Our approach

Montessori and the IEYC, together

A Montessori school in Phnom Penh: hands-on work in a prepared classroom, and character taught as deliberately as letters and numbers.

A teacher sitting beside a child at a low table, guiding them through an art activity

What the blend means

Two ways of teaching, one day

Montessori materials set out on trays on low open timber shelves in a classroom at Orange Crest Preschool

Montessori

Real materials, on open shelves the child can reach. They choose the work, and repeat it until it is theirs.

Orange Crest is an IMC member school, and Giraffe Class is led by a teacher with an IMC Montessori diploma.

Children working together around a low activity table in a bright classroom

The IEYC

An international early years curriculum. It gives the year its themes, and turns each one into something to explore.

Orange Crest is a member school.

Day to day

How it changes as they grow

A child at work in the Bunny Class at Orange Crest Preschool

15 months – 2 years

Bunny Class

Play-based

  • Strengthening motor skills
  • Beginning social interaction
  • Starting toilet training
  • Settling happily into school

Inside Bunny Class

A child at work in the Panda Class at Orange Crest Preschool

2 – 3 years

Panda Class

Montessori-inspired play-based

  • Enjoying coming to school
  • Strengthening motor skills
  • Enhancing social development
  • Growing familiar with language, numeracy, art and music

Inside Panda Class

A child at work in the Giraffe Class at Orange Crest Preschool

3 – 6 years

Giraffe Class

Full Montessori

  • Structured Montessori learning
  • Independence and life skills
  • Social and emotional growth
  • Early numeracy, language and literacy

Inside Giraffe Class

Big on character

Character, taught on purpose

To nurture young children through high-quality early childhood education, fostering independence, courage, kindness, respect, and integrity — values that prepare them for lifelong success.

  • Independence
  • Courage
  • Kindness
  • Respect
  • Integrity

Recognised by

Who recognises us, and how

  • International Early Years Curriculum (IEYC)Member school
  • International Montessori Council (IMC)Member school
  • Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS)Licensed and registered

The same standard runs through the campus itself — the shelves, the gardens and the rooms are all part of the method.

The logos of the International Early Years Curriculum, the International Montessori Council and Cambodia's Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport

See it for yourself

A method is easier to watch than to read

Come during school hours and see a classroom mid-morning, when the work is underway.

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