Mamalina's Montessori School

Families who want a proper Montessori preschool rather than a play-based daycare with a Montessori label often ask neighbors which Deep Cove program actually follows Dr. Maria Montessori's method. Mamalina's Montessori Preschool and Childcare Centre, established in 1994 by directress Yasmin Petigara, runs the primary Montessori curriculum for preschool-aged children out of a bright and spacious center at 4317 Gallant Avenue, right beside Deep Cove Park and within earshot of the ocean on the North Shore of Vancouver.

Mamalina's is a member of the Montessori Association of BC, Early Childhood Educators of BC, and the North Shore Child Care Resource and Referral Centre, signalling ongoing professional development and a willingness to be held to provincial standards. For Deep Cove families who already walk to the park or to the shops along Gallant Avenue, dropping a child at Mamalina's fits into the same morning routine, and the school's long Deep Cove tenure means many current parents actually went through the program themselves as children, which is its own kind of endorsement on the playground at drop-off time in the morning rush each weekday on the way to work and errands.