Clever Clogs Montessori 2.42

Clever Clogs Montessori School was established in September 1998. We are a privately run pre-school situated within a National School in Walkinstown. Over the past 15 years we have had the privilege to work with over 250 children.

We are members of Early Childhood Ireland and also participate in the ECCE scheme.

In Clever Clogs we follow the Maria Montessori method of teaching. The children are encouraged to be independent and to learn at their own pace.

Our curriculum is based on the following five areas:

Sensorial Exploration - teaching through our senses e g touch, smell etc.

Practical Life - teaches the children how to take care of themselves and their environment. e.g. how to dress themselves, prepare food, tying shoe laces, pouring and spooning exercises etc..

Mathematics - gives children a concrete understanding of numbers, growth, sequence and the decimal system.

Language and Phonics - enables the child to develop a rich and extensive vocabulary and the skills to analyse and understand the alphabet.

Culture and Nature - gives the child knowledge about the environment, their community and the world they live in. It is taught through arts and craft, dance, music, history, geography and zoology


We also have a physical education class each week, and hold festive parties throughout the year finishing off with our annual school trip.