Our Mission
Bluebell Montessori's mission, goal and purpose is to provide the children of Fredericton with an authentic Montessori experience rooted in a three year cycle of learning, during which we provide the keys to unlocking the child's sense of wonder, independence, curiosity, joy and community. We strive to reveal the child's natural tendencies of peace, stewardship and love for all living things.
"The child is endowed with an inner power that can guide us to a more luminous future. Education should no longer be mostly imparting of knowledge, but must take a new path, seeking the release of human potentiality." Dr. Maria Montessori, Education for a New World.
Experience Bluebell Montessori School
Bluebell Montessori is a privately owned and operated preschool and kindergarten. Children begin at age three and continue in our multi-aged setting until the end of their kindergarten year. We operate from September to June.
Hours of Operation: 8-4:30
Monthly Tuition: $875 (full day) $500 (half day)
The Prepared Environment
Our classroom areas are meticulously prepared to allow for independent learning, engagement, and exploration in order to best serve the child and allow them to discover and reveal their true potential.
Practical Life
The Practical Life lessons provide a pathway to independence and self-actualization as children become active caretakers of their environment, their community and themselves.
Math
The Montessori Math materials provide the child with the opportunity to work with materialized abstractions of mathematical concepts. Through exploration, sensorial manipulation and repetition of these materials, the concepts become a permanent part of the child's learning.
Sensorial
The Sensorial materials give the child a physical way to experience abstract concepts, refine and develop the senses and provide a rich foundation for future learning.
Language
The Montessori Language curriculum aligns beautifully with the principles of Science of Reading , with an emphasis on phonological and phonemic awareness combined with phonics, to provide a strong foundation for de-coding, reading and a lifelong love of language and literacy.
Cosmic
The Montessori Cosmic curriculum aims to instill in the child a sense of wonder and curiosity about the world around them with emphasis on diversity, geography, science, nature, social responsibility, and a love and understanding of the univserse.
"Our schools are like a house, a children's house and what do the children do? It is what one does in one's own house. They carry out work that has a practical aim, they sweep, dust, dress themselves, etc." - Maria Montessori, Citizen of the World.
Our century-old character home provides a beautiful and traditional Montessori environment, which contributes to the child's sense of ownership, community and love of their school. Bluebell Montessori School is a second home to the children, families and guides of the Bluebell community.
The Prepared Adult
Spiritual Preparation of the Teacher
It is essential that Montessori teachers prepare themselves through practices of renewal and self-reflection so they are at their best for the children they guide. This transformational process begins in teacher training and continues throughout a Montessori teacher's career and for the duration of their life.
Parent Classes
Bluebell Guides
Miss Libby
Miss Libby
Miss Libby
Libby Glencross has worked in Montessori schools in both Ottawa and Fredericton since 2007. She holds a Primary Teacher credential from The Center for Guided Montessori Studies. Miss Libby has a passion for inclusion within the 3 to 6 Montessori classroom and believes that every child has the right to experience the full range of a tradit
Libby Glencross has worked in Montessori schools in both Ottawa and Fredericton since 2007. She holds a Primary Teacher credential from The Center for Guided Montessori Studies. Miss Libby has a passion for inclusion within the 3 to 6 Montessori classroom and believes that every child has the right to experience the full range of a traditional and authentic Montessori classroom. Miss Libby is working toward her certification as an Orton Gillingham Practitioner and has goals to begin a Master's degree in children's literature. This is her 14th year as a guide at Bluebell Montessori School.
Miss Song
Miss Libby
Miss Libby
Hyun Ju Song fell in love with the Montessori Method during an internship for her early childhood education diploma in 2008. She obtained her Montessori teaching credential through AMS and worked for a number of years in International Schools in Korea. Miss Song brings with her a deep love and respect for the child as an individual . S
Hyun Ju Song fell in love with the Montessori Method during an internship for her early childhood education diploma in 2008. She obtained her Montessori teaching credential through AMS and worked for a number of years in International Schools in Korea. Miss Song brings with her a deep love and respect for the child as an individual . She has been guiding children at Bluebell Montessori since 2022.
Miss Eve
Miss Jill
Miss Jill
Eve Walker, a Bluebell alumni and current classroom assistant, is in her first year at St. Thomas University to complete a Bachelor of Arts in Great Books and English. Miss Eve has begun her Montessori assistant training through Trillium Montessori and plans to take her AMI assistant training in Toronto in the summer of 2026.
Miss Jill
Miss Jill
Miss Jill
Jill Nickerson is the lead guide and owner/operator of Bluebell Montessori School. She has been guiding Montessori children in New Brunswick for 23 years and holds a Primary Teaching credential from the Centre for Guided Montessori Studies. Miss Jill is currently completing a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Vancou
Jill Nickerson is the lead guide and owner/operator of Bluebell Montessori School. She has been guiding Montessori children in New Brunswick for 23 years and holds a Primary Teaching credential from the Centre for Guided Montessori Studies. Miss Jill is currently completing a Masters in Educational Leadership from the University of Vancouver Island where she has further developed her passion for the spiritual preparation of the teacher. Miss Jill is deeply committed to understanding the direct relationship between the adult's inner preparation and the child's experience in the classroom environment and plans to pursue further research and graduate work in this area.
Peace and Character Education
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