Italy, Milan
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The Montessori Bilingual School of Milan uses the Montessori Method with mixed-age classrooms and cosmic education as core components. Preschool – Children's House includes two mixed-age bilingual classrooms for ages three to six, with activities conducted in Italian and English by a team of two teachers. The Primary School welcomes children aged six to eleven and applies the Montessori method using both English and Italian in all subjects. The Montessori approach is supported by cosmic education and Montessori materials.
Musical education is part of the Montessori classroom. The school offers after-school activities including theater in English, karate, juggling and circus arts, art, and chess. A Shakespeare-themed theater course for primary students is available as an English-language program.
The school provides a bilingual Italian–English environment, with English not taught separately but lived in daily learning and social interactions. In Preschool – Children's House, two teachers (one Italian speaker and one English speaker) collaborate in bilingual education. In Primary School, all subjects are dealt with in both languages (English and Italian), with targeted language learning support if needed.
After-school courses include karate, juggling and circus arts, chess, and theater in English. The Shakespeare in action theater course is offered for primary school children, providing English-language performance opportunities.
Solidarity Project: Mulinelli di Sabbia — The School We Dream Of – Schools supporting Schools aims to bring the children closer to a reality distant from their own, reflecting a school-wide solidarity initiative.
Outdoor activities are central to the school environment, with the yard providing space for outdoor play and a gardening plot for hands-on learning. The Children's House is designed to be accessible, safe and inviting, with child-sized furniture that supports independence and active learning.
Montessori Bilingual School of Milan is a private day school offering a bilingual Italian–English Montessori program for children aged 3 to 11. The Preschool – Children's House runs in mixed-age classrooms with two teachers, one Italian and one English, delivering activities in both languages. In Primary School, students aged six to eleven study using the Montessori method in English and Italian, with language support as needed and all subjects taught in both languages. The curriculum combines Montessori materials with the Italian ministerial programme and emphasizes cosmic education as a core component. Facilities focus on accessible, child-centered environments; outdoor space includes a gardening plot and a yard for active learning. After-school activities include karate, juggling and circus arts, art, theater in English and chess; a Shakespeare-themed theater course is offered for primary students. The school participates in a solidarity project, Mulinelli di Sabbia, and is a Scuola Paritaria Bilingue di Milano.