The Redwoods Internationale Montessori

My daughter attended this preschool in May of last year when she was 4 years old. Due to the pandemic, my daughter hadn’t attended any preschool before turning four, and she was a bit apprehensive about meeting new people. Since we speak other language in home, and she only knew a few words in English. However, after six months, my daughter can understand and speak a lot of English and has also learned various life skills. Now she can count and writes numbers up to 100, recognize all 24 English letters, and perform addition and subtraction with two-digit numbers. It’s impressive how quickly she’s adapted and learned! The teachers genuinely care about the kids. They make an effort to engage each child individually, fostering growth and development. It’s heartwarming to see my daughter excited about going to preschool every day. The facility is clean, well-organized, and welcoming. The teachers design creative and age-appropriate lessons that capture the children’s interest. From storytelling and art projects to hands-on science experiments, they make learning fun and exciting. Overall, I highly recommend this preschool. It truly feels like a home away from home for the kids.

We have been a part of this school community for 3.5 years now, with my two oldest kids attending here, and we couldn't be happier! The staff is so welcoming, energetic, and patient. They do an amazing job of loving on your kids, while teaching them to be independent, too. I am so pleased with the Montessori program they run and am amazed at the things my kids come home saying they learned. The school teaches such a variety of topics to the kids - from units of study on every continent, science lessons, letters of the week, to different languages, life skills, and yoga (my daughter's favorite). I'm so impressed with how well they meet the learning needs of all the students. Each child has an individualized notebook where they keep track of the child's progress and things they are learning. This approach served both my kids so well, as one learned quickly and could then explore more challenging content, while the other often needed more time and wasn't forced to move onto something new without mastery of a previous concept. We have loved the family potlucks, student concerts, and barbeques and will miss this community so much as our daughter goes off to kindergarten next year. Our youngest is currently attending their infant center and we are excited for him to start here when he gets older.

Fabulous find! The director is an engineer(a mommy first) who cares passionately about the Montessori curriculum & social & academic development of the children. We were so fortunate to come across this school after trying a chain & private owned preschools in the San Ramon/Pleasanton/Danville area. At one school, I was told my 4 year old was not prepared for Kindergarten. Once she started here, she was writing and doing multiplication in no time! I still have a box of work from both of my kids. Our 2 yr. old son advanced here socially and academically; the best part is that they both LOVED going to school here compared to the other part-time and full-time options we tried in the area. What a gem with the most nurturing, clean, stimulating environment! My son still talks about his "old school" and his teacher Rebecca almost 2 years later! We moved back east and have not yet found a school as good as this one, nor we will ever.

My 4year old daughter loved the school. She had learned a lot. In a less than a year she had learned numbers 0-60, ABCs , Writing, and many more. Highly recommend!

Educated, attentive & caring teachers. A safe and nurturing environment, age-appropriate planned learning activities that foster development. Solid channels of communication between teachers and parents. Academic excellence, and character development.