The most important months.
The first year of a child’s life is unlike any other. Relationships formed now shape emotional security, language, and the capacity to learn for years to come. This is not childcare. This is the foundation.
Our infant room at ME Montessori is designed around one principle: every baby deserves to be known. Known by a consistent Key Person. Known by their routine, their preferences, their readiness. Seen, not just supervised.
We accept babies from 5 months, and we take that responsibility seriously — because we understand what these months actually mean.
Montessori 0–3 curriculumEYFS: Communication & LanguageEYFS: PSEDHow we work with your baby
Three principles guide everything in our infant room — and they are non-negotiable.
👫 Key Person System
Every baby is assigned a dedicated Key Person who is their primary carer for the duration of their time with us. This person knows your baby’s temperament, their cues, their rhythms. Continuity of relationship is not a policy here — it is a commitment.
🏠 Following Your Home Routine
We do not impose a nursery schedule on your baby. We ask about your home routine — sleep times, feed times, settling cues — and we follow it. Your baby’s nervous system should not have to adapt to our convenience.
👁 Responsive Communication
Every nappy change, every feed, every moment of waking is narrated — warmly, simply, honestly. We speak to babies before we act. We ask permission. We treat them as communicating human beings, because they are.
What the room looks like
The infant environment is purposefully calm. Low-level shelves hold a small selection of natural and sensorial materials — changed regularly as your baby develops. Soft lighting. No plastic noise. No screens.
We use a Montessori-inspired Sensorial approach: objects chosen for texture, weight, contrast, and sound — precisely calibrated to the sensitive periods of the first year. A large stuffed tiger. Wicker baskets of coloured blocks. Farm animals on a felt board. Books within reach.
Everything in the room has a reason. Nothing is there by accident.
Montessori SensorialEYFS: Understanding the WorldEYFS: Physical Development
Outdoors, from the beginning
EYFS: Physical DevelopmentMontessori: Freedom of MovementFrom the earliest weeks, babies in our infant room go outside. Tummy time on the grass. Supervised crawling on outdoor mats. Fresh air as a daily constant, not an occasional treat.
As babies develop into toddlers, outdoor play becomes more active — kicking balls, exploring textures, building the gross motor foundations that underpin coordination, balance, and physical confidence.
The Montessori principle of freedom of movement means we follow the child’s readiness, not a fixed timetable. If a baby wants to roll, we create space to roll. If a toddler wants to chase a ball for thirty minutes, we let them.
Early literacy & creative expression
EYFS: Communication & LanguageEYFS: LiteracyEYFS: Expressive Arts & DesignBooks are not a reward in our infant room — they are furniture. Board books live at floor level, accessible from the moment babies can reach. We read to babies from day one, not because they understand the words, but because they are absorbing the rhythm and music of language.
As children grow into the toddler transition, creative expression opens up: finger painting, sensory art, mark-making. Always child-led. Always about the process, never the product. A painted hand. A smudge of green. A face full of joy — and paint.
Montessori + EYFS at this age
The Montessori 0–3 curriculum and the EYFS framework are more aligned than many people realise — both place the adult as a sensitive observer and the child as an active, capable learner. We hold both frameworks together, using the depth of Montessori philosophy to enrich what the EYFS requires us to deliver.
EYFS Prime Areas
Communication & Language, Physical Development, and Personal Social & Emotional Development — every session in the infant room directly develops all three, through relationship-based, sensorial, movement-rich experience.
Montessori Sensitive Periods
Language (0–6 years), Order (1–3 years), Movement (0–2 years), and the Sensorial period are all in full activation during infancy. Our room and our approach are designed to honour each one.
The Key Difference
Most nurseries use the EYFS as a minimum standard. We use it as a floor, not a ceiling. The Montessori curriculum takes the child further — deeper understanding, more independence, genuine intrinsic motivation.
More moments from our infant room
Come and see the infant room.
No brochure or page can replace walking through the door. Come and meet the team, see the room, and ask every question you have. We mean it — every question.
Book a Visit