Learn and Play® Montessori Pleasanton School

"My kids have truly thrived here. Their curiosity, confidence, and manners have blossomed, and I can tell they feel genuinely loved and supported by their teachers. The academic growth has been amazing, but even more than that, I’ve noticed how much happier and more independent they’ve become." - Mercedes A.

Montessori Daycare, Preschool & Kindergarten in Pleasanton, CA | Learn & Play® Montessori

For more than three decades, our Pleasanton school has been a trusted part of the community’s early childhood landscape. Formerly operating as HeadsUp Montessori, this location continues its long tradition of Montessori-led learning while welcoming families into a fresh, thoughtfully updated environment. Although tucked away from major roadways, the school is known for its calm setting, spacious classrooms, and the kind of quiet charm that lets children learn without hurry or distraction.

Children here explore early learning through curiosity and movement, guided by educators who have shaped this program for 17 to 39 years. Their deep experience shows in the way they connect with children, mentor

Center Programs

Infant

Infant

Our infant program provides a safe, nurturing, and engaging environment where infants can develop trust, curiosity, and essential early skills during this critical stage of growth. Our program focuses on building strong emotional connections, sensory exploration, language development, and motor skill enhancement through age-appropriate activities.

We offer best-in-class infant daycare and child care with an approach that encourages exploration and natural learning. Our infant classrooms are warm, welcoming, and designed to foster independence and confidence through responsive care and individualized attention.

Toddler

Toddler

Our Toddler Montessori Program is a fun, loving, and respectful place for our youngest students to become independent and self-confident individuals. Our daycare and childcare programs are Montessori-inspired, and offer best-in-class daycare and childcare for toddlers in Fremont, Dublin, and Danville, California. We encourage them to explore their rich classroom environments by making their own choices from among a wide variety of developmentally appropriate materials.

Our resourceful Toddler classrooms promote language, math, practical life exercises, science, and the arts as well as fine and gross motor activities. Individual attention is paid to promoting each child’s emerging language skills and each child’s curiosity to explore all of the learning materials and the outdoors. The primary goal is to support the children’s physical, cognitive, social, and emotional growth and to nurture their sense of being in a secure and stimulating environment.

Pre-Schooler

Preschool

Our preschool program (available at our Danville, Fremont, and Dublin campuses) provides an enriching hands-on learning experience with specially formulated Montessori materials for math, language, sensorial exploration, practical life activities, art, science, second language, music, history, and geography.

Our preschool children develop observation and problem-solving skills. They are able to achieve this by manipulating, experimenting, and discovering through Montessori materials and prepared environment. Children begin to move from the concrete to the abstract as they prepare for the more complex studies used in our Montessori Kindergarten program.

Kindergarten

Kindergarten

The Kindergarten curriculum closely follows the principles of Montessori education. Our holistic approach to education is evident as we support the opportunities for development socially, physically, intellectually and emotionally for each child. Children are able to move on when ready for a new challenge. Therefore, lessons are presented in small groups to the children and through observation, the teacher determines when the child has internalized a concept and is ready for a new concept.The Kindergarten year highlights critical thinking, independence, comprehension, and preparedness for elementary.

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Center Offerings

Qualified Educators
Parking
Dance & Movement
Music
Military Discount
Yoga
Tuition Assistance

Our Educators are passionate about delivering early years education that empowers and inspires children to create their futures.

Conveniently nestled amidst ample parking, our center ensures stress-free drop-offs and pickups for our valued families.

Our dance programs blend solid technique with fun and creative choreography, fostering both technical skill and expressive, individualistic style in our little ones.

Our music program offers a researched, systematic approach to nurturing children's social skills and musical development, including singing in tune and rhythmic coordination.

We're proud to offer a standard 10% U.S. military discount for families in active duty as our way of saying thank you for your service!

Our Yoga program enriches our preschool curriculum, fostering young minds and bodies for lifelong mental and physical well-being through fun, themed sessions.

Our Center Directors can provide more information regarding financial assistance and they can assist you with the process as well.

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