Who We Are

Paramount Montessori is a privately owned and operated preschool (Licensed Daycare). We offer Montessori curriculum for ages 2.5 to 6 years.

Children in Maria Montessori’s words are “Human beings to whom respect is due, superior to us by reason of their innocence and of greater responsibilities of the future.” We at Paramount Montessori believe and follow Dr. Montessori’s footsteps through our well designed Montessori materials in a nurtured, loving, and caring environment where children feel happy, safe and eager to learn.

It is an incredible adventure for young children’s minds and bodies. The best way to get a feel of this exceptionally great program is to see it. Call us to schedule a tour. I am confident that you will be impressed with what we have to offer.

We are located at 128, Morrisville Square Way, Morrisville, N.C-27560. Conveniently located at Morrisville Square shopping complex, off Morrisville Carpenter Road between Highway 54 and Davis Drive, and is easily accessible for families in Cary, Apex, Morrisville, Chapel Hill, Raleigh, and the R.T.P. area.

Why Paramount Montessori?

At Paramount Montessori our specially enriched learning environment with age-appropriate Montessori materials, child-size furniture, a low staff-child ratio, safe and clean environment helps children to engage in activities of their individual choices. We have bright open classrooms and also an outside play area. Children explore our stimulating materials under the guidance of well-experienced teachers and thereby make intellectual discoveries. They develop confidence, self-discipline, independence, and a passion for learning. Individual lessons are given in practical life, language, sensorial, math, art, reading, culture and geography, and science. We also gather for group activities for songs, group lessons, calendar time, science & geography lessons and stories.

Montessori Philosophy

Maria Montessori

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Maria Montessori was born in 1870 in Italy. She was the first woman to receive a medical degree. During her age, she was very distressed with the rigid teaching techniques used in Europe. She believed that young children had more potential than educators realized and then started developing her approach based on sensorial exploration. She believed –

  • Natural interests in exploring the world through the sense of Children living freely in it
  • Changing the environment to the needs of the child’s physical, mental, emotional and spiritual needs to fulfill the greatest potential

What is the Montessori approach?

In Dr. Montessori’s philosophy, young children are motivated from within and have a natural curiosity to learn. She believed “No human being can be educated by another person.” So the goal of early education is to cultivate the child’s own desire to learn. Dr. Montessori also observed that children go through sensitive periods in life from birth to six years. The sensitive period is a term referred to as the dot age period, where a child shows unusual capabilities in acquiring a particular skill. Dr. Montessori was so impressed with the learning ability of a young child that she referred the mind of a child as “Absorbent Mind.” The child actually inhales everything from the environment like a sponge. Therefore in her belief, the prepared environment with the help of trained teachers opens the window to countless stimulation, observation and discovery.

Our Staff

Head Of School

Kaushiki Biswas is the head of Paramount Montessori School. She lives with her husband and two boys in Morrisville, North Carolina. Kaushiki has a master’s degree from Jawaharlal Nehru University which is one of the premier universities in India. She has earned Montessori certification for ages (2 -6) years under the American Montessori Society, at the North Carolina Center for Montessori Training and Education (NCCMTE) and has also completed the administrative certification for schools here in North Carolina. Her teaching experience includes working as a Montessori teacher in a charter school and then at the Wake County school system at Poe Montessori Magnet School.