Montessori Preschool in Austin, Texas

One World Montessori School, Austin:
Rated among the top Montessori schools in Austin, One World Montessori School, located in Cedar Park (a major suburb of Austin) in Travis and Williamson Counties, TX, provides a quality private school learning experience for toddlers and preschoolers. One World Montessori School offers a variety of programs designed to meet the needs of children and their parents. Pre-Primary (18 months - 3 years) and Primary (3 - 6 years) Programs are available. Your child will enjoy a home-like environment with stimulating materials for learning designed to fit his needs. Small class sizes and low ratios will allow our Montessori certified teachers to give your child the individual attention he needs to reach his fullest potential.

* Pre-Primary (18 months - 3 yrs) Program:
The toddler classroom at One World Montessori School is simpler and slower paced than the Primary preschool classroom for three to six-year olds. However, this pre-primary program is neither a watered down version of the Primary program, nor is it academic preparation for subsequent years of Montessori education.The pre-primary/ toddler program offers very young children a unique year of self development in a tender atmosphere of special understanding, respect and support.

Pre-Primary Curriculum:
Sensorial activities in the classroom respond to a toddlers’ urge to use all of his senses to explore everything around him. The toddler program also appropriately accommodates the very young child’s sensitive period for language by offering creative and intriguing concepts to expand their growing vocabularies. Joining conversations, listening to stories, classifying objects and learning songs and poems all nurture their budding language skills. To help smooth their initial social interactions, the toddlers also learn to use words for the feelings they experience in themselves and others.

* Primary (3 - 6 years) Program:
At One World Montessori School, our Montessori certified teachers implement a thematic approach to Montessori. This approach ties the various disciplines of the curriculum together into studies of the physical universe, the natural world, and the human experience. We incorporate new concepts and findings on social and educational development into our curriculum as they become available.

Primary Curriculum:
One World Montessori's daily curriculum includes Language Arts (elements of reading, spelling, and handwriting), Mathematics and Geometry, History, Science, Art, and Music. Classes in Spanish, Yoga and Music are given weekly. The Montessori materials you will see in the classroom are used as tools to enhance these skills. The main areas of the Montessori curriculum are: Practical Life, Sensorial, Mathematics, Language, Science, and Cultural Studies.

* Afternoon Kindergarten Program:
A Kindergarten program is now available for those children who meet a certain set of criteria and exhibit signs of readiness (usually at 4 1/2 - 5 years of age). Before a short nap, full-time children who are in the Kindergarten program spend additional time working with Ms. Debi on:

* Reading Books and Poetry
* Writing Words and Short Stories
* Addition, Subtraction and Multiplication
* Phonics
* Expressive Writing and Journals
* Writing Numbers
* Painting and Art
* Yoga

Enrichment Programs:
We offer a wide variety of extracurricular activities to enhance the One World experience. Classes are taught by parent volunteers or visiting specialists. Enrichment programs that are held during the day are included in tuition and offered at no additional charge.

Enrichment programs include:
- Music Together Preschool Program
- Spanish Classes
- Yoga Classes

Summer Camps:
When One World Montessori School closes its academic doors in June, those same doors quickly re-open to welcome campers to "Camp One World". This program offers a rich variety of activities including academics, athletics, visual and performing arts, and outdoor adventures.

Camp One World emphasizes nature and the environment, those things that the summer itself offers in abundance and full splendor. Whether outdoors on our tree-shaded playground, inside our Montessori classrooms, or in the cool air-conditioned gym, the children are always under the experienced care and guidance of our well-trained staff.

Our summer camp is the perfect place for children to enjoy and share new experiences; it provides unforgettable memories and solid friendships which they carry with them throughout the school year.