Guidepost Montessori School, Chai-Wan

Our Chai Wan campus is located in the Harmony Garden Residential Estate at the intersections of Harmony Road and Siu Sai Wan Road, directly south of the Island Resort Mall and Resident Complex. At the heart of our school is the belief that children thrive when given freedom and responsibility in Montessori environments prepared especially for them. We welcome you to join the Guidepost community, and are proud to provide quality education for children ages 3 through 6.

Our beautiful campus and welcoming community is the perfect place for your child to explore her own potential.

The ultimate goal of an education is authentic, holistic independence. At Guidepost Montessori, we offer this to your child, in the fullest possible sense. Your child will gain the knowledge, confidence, creativity, and social ability that allow him to choose his own goals, whatever they may be, and pursue them over time. These are the qualities of character and mind that add up to a fulfilling adult life.

The Montessori approach to education was developed a century ago by Maria Montessori. Montessori was an Italian doctor and educational visionary who took on the task of educating some of society’s poorest and seemingly least-able children. Drawing from emerging insights in learning theory and developmental psychology, Montessori created an educational approach that was so successful that her students greatly surpassed well-off students in traditional early education programs in every respect: self-control, manners and sociability, and academic learning. Over the last hundred years her timeless practice has been refined. Project-based learning (PBL) and social-emotional learning (SEL) are two educational trends gaining widespread recognition today, which have always been a part of the Montessori approach.

Our programs feature an authentic and timely implementation of Montessori, offering a lifetime of gifts to your child. In the Montessori classroom, your child has the opportunity to explore who he is and to explore his world. He’ll be given the time and space he needs to learn how he learns best, learn to work with others, and discover and pursue his passions. Each program is specially tuned to the developmental needs of children of that age.

The Montessori Approach

The Montessori method of education offers a knowledge-rich environment, through a child-led model. Children learn joyfully, through working with carefully sequenced, hands-on materials. Your child’s enthusiastic exploration naturally leads to a solid foundation and advanced academics.

A Close-Knit Community

Guidepost families tend to be friendly and welcoming folks, eager to make connections and form strong bonds. We think the education of our students is stronger when we can serve as a hub for such relationships, and we do all we can to foster a strong community in our area, with plenty of fun events and opportunities to meet and mingle.

English-Mandarin Dual-Language Environments

All of our classrooms are fully dual-language, led by English and Mandarin-speaking teachers. Immersing your child in a new language is the best way to offer them the well-studied “bilingual advantage.” Research shows that bilingual children demonstrate enhanced cognitive flexibility, a result of regularly stretching their language “muscles.”