BrightPath St Johns Child Care Centre

Infant (6 Weeks - 18 Months)

Our infant program provides a warm, nurturing environment where caregivers form close bonds with babies, ensuring a secure and trusting relationship. Each infant follows their own schedule, with individualized care routines for feeding, sleeping, and play. Our educators support early development through sensory exploration, attachment-based play, and language-rich interactions, including the introduction of basic American Sign Language (ASL).

Key Focus Areas:

• Building secure attachments with primary caregivers
• Encouraging free exploration and movement
• Facilitating play that supports sensory and cognitive development
• Respecting each infant’s natural rhythms and routines

Infant (12mo +)

Our program nurtures recognition of familiar figures, motor skill development, and sensory exploration, among other enriching experiences.

Toddler (18 Months - 3 Years)

Toddlers are naturally curious, energetic, and eager to explore. Our toddler program fosters independence while encouraging language development and social-emotional growth. Through hands-on activities, play-based learning, and structured routines, toddlers gain foundational skills for future learning.

Key Focus Areas:

• Supporting independence (self-feeding, dressing, potty training)
• Expanding language and communication through ASL and verbal expression
• Encouraging social-emotional growth through cooperative play
• Sensory experiences, music, and movement to enhance cognitive development

Preschool (3-4 Years)

Preschoolers are eager learners, exploring their world with curiosity and excitement. Our preschool program builds upon their natural interests, incorporating early literacy, math, science, and creative expression into their daily routines. Play-based learning helps children develop problem-solving skills, creativity, and social connections.

Key Focus Areas:

• Developing early literacy and numeracy skills
• Encouraging creative expression through art, music, and dramatic play
• Building independence and confidence in learning
• Enhancing social and problem-solving skills through group activities

Pre-K (4-5 Years)

The pre-K program prepares children for kindergarten through hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences. Children develop literacy and math skills, engage in STEM activities, and practice self-regulation and collaboration. Our play-based approach ensures learning remains joyful and meaningful.

Key Focus Areas:

• Strengthening pre-reading, writing, and numeracy skills
• Hands-on STEM exploration (science, technology, engineering, and math)
• Fostering independence, confidence, and self-regulation
• Encouraging social responsibility and problem-solving skills

Kindergarten

Our program focuses on play-based learning, literacy enhancement, and our adaptive curriculum promotes independence and academic readiness.

Before & After School Care (5-12 Years)

Our school-age program supports children’s continued learning and social development through before- and after-school care. With homework help, enrichment activities, and recreational play, children have a safe and engaging environment to continue their growth.

Key Focus Areas:

• Providing structured and free-choice learning experiences
• Supporting homework completion and academic development
• Encouraging teamwork, leadership, and character-building
• Engaging in hands-on STEM, arts, and physical activities

Infant (12mo +)

Our program nurtures recognition of familiar figures, motor skill development, and sensory exploration, among other enriching experiences.

Toddler (18 Months - 3 Years)

Toddlers are naturally curious, energetic, and eager to explore. Our toddler program fosters independence while encouraging language development and social-emotional growth. Through hands-on activities, play-based learning, and structured routines, toddlers gain foundational skills for future learning.

Key Focus Areas:

• Supporting independence (self-feeding, dressing, potty training)
• Expanding language and communication through ASL and verbal expression
• Encouraging social-emotional growth through cooperative play
• Sensory experiences, music, and movement to enhance cognitive development

Preschool (3-4 Years)

Preschoolers are eager learners, exploring their world with curiosity and excitement. Our preschool program builds upon their natural interests, incorporating early literacy, math, science, and creative expression into their daily routines. Play-based learning helps children develop problem-solving skills, creativity, and social connections.

Key Focus Areas:

• Developing early literacy and numeracy skills
• Encouraging creative expression through art, music, and dramatic play
• Building independence and confidence in learning
• Enhancing social and problem-solving skills through group activities

Pre-K (4-5 Years)

The pre-K program prepares children for kindergarten through hands-on, inquiry-based learning experiences. Children develop literacy and math skills, engage in STEM activities, and practice self-regulation and collaboration. Our play-based approach ensures learning remains joyful and meaningful.

Key Focus Areas:

• Strengthening pre-reading, writing, and numeracy skills
• Hands-on STEM exploration (science, technology, engineering, and math)
• Fostering independence, confidence, and self-regulation
• Encouraging social responsibility and problem-solving skills

Kindergarten

Our program focuses on play-based learning, literacy enhancement, and our adaptive curriculum promotes independence and academic readiness.

Before & After School Care (5-12 Years)

Our school-age program supports children’s continued learning and social development through before- and after-school care. With homework help, enrichment activities, and recreational play, children have a safe and engaging environment to continue their growth.

