About Us

​​Established in 2020, Music City Montessori is located in the Donelson area in Nashville, Tennessee. We serve children ages 8 weeks – 4th grade. We employ Dr. Maria Montessori’s method of teaching. The environment is a mixed age grouping, this provides the opportunity for the children to learn from each other and at their developmental level. The children get a lot of one on one lessons and learn about respect for themselves and those around them. 
We are state certified through the Tennessee Department of Education. ​

---

Our Mission

To provide an environment that encourages and entices the child to become self motivated to exhibit their own greatest learning potential while under the guidance of trained Montessori teachers. Music City Montessori is dedicated to creating a community that instills peace, courtesy, respect, and a love for learning. The children are given time to explore, to create, to relax, and to discover.

---

Our Founder

Our Founder/Director Lori Eldridge holds a degree in Early Childhood Development and Liberal Science from Belmont University. She also has her AMS Montessori Certification ages 3-6 through Belmont’s Montessori Teacher Training Program. She has also completed her Elementary I Certification through the MEINA Teacher Training Program. Lori will add this to her 0-3 & 3-6 Certifications making her Montessori Trained 0-9 years old. In 2007 Lori opened her first School Bambini Montessori, before that she taught for 6 years at a public Montessori in Nashville. Life's journey paved the way for Lori to close Bambini Montessori after 13 years and she went on to open Music City Montessori. Her undergrad is in brain development for children 0-9 years of age. She is also trained in Advocating for children and families with special needs. She is a mother of 5 wonderful kiddos & a grandma of 2 girls. 

---