Moraga Preschools

Curiosity Sparks Learning: How Playful Exploration Shapes Young Minds at Learn And Play

March 25, 2025 by Michelle Cortez

It is a child’s natural curiosity that will generate creativity, social interaction, academic skills, and critical thinking skills. Our Learn And Play campuses, Moraga and Pleasant Hill, offer a happy balance between playful activities and engaging lessons with open-ended free play. Following this approach, our young learners can choose an activity while having the freedom to explore and experiment with different materials. [Read more…] about Curiosity Sparks Learning: How Playful Exploration Shapes Young Minds at Learn And Play

Teaching the Montessori Way

February 27, 2025 by Michelle Cortez

At Learn And Play ® Montessori School, we have a unique approach: we combine Montessori with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). We aim to get the “best of both worlds,” the passionate “love of learning” that comes from Montessori and the practical, forward-looking career skills that STEM provides. In this post, let’s explore some of the Montessori aspects of our best-in-class preschool programs from Sunnyvale to Hercules, Fremont to Milpitas, Pleasant Hill to Moraga and everywhere in between (as we are opening new campuses all the time). [Read more…] about Teaching the Montessori Way

Learning Through Art

February 24, 2025 by Michelle Cortez

Art is often thought of as “something extra,” but art is a huge part of education and a major part of “being human.” Throughout our programs, we leverage art for fun and as a mechanism to help kids learn and to learn to love learning. Let’s discuss art! [Read more…] about Learning Through Art