Key Focus Areas:

• Providing structured and free-choice learning experiences
• Supporting homework completion and academic development
• Encouraging teamwork, leadership, and character-building
• Engaging in hands-on STEM, arts, and physical activities

Infants

At the Malvern School, our Infant Program** provides a warm, nurturing environment for your child and offers countless opportunities for your child to explore through observation, movement, and use of their senses. We go beyond the traditional infant program to introduce education at an early age. Curriculum implementation considers the varying ages and schedules of each child.

First Step

The Malvern School provides First Steppers with a warm, stimulating environment and daily opportunities to explore and make choices under the guidance of a caring teacher. Our curriculum** focuses on building independence and confidence while engaging in fun, age-appropriate learning activities. Our small group provides a sense of security during this transition period from infancy to toddlerhood.

Toddlers

The Malvern School understands a Toddler’s need for autonomy, balanced with a secure routine. Therefore, our teaching staff and their creative curriculum plans** provide opportunities for toddlers to learn, explore their interests, and grow in a safe environment.

Get Set

The Malvern School Get Set Program provides children with learning activities perfect for their “get ready, get set, and go” stage. Get Set is one of our signature early childhood education programs** where children concentrate on independence and self-help skills. Our teachers provide personal attention during this exciting and active transitional period from toddlerhood to preschool.

Preschool

The Malvern School Preschool Program provides children with a culturally diverse learning environment where children develop a positive self-image, respect for others, and foster their independence and curiosity as a learner. The curriculum** is aimed at developing preschoolers’ skills in all areas. Children are introduced to math, science, and social studies through weekly themes and projects. Aesthetic expression is also encouraged through music and art activities. Our Preschool Program will prepare children for future academic success.

Pre-K (4-5 Years)

The Pre-Kindergarten Program at The Malvern School includes a balanced curriculum of math, science, social studies, computer, gross motor and fine motor activities, and artistic experiences. The curriculum** is aimed at developing skills in all areas and preparing them for ongoing academic success. We provide personalized instruction offering children developmentally appropriate challenges that foster self-esteem and self-awareness.

Kindergarten

The Pre-Kindergarten Program at The Malvern School includes a balanced curriculum of math, science, social studies, computer, gross motor and fine motor activities, and artistic experiences. The curriculum** is aimed at developing skills in all areas and preparing them for ongoing academic success. We provide personalized instruction offering children developmentally appropriate challenges that foster self-esteem and self-awareness.

Infant

Our program fosters early development in language, social skills, physical strength, science exploration, and pre-math through sensory-rich activities.

Toddler

Our program nurtures toddlers growing personalities, fostering relationships, independence, and learning through active, hands-on discovery.

Preschool

Our program nurtures independence, academic progress, creativity, teamwork, and exploration through engaging activities in language, math, science, and arts.

Pre-K

Our program fosters resilience, intellectual growth, self-management, teamwork, creativity, scientific exploration, math skills, and leadership development.

Half-Day Preschool & Part-Time Daycare

Our program provides flexible part-time Montessori daycare for toddlers and preschoolers, available in Aurora, Streetsboro, and Twinsburg.

Infant (6 weeks - 12 months)

From the moment of birth, babies are amazing learners. They already have the innate ability to investigate sights and sounds, getting a feel for the world around them.

At Villa Montessori, our teachers create a peaceful, nurturing environment and gently encourage your child to explore the carefully chosen materials that aid in their sensory development. These first few years of life is an extraordinary learning period where your child is undergoing rapid cognitive and emotional growth, brain development, and language acquisition. Our teachers are gentle and responsive, nurturing a trusting relationship so important for healthy growth and development. Under their care, your child establishes a strong sense of security and independence, encouraging a love of learning that will last a lifetime.

Toddlers (12 months - 2.5 years)

Our Toddler classes range in age from 12 months to 2.5 years.

At this stage, toddlers learn through sensorial exploration. They want to see, touch, hear, taste and smell everything! We provide learning opportunities both inside and outside the classroom.

Villa Montessori’s Toddler classrooms offer extensive outlets for exploration in varied media such as painting, sculpting, light table discovery opportunities, music and movement, gardening and yoga.

The Toddler environment is set up in such a way as to promote investigation, creativity and experimentation.

At this stage, toddlers are just acknowledging there are others in their environment and they begin to learn how to cooperate through play.

Pre-Primary (2-3 years)

Our Pre-Primary class ranges in age from 2 to 3 years.

At this age, children are challenged with trying to communicate their ideas and emotions. We give them the tools they need to navigate through this stage.

Each child is treated as an individual, with their own ideas, expressions, and opinions. We provide outlets that represent the child’s many “languages.” These can include drawing, painting, sculpture, shadow play, dramatic play, scientific observations, gardening and music.

We strive to know the child and develop the emergent curriculum to support their personalities.

Primary (3-6 years)

Our Primary class is a mixed age group ranging from 3 years to 6 years.

