Flame Lily Montessori provides an authentic Montessori education for children ages 2.5 – 6.
We are a member of the Wildflower Network of schools. Wildflower is an ecosystem of decentralized Montessori micro-schools that support children, teachers, and parents. Wildflower aspires to give all children and families the opportunity to choose high quality, beautiful learning environments as they follow life’s unfolding journey.
Please contact us to receive more information about our school.
Tatenda Muchiriri was born in Zimbabwe and discovered his love of Montessori when he moved to China where he had the opportunity to work with children for seven years before moving to Boulder, Colorado in 2015.
Tatenda is passionate about Montessori philosophy and received his American Montessori Society Infant/Toddler and Early Childhood credential through the Montessori Education Center of the Rockies. He was privileged to be part of the AMS Emerging Leaders Fellowship 2nd cohort 2018. He is also a Moonshot EdVenture 2020 fellow and currently a full-time board member of Colorado Montessori Association.
Tatenda is a co-founder of Flame Lily Wildflower School, an Early Childhood School serving 3–6-year-old in Aurora and Denver. Flame Lily Wildflower Schools is a Montessori school that uses culturally relevant pedagogy and an anti-bias, anti-racist curriculum.
When he is not working with young children, he is usually reading a good book or trying a new recipe. He loves traveling to different places and learning about people’s cultures and food.
Ana Celedon was born and raised in Miami, Florida. She is a Montessori educator certified birth through 6 years. As a Lead Guide she strives to instill an early love of learning by honoring, following, and expanding on each child’s personal interests and helping to guide them on their individual paths of development. She has over 8 years experience working with children and learning about child development. Ana spontaneously moved to Colorado in 2015 and it was the best decision she ever made!
If she is not teaching, you will find her exploring the Colorado best outdoor offerings and camping
Monday – Friday, 8.00am-3:30pm
Monday – Friday, 3:30pm – 5:00pm
Primary (2.5-6 year old children)
| 8:00-8:30 | Arrival |
| 8:30-10:30 | Work Period/Morning Snack |
| 11:00-11:45 | Outdoor Time |
| 12:00-12:45 | Lunch |
| 1:00-2:30 | Nap |
| 3:00 | Dismissal |
Flame Lily Montessori follows the Aurora Public Schools calendar.
For a link to our calendar click here.
For information about transportation and pick-up/drop-off policies please contact out Teacher-Leader team
We provide a healthy morning and afternoon snack, as well as a nutritious lunch.
The application process begins with attending an Information Session where you will learn about Flame Lily Montessori and the Wildflower Network.
Please fill out our online application.
After filling out an application, you will have an opportunity to sit down one-one-one with our Teacher-Leaders to learn more about our school. We look forward to getting to know you!
Flame Lily Montessori School is a nonprofit organization and does not discriminate by race, color, national or ethnic origin, creed, religion, sex, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, or status with regard to public assistance. Furthermore, Flame Lily Montessori School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
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Consider a charitable gift to Flame Lily Montessori. We believe educational opportunities should be available to families in our community regardless of financial means. We appreciate any support you might offer our community as we strive for social justice through quality, authentic Montessori education.
Flame Lily Montessori is a 501(c)3 nonprofit school so all donations are tax deductible.
Dr. Anne chose to serve on the board of directors for Flame Lilly, because she believes in School Choice and sees the alignment with Montessori for BIPOC families. Flame Lilly speaks of the way she sees education for Early Childhood learners. Without any shadow of doubt, she believes that Montessori education is the story of her ancestors when it comes to how learning happens if rooted in community. It only makes sense for her to support FLM in any capacity.
Wildflower is an ecosystem of decentralized Montessori micro-schools that support children, teachers, and parents. Our schools aspire to give all children and families the opportunity to choose high quality, beautiful learning environments as they follow life’s unfolding journey.
Wildflower is an ecosystem of decentralized Montessori micro-schools that support children, teachers, and parents. Our schools aspire to give all children and families the opportunity to choose high quality, beautiful learning environments as they follow life’s unfolding journey.
Our aim is to be an experiment in a new learning environment, blurring the boundaries between home and school, between scientists and teachers, between schools and the neighborhoods around them.Our schools are small and teacher-led, with deep parent engagement. At the core of Wildflower are 9 principles that define the approach.
Our network is supported by a foundation that works to build capacity, systems, tools and research to grow and strengthen the network.
Learn more about our story.
Blurring the boundaries between home-schooling and institutional schooling, between scientists and teachers, between schools and the neighborhoods around them. At the core of Wildflower are 9 principles that define the approach.
After the first Wildflower school was created in January of 2014, there was intense interest in the school and the approach. This interest led us to open-source the model and help other family groups and teacher-leaders to create new Wildflower schools. Each teacher-leader at each Wildflower school serves on the board of at least one other Wildflower school, creating a community of schools that are linked by both a shared philosophy and a network of shared relationships.
