Child Care in Lake Travis: Day Cares and Preschools for Your Future Cavs

We all want the best for our little ones, especially when it comes to child care.

So many questions race through your head when getting ready to send your little ones out into the world.

Which school has the best curriculum?

Where can you find teachers that understand your child’s specific needs?

Will your kids be safe, get enough attention, make friends?

These questions, and so many more, seem to pile up into an overwhelming mountain that plateaus at, “Will I make the right choice? And what happens if I don’t?”

Luckily, you have a plethora of preschools and day care facilities in Lake Travis, each with their own unique, outstanding curriculum that will inspire your kiddos to love learning now and for a lifetime.

Check out our roundup of the best child care from Spicewood to Lakeway:

Bee Cave Child Care

Lake Hills Montessori Bee Cave

Curriculum
The Montessori approach, by Maria Montessori, emphasizes independence when learning and freedom within limits. Lake Hills Montessori offers classrooms that are calm, orderly, focused, and respectful. They focus on guiding children through 5 levels of development: physical, emotional, intellectual, mental, and spiritual.

Ages
2 years old to 6 years old

From the website:

Lake Hills Montessori Bee Cave is committed to providing a quality child care education for your child in a safe, loving, accepting and stimulating environment where individuality is encouraged. We organize our days to ensure each child has successful experiences every day that foster a positive self-concept and lifelong love of learning.

Bright Horizons at Bee Cave 

Curriculum 
Bright Horizons is all about exploration in a fun, positive environment that encourages learning at all age groups. They follow an emergent curriculum that is driven by the interest of the children in the classroom.

Ages
6 weeks to 5 years old

From the website:

At Bright Horizons, we recognize how important beginnings are in each child’s development, and to each family. We provide a safe, nurturing and engaging environment where your child can learn and develop to their full potential.”

Primrose School of Bee Cave 

Curriculum
The Primrose philosophy of Balanced Learning combines many different early learning schools of thought, including Montessori, with modern child development theories. Children learn new skills as they are ready and build on those skills as they grow.

Along with education, Primrose teaches character development that values respect, friendship, and honesty.

Ages
6 weeks to kindegarten
Explorer’s Program goes to 10 years old

From the website

“It’s a fact: children lean better when they are engaged. That’s why purposeful play and nurturing guidance from teachers are key components of Balanced Learning.”

Spicewood Child Care

A New Day Child Development Center

Curriculum
A New Day teaches children about self-control though positive guidance. They believe in working with parents to develop a path that is best for the child. Their curriculum includes a balanced list of activities to help with school readiness.

Ages
12 months  to 5 years old

From the website:

We provide each child with a nurturing atmosphere that encourages each child to appreciate their unique gifts and talents, and to recognize and respect the uniqueness of others. A balance schedule of activities, suited to the child’s development helps promote cooperation and reduce stress.”

Lakeway Child Care

Little Sunshine’s Playhouse and Preschool

Curriculum
Little Sunshine’s program is developed from the philosophy of Reggio Emilia, an Italian Philosopher who believed in a child’s right to explore and an environment equipped with teachers that harness their individual curiosity and creativity.

Along with their guided curriculum, Little Sunshine has many features to attract parents, including secured Kiddie Cams. This allows parents to access both their child’s classroom and the playground online, allowing for greater peace of mind.

Ages
6 weeks to 6 years old

From the website:

Our curriculum approach at Little Sunshine’s Playhouse is a comprehensive collaboration of predictable themes that allow individualization within the classroom, based on several guiding principles:

Emergent curriculum: children are collaborators and communicators; teachers are partners, nurturers, guides, and researchers

Relationships in research: Children are engaged in long-term, in-depth studies (via our monthly required project within Creatively Shine™) and have opportunities to explore ideas through a variety of materials

The environment is the “third teacher.” Great care is taken when designing and setting up each classroom. Each preschool room is set up into learning centers which include: science, math, manipulative, housekeeping, kitchen, gross motor, quiet (reading), writing areas, etc. Our classrooms are designed to be soothing and are decorated with soft colors and natural woods in order to avoid being over-stimulating or distracting.”

The Goddard School Lakeway

Curriculum
The Goddard School’s FLEX Learning Program (Fun Learn Experience) is a play-based curriculum that believes children learn the most when they are engaged and having fun.

Ages
6 weeks to 6 years

From the website:

Three Reasons to Choose The Goddard School
1. Play-Based Program: Guided by highly trained teachers, our curriculum offers playful, age-appropriate learning opportunities for children.

2. Health & Safety: From every detail of our classroom and playground design to our high standards of cleanliness, we do everything to make children safe and secure.

3. STEAM: Our program incorporates STEAM learning (science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics) into exciting, fun experiences for children.”

Bluebonnet Montessori School of Lakeway

Curriculum
Bluebonnet follows the Montessori philosophy of a “prepared environment” with activities in Practical Life, Senses and Social Development.

Ages
18 months to 10 years old

From the website:

At Bluebonnet Montessori, we strive to inspire a lifelong passion for excellence, to ignite the children’s imagination, and nurture their curiosity. We help the children to trust themselves and believe that they can accomplish great things.

We instill great values that transcend any one culture or religion, values that are universal and timeless: peace, respect, honor, truth, responsibility, community, and kindness. These are the values that light a spark inside the children’s hearts, expanding the awareness of the wonders in our world and the innate capacity to live fully, love deeply and make a difference.”

Lupine Lane in Rough Hollow, Lakeway 

Curriculum
Whole Child Scope – Lupine Lane’s program consists of four key areas of development: cognitive, social-emotional, creative and physical. Teachers use these areas to create lesson plans called “Weekly Intentions” that guide children through study.

Ages
18 months to 6 years old

From the website:

At Lupine Lane, we believe children are first and foremost people with and insatiable curiosity of the world. The more fully their sense of wonder, thoughts and dreams are developed, the greater knowledge, skills and confidence they will have progress to larger concepts. Through guiding the whole child, cognitively, social/emotionally, creatively and physically, we provide the foundation for each child to grow and flourish brilliantly.”

Did we leave your preschool or daycare off the list?

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