Montessori crèche & preschool · Blue Hills, Midrand

A gentle, royal start for your little one

Book a visit to our warm Montessori home-away-from-home for babies, toddlers and preschoolers from 3 months to 6 years, where learning follows your child's own curiosity.

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3 months – 6 years
Grade RRR – Grade R
Open 6am – 5:30pm
All meals included

Children at Royal Kids sitting in a circle on the classroom mat with their arms raised high

Small hands placing coloured pegs into a wooden Montessori board

Our classes

Little RoyalsRising RoyalsFuture Royals

6am –
5:30pm

Making a Royal Choice for a Royal Education

Why parents choose Royal Kids

Royal Kids Montessori is a warm and stimulating environment where every child is cared for, respected and encouraged to explore. Qualified guides and small groups mean each child gets real attention during the most important years of their development.

Authentic Montessori

Fully equipped classrooms with real, hands-on Montessori materials, prepared for each age.

Personal attention

Small groups and one-on-one learning, so every child grows at their own pace.

Healthy & happy

Breakfast, snacks, lunch and teatime are all included in the fees, plus extra-curricular activities and a holiday programme.

Open 6am – 5:30pm

Long, flexible days with half-day (until 2 pm) and full-day options. We stay open in the school holidays, except December.

Three classes · 3 months to Grade R

Little Royals, Rising Royals, Future Royals

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A baby lying under a wooden play gym, reaching up for the hanging toys

3 – 18 months

Learn through love & play

Little Royals

Our babies learn through love and play in a calm, safe, beautiful room. They build movement, focus and independence, and parents learn simple ways to support them at home.

Motor skills
Sensory play
Parent guidance

Discover Little Royals

Young children around a red sandpit outdoors, scooping and pouring sand

18 months – 3 years

Growing confident minds

Rising Royals

Songs, books and hands-on Montessori materials grow early language. Toddlers practise everyday life skills, make their first artworks and gather for circle time.

Language
Practical life
Art & music

Discover Rising Royals

A guide helping a girl with her colour-of-the-week worksheet

3 – 6 years

Leading the future

Future Royals

Our preschool, from Grade RRR to Grade R. Children work independently and in small groups, each on an individual learning plan that builds confidence and readiness for big school.

Grade RRR – Grade R
School readiness
Independence

Discover Future Royals

Mid-term enrolments open

Now enrolling, from 3 months to Grade R

From babies in our Little Royals class to Grade R in our Future Royals, Royal Kids can be one warm home for your child's first six years. Grade RRR, Grade RR and Grade R are all offered here.

No registration fee until December 2026

Half day

R3 500

6:00 am – 2:00 pm

Full day

R4 000

6:00 am – 5:30 pm

Included:BreakfastSnacksLunchTeatime

Book a visit Fees & programmes

Royal Kids Montessori poster: open for mid-term enrolments, 3 months to Grade R, no registration fee until December 2026. 072 507 8851, 42 Orchard Road, Bluehills, Midrand.

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A Royal Kids guide helping two girls at a yellow child-sized table

Montessori materials on low shelves beside a red child-sized table at Royal Kids

Montessori in action

The Montessori way

“The child gives us a beautiful lesson: that in order to form and maintain our intelligence, we must use our hands.”

Dr Len Andrew

At Royal Kids, children are explorers. Our guides prepare a beautiful environment, observe what each child is ready for, and then step back, so your child learns at their own pace and in their own way.

Practical life is a big part of every day, like our Little Royal Chefs making their own healthy snack.

Our approach

Daily rhythm

A day at Royal Kids

A calm, predictable rhythm helps little ones feel safe, and feeling safe is what lets them explore.

1From 6:00 am
Arrival & breakfast
A warm welcome, a healthy breakfast and time to settle in before the day begins.
2Morning ring
Greeting circle
Songs, names, the calendar and the weather, and today's new lesson.
3Work time
Montessori work cycle
Children choose their work from the shelves and stay with it as long as it holds them, with a snack along the way.
4Midday
Lunch together
A healthy lunch at child-sized tables, laid and cleared by little hands.
52:00 pm
Half-day home time
Half-day children head home. Full-day friends rest or move into a quieter afternoon work period.
6Until 5:30 pm
Teatime & aftercare
Afternoon teatime, circle and play until home time at 5:30 pm.

Learning by doing

Real activities, real skills

Our royals learn with their hands every day. Here's a look at what they've been busy with lately.

Little Royal Chefs

Making a healthy, delicious snack

In their red chef's crowns, our little chefs made their own pizza toast from start to finish. Along the way they practised following steps, using a spoon with care and being proud of something they made themselves.

1Spread the sauceSpooning tomato sauce over the bread, right to the edges.
2Add the toppingsPlacing vienna slices one by one and sprinkling grated cheese.
3Toast and serveThen proudly serving it up on their very own plate.

Little chefs in red paper crowns making pizza toast at two yellow tables in the classroom

A little chef spooning tomato sauce onto her bread

A little chef placing vienna slices on his pizza toast

Our proud chefs

A little chef in pink holding up her finished pizza toast

A seated little chef with her toasted pizza on a green plate

A little chef in a denim jacket carrying her plate

A little chef with a dish towel over his arm, serving his snack

Two children playing doctor, one wrapping a bandage around the other's wrist

A child in a face mask bandaging a friend's arm

Little doctors

Caring for a friend

Masks on and bandages ready: wrapping a friend's "sore" wrist builds careful hands, gentle words and plenty of empathy.

Children kneeling around a red sandpit outdoors, scooping and pouring sand with cups

Outdoor play

Sand play in the sunshine

Scooping, pouring and sharing around the sandpit: hands-on maths, teamwork and lots of fresh air.

Small readers, big dreams

We encourage reading

We nurture a love for reading by filling our children's world with exciting stories and colourful books. Our reading corner helps them explore new ideas, discover new worlds and let their imaginations flow.