Lake Cities Montessori School

I am the mother of an ADHD boy who has been enrolled at Lakeside Montessori for just over a year. I am the mother of 4 children in all, with this being the youngest. All four were enrolled in different Montessori schools for pre-kindergarten programs. All four of my children are blessed with ADD, which tends to be a huge problem for most teachers, but not here. Dr. Adibi and Mrs. Mary have transformed a once hyperactive four year old child into one that can sit and learn, while staying better focused on learning. My son doesn’t need medication, just patience. He loves to get to school and jumps out of the car to see his friends. The difference one can find in a Montessori school is the same as in anything. There are good ones and bad ones and it’s hard to navigate which one you should try out. The difference between this one and other ones we have used the past several years are astronomical. With children 1 & 2 we sought out the best money could buy. We thought our oldest son at 5 could read, but were saddened to learn he didn’t even know his alphabet correctly. We child #3 we paid good money for a different one which ended up basically being a high priced day care with some Montessori influence. What we have received at Lakesides Montessori with child #4 doesn’t even compare to the others. Here it is calm learning environment, nothing like a day care, but more like a library. I laugh sometimes when I enter that you would never know there were children there if you didn’t see them. The children are all interested in learning, reading and working on their assignments. Sure they have fun when it is time to have fun, but they are the best children when it is learning time.



I have never paid for kindergarten for a child before, but with that said I have never had a five year old reading at a 2nd grade level either! What they have done for my son in the past few months has transformed him from learning his basic A, B, C’s, to reading three and four syllable words, from counting 1-20, to now he is doing 4 place addition and some multiplication. I know this isn’t typical behavior for a five year old, trust me I know. I’ve already done this three times before. What they have done for my little one is amazing and I think more people should know what a small school like this one has to offer. Small classrooms, lots of teachers, and loads and loads of one on one attention. They are paying attention to the small details, like writing and sounding out every syllable. In a regular public school he would just be getting herded through with the other 20 to 30 kids in his class. There is really a gem here in Garland with this small family owned school.