Children's House of Weld County: Montessori
 (303) 651-3215
3801 Godding Hollow Parkway
Frederick, CO 80516
The Children's House of Weld County Montessori Preschool and Daycare began in January of 1979. The school was housed in the Community Room at the Rinn United Methodist Church at 3783 Weld County Road 20 just outside of Longmont, Colorado. The school started with preschool and daycare programs. By September of 1979, the school had full enrollment with a waiting list. Children from Frederick, Firestone, Dacono, Erie, Mead, Longmont, and the rural community were in attendance at the school. The ages served were 2½ to 6 years of age.

In 1993 the school was growing by leaps and bounds. At that time the Rinn Church was embarking on a huge addition and remodeling project on their building. The school's Board of Directors began to look for a new location for the school. On December 1, 1993, the ground was broken for the new location for the Children's House of Weld County. Just one mile south of the Rinn Church location, the Board of Directors felt that it was an appropriate location to be able to serve the same families. Front Range Alternatives, Inc. custom-built the new building on 1.5 acres at 3801 Weld County Road 18 in Erie, Colorado. The new location has two classrooms, six bathrooms, a full kitchen, an office, a playground area, a bike trail, and a baseball diamond.

The school is licensed through the Colorado Department of Human Services to serve 70 children. The Children's House of Weld County, Inc. is a nonprofit corporation with a 501-C-3 tax exempt status. The school does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, sex, color, or national origin.
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Susan Halkin
Director & Teacher

Susan founded the school in 1979. She received her Montessori Teacher Training in Chicago in 1973. She has taught in Chicago, New York, and Denver, before settling at the Children's House. Susan and her husband Paul have a daughter and a son.
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We feel so fortunate to have found the Children's House. We have four children ages 9, 7, 5, and 3 and have had a child at Children's House continuously since 2002. We have always been impressed with the quality of care and education. Each teacher at the...[more]
Sam and Darby Moore
An educational method that shall have liberty as its basis must intervene to help the child to a conquest of liberty. That is to say, his training must be such as shall help him to diminish as much as possible the social bonds which limit his activity.
~ Maria Montessori ~