Daily Mandarin and Spanish integrated into every Montessori program at no extra cost. Serving toddlers through primary, ages 2–6, year-round 7 AM–6 PM.
"The child who has had the opportunity to develop language skills naturally — through immersion, through use — will carry those patterns for life."— Adapted from Maria Montessori, The Absorbent Mind
At Montessori Academy Culver City, language immersion is not scheduled at 10:15 AM. Mandarin and Spanish are the air in the room — present in the lesson a teacher gives while a child works with the golden bead material, in the names of practical life objects on the shelf, in the songs at circle time.
The Culver City campus has offered Mandarin and Spanish immersion continuously since 1986 — longer than any competitor on the Westside. Our Mandarin teacher has taught at Montessori Academy for over a decade, giving children a consistent relationship with the language that visiting tutors and weekly enrichment classes simply cannot replicate.
Two Living Languages
A tonal language that builds exceptional cognitive flexibility and musical pitch processing. Children absorb Mandarin naturally through our tenured, native-speaking teachers.
The most widely spoken language in Southern California. Children gain an early phonological advantage in a language their community uses daily, inside and outside the classroom.
The Science
The sensitive period for language — Montessori's term for what neuroscience now calls the critical window — closes around age 7. Before then, the brain acquires language with a naturalness that is biologically unavailable later in life.
Bilingual children consistently outperform monolingual peers on phonemic discrimination tasks from age 3.
Managing multiple language systems builds the same cognitive muscles used for problem-solving, impulse control, and task-switching.
Year-round enrollment means 50 unbroken weeks of immersion. No September restart. No summer language loss.
Enrollment
Call (310) 215-3388 or submit a tour request online. We schedule within 1–3 business days. Ask about current availability for your child's age group.
Visit 5881 Green Valley Cir while children are in the morning work cycle. Observe the bilingual environment in action. Meet Campus Director Gaby Ponce. The tour is the fastest way to understand what daily immersion actually looks like.
Receive a complete fee sheet, full-time and part-time schedule options, and the enrollment agreement.
A $100 registration fee and $300 deposit confirm your child's place in the Culver City language immersion program.
Brief parent orientation session, then a staggered start to ease your child into the bilingual classroom community. By week two, most children are absorbing both languages naturally.
FAQ
No. Language immersion at Montessori Academy Culver City is not a pull-out session or a scheduled class. Mandarin and Spanish are woven into the daily three-hour work cycle — spoken by teachers throughout the morning as children work with Montessori materials. This is total immersion during the sensitive period, not a 20-minute enrichment block.
Mandarin and Spanish — integrated daily into the Montessori work cycle at no additional cost. No separate language school, no extra enrollment, no supplemental fee. It is part of the program.
Ages 2–6 is the sensitive period — the biological window when language acquisition is fastest and most natural. Children who begin in the Toddler Program at age 2 receive three to four years of continuous daily immersion before entering 1st grade. Children can also begin at 3 or 4 and still achieve strong outcomes — the earlier, the better, but it is never too late within this window.
Receptive fluency — understanding and following conversations in both languages — develops quickly in a full daily immersion environment. Productive fluency (speaking comfortably) depends on the child and exposure outside school. Children who complete three years at Montessori Academy Culver City typically leave with strong receptive skills in both languages and age-appropriate productive vocabulary.
No. Language immersion is included in the standard monthly tuition. There is no language lab fee, no separate enrollment, and no supplemental cost.
Schedule a 45-minute tour at 5881 Green Valley Cir. Call (310) 215-3388 or request online. A $100 registration fee and $300 deposit confirm your child's enrollment.
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Schedule a free 45-minute tour at 5881 Green Valley Cir. See Mandarin and Spanish woven into a real Montessori morning.