Allegro Montessori School is located at 4215 Degeer Street in the beautiful city of Saskatoon. Our facility houses four pre-school classes (approximately 2.5 – 6 years), a toddler class (18 months – 3 years) and an elementary program.

The school is a not-for-profit organization run by a Board of Directors, composed of past parents, community members and members of staff. We are also registered as a charitable organization.

Allegro Montessori School is registered as an Independent school with the Saskatchewan Department of Education, and as such meets the educational requirements of both the Saskatchewan and the Montessori curriculums. The Directors have Montessori diplomas as well as Bachelors' degrees in Education if teaching at the elementary level. Some of the teacher assistants have Education degrees, others have Early Childhood Certification and several are Montessori trained and are doing an 'internship' towards becoming directors. All are trained by their classroom Directors and at various in-service classes.

The school is a corresponding school of the American Montessori Society, is associated with the St. Nicholas centre of London , England and has associate membership status in the Canadian Counsel of Montessori Administrators. Other affiliated associations include: N.A.M.T.A. (North American Montessori Teacher's Association), P.I.R.S. (Pre-School Information Registry - Saskatoon ), C.M.T.E/N.Y. (Center for Montessori Teacher Education in New York ), and the Toronto Montessori Institute.

The Montessori environment is carefully prepared for children, with learning tools that will stimulate all facets of their interest. Children are encouraged to explore activities that engage them most, and to experience the deep inner satisfaction of having achieved what they set out to do.

Every child passes through successive stages of limited duration in which the sensitivity for acquiring certain knowledge and skills is at a peak. The abilities mastered in a sensitive period become the foundation upon which new skills will be based. In the Montessori classroom a child learns, for example, to manipulate small inset puzzle pieces at 2 ½, thereby strengthening the hand muscles needed for writing at 3 ½ or 4 years of age.

Each child is given guidance according to his or her needs and personal capability, allowing for individually paced development in a non-competitive atmosphere. The grouping of ages 2 ½ to 6 in one classroom permits cooperative interaction, role modeling, and mutual assistance among the younger and the older children. By nurturing the child's own capacities for concentration, perseverance and thoroughness, the Montessori approach fosters feelings of security, self-esteem, competence and pleasure in accomplishment. The aim for the child is to establish foundations for a lifetime of creative and joyful learning.