La Casa Dei Bambini – Kyle Montessori

My second child attended La Casa Dei Bambini from 2013 – 2014. After all my experiences with my first child, I knew exactly the type of education my children deserved. We chose the Montessori route. Over the year I was able to watch my baby grow to be a helpful, and a loving young person. Lots of love and naturing at the school. Just one year the school felt like an extension to our own family. So proud of everything my child learned from La Casa. Funny thing is that I actually learn from my own child. If you ever get a chance to sit in on a class, you would amazed at the magic that occurs. The staff are excellent, and the class is wonderful. Small-​town Kyle is very fortunate to have such an excellent school. More than just a school, it is a community.

I cannot even begin to express how much we loved our time at La Casa. It truly is a community. We were part of the La Casa family for two years before my son started public school. He went into the first grade prepared beyond measure. Not only did he learn academics at La Casa but he also learned core values of what it means to be a good student and how to help those around him. La Casa taught him about respecting others, himself and the earth. He learned songs in Spanish, Portuguese and Japanese. He learned how to present tea in a Japanese tea ceremony. This are things that I would not trade for the world.
Montessori is a community and that community comes together to help each other out. The parents and children, past and present, come together at the school twice a year to work on the grounds and to work on projects with the children. This gives everyone a sense of community and ownership of the school. The children love to see the work they have done and they are very proud of it.
This school is truly a blessing for our area.

After visiting other options to send our 3 year old son (in South Austin, Buda, and Kyle), we finally found what we were looking for — La Casa Dei Bambini. The school is the perfect balance of warmth and structure. Our son is encouraged to explore, learn, and grow in a way that makes him more self-​sufficient while still understanding the importance of respecting others and teamwork. He absolutely loves the music, singing, and dancing he gets to do there as well.
The school encourages families to be involved — which is a trait of most successful schools. That also have expanded their hours which helps those of us who commute to Austin.

We were apart of the La Casa Family for two years and it was a wonderful experience for our family. All of the instructors taught our son so much more than could ever be measured by academic testing. Montessori is more than teaching academics its teaching the whole child, and that is instilled in every staff member on site. We did contribute supplies and snacks but considering the extremely affordable cost of the school it was worth it. The work days weren’t seen as labor but as teaching the kids that it’s a community involvement and that we are invested in where they spend their days. We were very fortunate to be apart of that family and hope that in the future we can return with our younger children. I would suggest this school to anyone who is looking for a loving environment to send their children.

La Casa is a great school. Our son is a typical rambunctious boy and he’s able to get his energy out and excel at learning too.
This Montessori school has provided excellent structure, self-​sufficient skill building, and has truly allowed him to flourish.
Thank you Chiquie & Staff.

The owner is very good about «selling» her school and it looks great from the outside but in reality she is really only there from 9-​noon and the rest of the time she is on the phone, speaking with parents or doing other adminstrative work. There is only one other Montessori-​trained teacher and he only works until nap time. He is wonderful but he is basically in charge of educating 30 children! After a LOT of playground time and a two-​hour nap, the aids who come in the afternoon are not allowed to offer Montessori education. The owner is extremely defensive and combative. She expects parents to come and do mandatory landscaping work all day twice a year, mandatory parent meetings to talk about what parents should contribute. Parents are required to purchase ALL new supplies for the school and the snacks. Educational supplies are even «donated» to the school by parents. No standard teaching is offered… our daughter was four and still had not traced one letter or could even write her name. I really had the wool pulled over my eyes here, as many other parents have. It is really a daycare, outside of the one Montessori teacher who was very dedicated.

This is one of the humbling moments where you reflect on a situation where it gives way more than you could ever possibly give back. I have a daughter with juvenile arthritis and when we were looking for a school to enroll our daughter, we were very concerned about putting her in a school that would create a stressful environment and deter her from learning. On the contrary, the staff was very supportive of her needs and nurtured our daughter’s eagerness to learn. As a parent, we couldn’t have asked for a more perfect environment for our daughter in her first school. Our daughter excelled at La Casa Dei Bambini and is easily one of the more advanced students in kinder this year after spending 2 ½ years at La Casa Dei Bambini. She has a passion for learning and love music thanks to Tenico, the musical genius.
If you are looking for a school for your child ages 18 months to 5, I highly recommend La Casa Dei Bambini. Again, not only is the learning environment very enriching, the staff is extremely loving and caring for all children enrolled, but the families are AWESOME.