One of the questions we hear most often from families visiting Evviva Montessori is, “Do the children have to share?” The answer often surprises people. At Evviva, we encourage kindness, generosity, cooperation, and respect for others, but we generally do not require a child to immediately surrender a material simply because another child wants it. Instead, we teach children how to navigate a more complicated social reality: sometimes someone else is using something you want,

Walk into Evviva Montessori and you won't find toddlers completing alphabet worksheets or being asked to memorize the ABCs. Instead, you'll find children tracing textured letters with their fingertips, listening carefully to the sounds in words, singing songs, sharing stories, and building the strong foundation that makes reading a joyful adventure. At Evviva, we believe literacy begins long before a child reads their first book. It begins with conversation, curiosity, rich v

One of the biggest misconceptions about Montessori classrooms is that they are completely silent. While there are certainly moments of peaceful concentration, there are also moments filled with singing, laughter, movement, and music. At Evviva Montessori, we call this joyful noise—the beautiful sounds of children discovering the world through music. A morning in our classroom might include the bright ring of a bell, the gentle shake of an egg shaker, the steady rhythm of a ta