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The school has large, bright 280 m2 premises at 4 Rue de Joinville, Paris 19, south-facing and overlooking two large co-owned gardens. The vegetable garden is used to teach horticulture, botany, insects, biodiversity, and environmental respect, and to develop the senses. The school is bilingual with full-time English-speaking assistants. A vegetable garden is part of the campus to educate on sustainability, waste sorting, composting, recycling, saving water and electricity, and the cycle of the seasons. The school is building partnerships for workshops, field trips, and visits, and seeks organic meal options where possible; Marmites Volantes offers meals at 8.10 euros with 50% organic ingredients, and spaces for permaculture, aquaponics, greenhouses, beehives, and hen houses are being developed.
The school organizes sports and outings through external partners. The Centre équestre de la Villette provides pony-riding sessions for children from age four. Gymnase Archereau provides gym activities. The surrounding district offers access to cultural and educational venues for outings, including Philharmonie, Cité des Sciences, MK2 cinemas, and the Benjamin Rabier library.
The school has three classes: a Community of children aged 20 months to 3 years; a House of Children for ages 3-6 in a bright 80 m2 classroom; and an Elementary class for ages 6 and up. Two educators per class, one French-speaking and one English-speaking, accompany the children, with full-time English-speaking assistants. The school maintains a high supervision ratio: one adult for a maximum of 10 children. The Montessori pedagogy guides all learning, covering French language arts (writing, reading, conjugation, spelling, literature), mathematics, geometry, geography, history, sciences and arts, with English-language immersion in the elementary level for civics and media studies. Garden-based learning is integrated, including Monday garden activities taught in English as part of the curriculum.
Evening Daycare runs Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m., with annual registration and fees between 13 and 16 euros per evening depending on the number of evenings. Wednesdays with Jeunes Pousses costs 46 euros per Wednesday plus 6.80 euros for compulsory canteen meals. Daycare expenses may be tax-deductible up to €2,300 per child under age six per year.
International School Montessori Jeunes Pousses offers a bilingual Montessori education in Paris for children from 20 months to 12 years. The program follows Maria Montessori's philosophy, guiding children to explore, reflect and discover at their own pace, with materials supporting reading, writing, mathematics, geometry, geography, science and arts. In the early years, mixed-age groups are supported by two educators per class, one French-speaking and one English-speaking, with full-time English-speaking assistants to reinforce language immersion. The school's 280-square-metre premises are arranged as three classrooms and two shared gardens, prioritizing an orderly, welcoming environment and garden-based learning. A strong emphasis on ecology runs through the curriculum: a vegetable garden, composting and waste sorting, and partnerships for permaculture and beehives; meals emphasize organic ingredients where possible. The setting offers pony-riding sessions, gym activities, and cultural visits, with English-language components in civics and media literacy for older students, and daily garden sessions in English.
