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FAMILY-OWNED SINCE 1976 · THREE ST. LOUIS SCHOOLS

Montessori Schools in St. Louis, Where Learning Feels Like Play

Montessori child care for ages 6 weeks to 6 years, across three hands-on St. Louis locations. Infant, toddler, preschool, and summer care, all year-round.

Programs for Every Age and Stage

Four programs, one philosophy: real Montessori, start to finish.

A baby sitting on a colorful play mat, reaching for a wooden xylophone.
6 WEEKS – 18 MONTHS

Infant Care

From as young as 6 weeks old, your baby gets a dedicated infant room, small groups, and teachers who notice the little things. It's a soft landing for both of you.

  • Low ratios
  • Sleep on demand
  • Daily notes home
Toddlers painting with colored ice cubes on a shaded porch.
15 MONTHS – 3 YEARS

Toddler Care

Independence through repetition: pouring, buttoning, tidying, and the simple routines that make a two-year-old feel capable.

  • Practical life daily
  • Potty learning support
  • Outdoor time twice a day
A preschool girl matching letters on a worksheet at a classroom table.
3 – 6 YEARS

Preschool

The full five-area Montessori curriculum in a mixed-age classroom, where older children teach younger ones and everyone moves at their own pace.

  • Three-year cycle
  • Mixed-age classroom
  • Kindergarten readiness

…and then there's summer

SEASONAL18 MONTHS – 6 YEARS

Summer Care

Summer doesn't mean a break from curiosity. Our 10-week summer program runs June through August with a new theme each week, keeping preschoolers active, engaged, and ready for what's next.

  • Water play
  • Gardening
  • Full or half days
Children doing summer crafts at a table outdoors.
Not sure which program?Let us help

We regard children as equals: capable, curious.

Since 1976, three St. Louis schools built for the smallest hands and the biggest questions.

Two toddlers at a classroom table with an orange, a lemon and a hand juicer.
Juicing oranges, Tuesday
A toddler printing red and blue starbursts onto a t-shirt with a paper tube.
Printing our own shirts
A boy in a blue smock using a dropper to fill a snowflake tray with blue water.
Water work at Mehlville
A toddler balancing apples on paper tubes.
Conway · a Tuesday morning

Trust, earned one family at a time

I visited several schools before choosing Casa Dia Montessori. And I wouldn’t send my daughter anywhere else. Her teachers are amazing and the school’s Headmistress is competent, smart, and caring. I feel comfortable leaving my daughter in the staff’s care. And she is learning so much.
Danielle SchabergCrestwood Parent
I am very happy with Casa Dia. The Directress and Teachers always keep us informed of what is going on. My son has Type 1 Diabetes and the staff has been outstanding working with his medical needs. We would recommend Casa to anyone. Thanks for making us so welcome.
Julie KralemannMehlville Parent
Really enjoy the teaching and learning style at CAC. My 2 year old has excelled with her ABCs, drawing, singing and cleaning up. Social interaction is great and she obviously has confidence from what she learns.
Michelle BakerConway Parent
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The NA Montessori Difference

A lot of places borrow the name. We live the method.

Three toddlers playing inside a playground climber at our Crestwood school.
Morning at Crestwood

Real Montessori, not a label

Every classroom, every room, the same genuine method. No franchise, no shortcuts.

Family-owned since 1976

Your child's name, not a file number. Same family running the schools since day one.

Hands-on, child-led

Materials kids touch, move, and choose. Learning that looks like play, because it is.

Every age, all year

Six weeks old through pre-K, plus weekends and summer. One place, the whole way through.

Five Areas, No Fixed Order

Montessori is not a set of subjects taught in turn. The five areas live together in the same room, and each child moves through them in whatever order suits their day.

01Practical LifePouring, buttoning, sweeping: the work of becoming independent.
02SensorialSorting by size, sound, weight and shape, until the differences are obvious.
03LanguageSounds before letters, letters before words, writing before reading.
04MathematicsQuantity you can hold in your hand before quantity on a page.
05CultureGeography, botany, music and art: the world outside the room.

A Few Ordinary Days

No staged photo shoots. Just our classrooms and playgrounds on a regular week.

A preschool girl carefully pouring from a small metal pitcher onto a work mat.
Pouring, without spilling
Four preschoolers eating ice lollies together beside the playground.
Popsicles after the playground
A grinning toddler holding out a hand a teacher has just painted blue, while a friend watches.
Blue hands, big grin
Three toddlers using small trowels to pot succulents in tubs of soil.
Potting succulents at Conway
Two children playing ring toss on a sunny outdoor play pad.
Ring toss, best of five
A toddler placing small rubber ducks into matching colored wooden bowls on a tray.
Sorting the ducks by color
A toddler holding up a hand covered in pink paint, ready to print onto paper.
Pink handprint, ready to press
Two toddlers standing inside a fairy-lit play tent in the toddler room.
Fairy lights in the tent
Toddlers climbing padded gym blocks and a balance bar in the indoor gym.
Climbing morning in the gym

Take a Look Around

Short walk-through videos of each of our schools, filmed by our own staff.

Crestwood
Mehlville
Conway (Chesterfield)

Find Your Nearest School

All three of our schools in the St. Louis metro area share the same Montessori philosophy and the same warm, family feel.

See what a real day here looks like

See a real classroom in session, not a staged walkthrough. Schedule a tour and we'll find a time that works for your family.

Tours run weekday mornings. Bring your child. They'll tell you more than we can.