Joyce Montessori & Daycare

Walk into a The Joyce Goonesekera Montessori House of Children building and you'll notice the differences almost immediately.

Classrooms with children of various ages adults spending quality, individual time with children, enabling them not only to learn the basics, but music, art and languages as well and children learning at their own pace, being helped by other children. Children learning and sharing in small and engaged groups older children teaching younger children Aunties spending quality, one-on-one time with a child.

What's so different about our Montessori? Walk into a 'The Joyce Goonesekera Montessori House of Children' building and you’ll notice the differences almost immediately. There are classrooms with children of various ages; adults spending quality individual time with children, enabling them not only to learn the basics, but music, art and languages as well; and children learning at their own pace, being helped by other children.

Our classrooms are designed to promote self-direction and self-discipline. This allows children to create their own substantive body of knowledge through exploration and observation, following their own interests at their own pace. Qualified teachers observe and offer guidance and support while children build their cognitive and creative abilities.

The Montessori Method of education now firmly established in Sri Lanka is due to the single-minded dedication of one lady – Selina Joyce Goonesekera or “Aunty Joyce” as she was known to the thousands of pupils who were nurtured by her.

At The Joyce Goonesekera Montessori House of Children, each of our teachers is known as a directress – ‘Aunty’ to the children. All directresses have been trained for two years at The Good Shepherd Maria Montessori Training Centre (St. Bridget’s Convent, Colombo 7) – the only Association Montessori Internationale (AMI) accredited training centre in Sri Lanka. This means your child’s educator is highly skilled with methods for nurturing your child’s need to discover and grow.

Employing a vast selection of genuine Montessori materials, our directresses help guide children along the path of true discovery. Our special, proven approach can help your child enhance his or her independence, inspiration and intelligence.
Instead of lecturing to a whole classroom our directresses spend individual time with each and every child, helping them discover their own unique skills and interests and making sure they are equipped with a solid educational foundation.