Spain, Madrid
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Greenleaves Montessori American School is located in Moncloa–Aravaca, Madrid, at Cantos Negros Street, 9, 28023. New facilities were introduced in 2024/2025, and a virtual tour is available. The school offers Infant Community (0–36 months), Children's House (3–6 years), Elementary (6–12 years), and Middle Years (12–16 years), with International Baccalaureate programs for the upper years. Montessori pedagogy guides the learning approach, and the teaching staff includes at least one native English speaker and one native Spanish speaker to support natural language learning. The school is authorized as a foreign school by the Community of Madrid, and it emphasizes a balanced development of intellectual and emotional skills within an international IB framework.
Montessori pedagogy guides the learning approach, focusing on the balanced development of rational and emotional skills. The school offers International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme (PYP), Intermediates (PAI) and Diploma Programme (DP), providing an international focus. The teaching staff includes native bilingual faculty with at least one native English speaker and one native Spanish speaker to support language development. The program emphasizes balanced education that integrates intellectual and emotional growth with a global perspective.
Cooking for wellbeing combines tasting and explanation of foods, recipe creation (including students' own recipes), and visits to farmers, nutritionists, and kitchens, with excursions to farms, kitchens, and gardens, culminating in a natural and balanced recipe book. Parkour and acrobatics develop mobility, strength, balance, enduranc e, coordination, and confidence through progressive training and activities. Music and fun introduces musical activity to develop motor, cognitive, and cooperative skills, including singing and basic instrument familiarity. Skating builds balance, coordination, and flexibility through circuits and games, with progression in technique. Bellas Artes for kids fosters drawing, sculpture, and design, enhancing imagination and concentration. Pre-sport develops motor skills, social relations, cohesion, and teamwork through early exposure to various sports. Yoga for kids promotes relaxation and nervous system regulation, contributing to physical and mental well-being. Piano introduces basic chords, notation, rhythms, and coordination as part of musical development.
Greenleaves Montessori American School is a private, secular international school in Madrid that blends Montessori pedagogy with an American curriculum and the IB framework. Serving ages 0 to 18, the school offers Infant Community, Children's House (3–6), Elementary (6–12), Middle Years (12–16), and Diploma Programme for 16–18. The IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) runs from ages 3 to 12, the Middle Years Programme (PAI) from 12 to 16, and the Diploma Programme from 16 to 18. A bilingual staff includes native English and Spanish speakers to support language learning and international mindedness. New facilities introduced in 2024/25 support both Montessori and IB learning, and a virtual tour is available. The school is authorized as a foreign school by the Community of Madrid and recognized by Madrid's Education Ministry, reflecting its international and compliant approach. Located in Moncloa–Aravaca on Cantos Negros Street, 9, the campus emphasizes balanced development within IB context.