Chautauqua Woods Tutorial, LLC is a nature-based Montessori school on the outskirts of Ruston, Louisiana. We began as a community of families, tutors, and friends committed to an intentional, holistic learning environment rooted in the teaching of Maria Montessori. Montessori felt education was a natural process carried out by the child, with the role of the tutor as a guide through an academic curriculum and a learning environment arranged to engage and guide the child within a community of respect—instilling in the child an awareness of our responsibility to one another and the wider world. We are now accredited through Louisiana Department of Education and continue our journey as we learn more about implementing environmental education from our wooded campus. We encourage a closeness with nature and care of the Earth—our children love being outdoors. Our days begin and end outside with free play, gardening, learning, building snail homes—exploring.