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Drive-By Spurs Hartland Couple to Open Montessori School

Learn more about Follow the Child Montessori School in this week's Business Spotlight.

Patricia Nouhan, owner of Follow the Child Montessori School, said her Howell business started in 2005.

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How did your business get started? I worked at a Montessori school in Milford for 10 years and I loved it so much I wanted to open my own school. After our family moved to Hartland, we discovered that there were no Montessori Schools in the Hartland/Howell area. That was the beginning of our journey in starting the Follow the Child Montessori School!

What services does your business provide?
The Follow the Child Montessori School offers an exceptional Pre-Primary Montessori program for children 2 ½ to 6 years. We also offer daycare before and after our morning and afternoon classes.

What do you want your business to be best known for?
Our business is best known for our ability to meet each child's individual needs. Our name reflects our goal --- to follow each child's interests and needs as they navigate their way through the unique Montessori classroom.

What's your most popular service?
The Montessori classroom is unique because we are regularly changing the materials. This helps to create motivation in each child to use the materials and develop a productive cycle of activity. From this activity is a child can create order, coordination, concentration and independence.

Why did you choose the location that you did
? My husband and I went for a drive and saw a house with a large back yard for sale on Latson Road. We were thinking of opening a Montessori School and when we saw the property we knew it was the one!

For more information, call 517-545-0919.


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