Welcome to the Knoxville Montessori School!
The Knoxville Montessori School prepares children for the world. Our goal is to help your child become an independent, responsible adult with a life-long love of learning.
"Montessori makes learning fun!"KMS Parent
"Montessori makes learning fun!"KMS Parent
The Knoxville Montessori School is a nonprofit private school that provides high-quality Montessori education in a supportive, nurturing environment to students from Preschool through 5th Grade.
For most children, Montessori is the most natural and enjoyable way to learn – and since its founding in 1966, KMS has been widely recognized as one of Knoxville’s best Montessori schools.
We invite you to learn about KMS and Montessori education by browsing this website.
For more information, or to visit to KMS, click the button below, or contact KMS at 865-525-6042 or kms(at)knoxvillemontessori.org.
KMS’s Primary Classes have been validated by the Montessori Alliance of Tennessee! For more info, click here. For more information about the Montessori Alliance of Tennessee and MAT’s Validation Project, click here.
Why Montessori?
Why should you send your child to a Montessori school instead of a traditional preschool or Elementary school? There are really two answers: The Montessori Difference...
Our Program
KMS provides an integrated curriculum for students from preschool through 5th grade. Our classes are designed to help children move naturally from one level to the next...
Visit KMS!
The best way to learn about Montessori education is to see it in action! We invite you to learn more about KMS and to visit our school. During your visit you can...
News & Resources
Elementary Student Research Trips
Written by Elizabeth Coburn
When children have mastered the ability to function within our classroom, they will be ready to begin exploring the world beyond our school. In Montessori schools, these explorations take the form of both field trips and “going out.”
Read More ›Cultivating Stillness in Primary II
Written by Paige Fowler
The method in the Children’s Houses prepares the children in the daily life of the classroom by exercises which are, in themselves, quite independent of religious education, but which seem to be a preparation for it. In fact, they aid in perfecting the child, in making him calm, obedient, attentive to his own movements, capable of silence and recollection. – Maria Montessori
Read More ›Parent Responsibilities at KMS
Written by Charlie Biggs
One of the things we discussed at Parent Orientation was the importance of parents being engaged in and supportive of their children’s education. Teachers do a wonderful job, but they cannot educate children alone. They need the active help and support of parents so that children can do their best work in class and get the most out of their education.
Read More ›Because of the combined grade classrooms, I learned how to get help from my classmates when I didn’t understand something, and later how to be an eager but patient teacher. KMS Alumna, 2009 (Elementary Graduate 2007)