California Montessori Project

Practical life skills remain a cornerstone of the Montessori approach—even during summer break.

Inviting your child to participate in daily routines like folding laundry, preparing snacks, watering plants, or setting the table fosters independence and a strong sense of contribution. 🏡

At California Montessori Project, we see how these experiences build confidence and self-reliance—skills that support children both in and out of the classroom.

📣 We're Hiring!

Looking for a career where you can make a real impact? Join our team and help inspire the next generation of learners through public Montessori education.

✨ Check out our current job openings:
https://www.edjoin.org/CMP

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🌟 We were honored to have Clara and Cecilia Martins join us at the recent Buckeye Union School District Board Meeting for our quarterly campus update! 🏫

As proud CMP graduates, both sisters spoke about how their Montessori education helped prepare them for success in high school. From 🏀 Sports and 🎭 Drama to 🐝 Spelling Bee, 🚀 Student Leadership, and ➗ Advanced Math, they embraced so many opportunities during their time at CMP Shingle Springs.

Their reflections were thoughtful, inspiring, and a wonderful example of the Portrait of a CMP Learner. 💙 The Board was incredibly impressed—and so are we!

👏 Congratulations, Clara and Cecilia! Thank you for representing CMP so well.

Nature continues to be one of the most powerful classrooms we can offer our children 🌿

Whether it’s a neighborhood walk, a visit to a local park, or time spent gardening together, these experiences invite observation, wonder, and respect for the environment.

At California Montessori Project, we value these moments of discovery. Encouraging your child to notice details—textures, patterns, living things—helps cultivate curiosity and a lifelong connection to the natural world.

With the wrap-up of the first official week of Summer break, many families ask:
“How can we support Montessori at home?” ☀️🌱

The good news—you don’t need to recreate the classroom. Small, meaningful shifts make a big impact.

Here are a few simple ways to support your child’s independence this summer:
🌿 Involve them in real life
Cooking, gardening, cleaning, organizing—these are all meaningful “work.”
👕 Encourage independence
Let them dress themselves, prepare snacks, and solve small problems (even if it takes longer).
📚 Follow their interests
Trips to the library, nature walks, or deep dives into a favorite topic keep curiosity alive.
⏳ Protect time for concentration
Unstructured, screen-free time allows children to focus, create, and explore.
💛 Step back when possible
Sometimes the best support is giving children space to try, struggle, and succeed on their own.

Montessori isn’t just something that happens in the classroom—it’s a way of seeing children as capable, curious, and ready to participate in the world.
And summer is the perfect time to nurture that. 🌞

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🌈

As we begin celebrating Pride Month, we'd love to hear how our amazing students and families plan to recognize and honor this special time!

Pride Month is an opportunity to recognize the contributions, history, and resilience of the LGBTQ+ community while continuing to build a culture where everyone feels valued and respected.

Whether you're attending a local Pride event, reading books about LGBTQ+ history, supporting LGBTQ+ businesses, learning about the importance of inclusion, or simply taking time to celebrate love, acceptance, and belonging, we want to hear from you.

Thank you for helping make our school a place where every student can feel proud of who they are. 💜

Share your Pride Month plans, activities, or reflections in the comments below. ⬇️🏳️‍🌈

We're Hiring! 📢

If you’re passionate about making a difference in education, we’d love to connect.

Come join a team doing meaningful work every day—check out our open positions:
https://www.edjoin.org/CMP

🎓✨ What an absolutely AMAZING week of celebrations at CMP! ✨🎓

HUGE congratulations to ALL of our incredible students as we celebrated the end of another wonderful school year! 🌟 This past week has been filled with so much joy as we honored our students through heartfelt speeches, beautiful songs, thunderous applause, exciting graduation ceremonies, and endless high-fives! 👏🎵

To our amazing 8th graders 🎯: As you spread your wings and soar into high school, we hope you carry the beautiful Montessori philosophy with you forever. The independence, curiosity, confidence, and love of learning you've cultivated here will be your superpowers wherever life takes you!

Good luck on your next adventures, and PLEASE don't be strangers! Our CMP family doors are always wide open, and we absolutely LOVE hearing about all your continued successes! 💕

Drop a 🎉 in the comments to celebrate our students and another incredible year at CMP!

Today, CMP honors and remembers the courageous women and men who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our country.

From all of us across CMP, we wish our students, families, staff, and community a safe and meaningful Memorial Day. May we take time to reflect with gratitude on the freedoms we enjoy because of those who served.

✨ Now Accepting Applications for TK–8th Grade at CMPl! ✨

Looking for a nurturing, hands-on learning environment for your child? CMP, a tuition-free public Montessori school, is now accepting applications for the 2026–2027 school year!

📌 Important:
📝Applications are still OPEN, and all new applicants will be placed on the waitlist once verified by our team.
🌱 Transitional Kindergarten (TK) Focus
Children entering TK must turn 4 years old by September 1st, 2026.
👉 Apply today at cacmp.org
🏫 Serving families across the Greater Sacramento area with 6 locations:
• Carmichael
• American River
• Orangevale
• Elk Grove
• Capitol (near Sac State)
• Shingle Springs

Give your child a strong foundation with an education that fosters independence, curiosity, and a love of learning. 💛