The Montessori School of Washington offers early education for children aged 2 through 6 years. In the classroom, the child follows a natural progression through four categories of learning:

The Practical Life Exercises involve simple tasks relating to care and maintenance of the child's environment. They give the child a sense of organization and concentration, as well as an appreciation of a completed cycle of activity.

The Sensorial Materials help the child to organize, categorize and refine the perceptions of his senses, e.g., colors, sounds, geometric shapes and relative sizes.

The Language Materials prepare the child for writing and reading. Children are made aware of phonetics, vocabulary is enriched and the functions of words are introduced.

In Mathematics, the child is initially exposed to concrete materials teaching counting and the association of numbers with quantities. The program then progresses to more abstract concepts, in preparation for addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

The Montessori School of Washington's goal is to develop patterns of concentration and thoroughness in early childhood in order to produce a competent learner in later years.