible in our daily, homemade meals and snacks. Our toddler and preschool classrooms are led by trained Montessori teachers. The Montessori classroom includes activities for the areas of language development, math, science, geography, art, sensorial materials and practical life or daily living skills. Each area of curriculum is organized from the concrete and simple to more complex attributes. Materials and activities are aesthetically pleasing, generally made with natural materials and very hands on -- providing children with the opportunity to learn sensorially as well as cognitively. Within this organized and creative environment, children are guided to bec