Our program recognizes that children learn best by their own experiences. We offer a hands-on learning environment, rich with materials designed to engage their imaginations. It is important to us that our students focus on the process of learning, not the product. With this philosophy at the forefront of everything we do; education is not a rote memory exercise, it is a creative process. Often, we see true joy in learning from the child’s perspective.

Our Montessori preschool programs emphasize critical thinking, problem solving and productivity, along with social and emotional growth.

Extended Primary (Third year of Montessori)

Villa Montessori Preschool’s full-day Extended Primary curriculum includes units that combine language, math, art, science, geography, history and cultural studies. A low student/teacher ratio allows for highly personalized teaching.

Kindergarten (Age 4.5+)

Villa Montessori full-day kindergarten curriculum includes units that combine language, math, art, science, geography, history and cultural studies. A low student/teacher ratio allows for highlypersonalized teaching. Any child at least 4.5 years old is eligible for our Private Kindergarten Program as long as they are able to meet our readiness criteria.

Casa

We nurture preschoolers with theme-based, interactive learning and cultivate creativity, problem-solving, and independence through hands-on experiences.

Bambini

Our program nurtures recognition of familiar figures, motor skill development, and sensory exploration, among other enriching experiences.

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. Designed for children ages 12 to 18 months, 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

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.

Daycare

Daycare is a critical experience for every child. Daycare is a time when the child is beginning to learn about the world, in earnest, and experience self-confidence as well as learn to play well with others. We consider “daycare” and “childcare” to be conceptually the same program: beginning at about 18 months and going up to the start of preschool learning. Most children are “potty trained” and our programs work – in age appropriate ways – to weave in both Montessori and STEM concepts. All children are “wired” for learning, and our staff enjoys the opportunity to make an impression in your child’s developmental journey.

Our daycare program is –

• More than just Daycare: We set the foundation for a love of learning via the “Montessori Method,” where age-appropriate.
• STEM-orientation: We recognize that many Bay Area parents want their children to have a foundation in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math). Accordingly, we weave in STEM learning in age appropriate ways. We see learning as a continuum from the earliest moments into well into adulthood.
• Convenient Hours: Our Daycare hours are early and late, convenient for busy Bay Area parents. Check with the staff at your desired locations for current hours and how our procedures work.
• Convenient Locations: Our Daycare programs are in Fremont, Dublin, Milpitas, and Danville. We have a new state-of-the-art campus in Centerville (Fremont). We’re convenient to I-680 and I-880, making it ideal for busy commuters.
• Step-by-step Program: our Daycare program leads easily into our best-in-class preschool and kindergarten programs, all based on Montessori techniques.

Child Care

Child care is a critical experience for every child. Child care is a time when the child is beginning to learn about the world, in earnest, and experience self-confidence as well as learn to play well with others. Our teachers and staff adore the youngest among us and cherish the opportunity to start at the very beginning of a little one’s learning experience.

Our child care program is –

• More than just child care: We set the foundation for a love of learning via the “Montessori Method,” where age-appropriate.
• STEM-focused: In age-appropriate ways, we introduce the most basic learning concepts. Our goal throughout the child’s education is to set a foundation for lifetime learning including the basic foundation.
• Convenient Hours: childcare hours are early and late, convenient for busy Bay Area parents. Check with our staff for current hours by location.
• Convenient Locations: Our child care programs are in Fremont, Dublin, Danville, and Milpitas (coming soon). We’re expanding locations, including a state-of-the-art Centerville campus, so please check with staff as to opening schedules. We’re convenient to I-680 and I-880, making it ideal for busy commuters.
• Step-by-step Program: Our child care program leads easily into our best-in-class preschool and kindergarten programs, all based on Montessori techniques.

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

Bay Area parents, today, from Danville to Dublin, San Ramon to Blackhawk, Fremont to Walnut Creek and everywhere in between want the best for their kids. Many come to us looking, first, for the best kindergarten in Danville, or a private kindergarten in San Ramon, and then discover the Montessori method. Others already know that they want a Montessori Kindergarten, and then look for one that is both highly rated and convenient to their home in Diablo, Blackhawk or San Ramon. Use this page to learn about our Montessori Kindergarten curriculum.

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.

Transitional Kindergarten

Learn and Play Montessori gives the children an opportunity to grow their academic skills in our Enhanced Transition>al Kindergarten (ETK) program with a traditional approach to learning.

Our curriculum is designed at a higher learning standard than the average state program. The average transitional kindergarten child will be learning letters and numbers. On the other hand, at Learn And Play, the Montessori work time allows the children to work at their own pace with concrete materials to abstract, which will help their knowledge become permanent. Our children get introduced to worksheets and book reports to enhance their learning in a traditional form to prepare them for the kindergarten year.

After School Care

We offer “after school” programs for kids in public schools. Call us today to explore costs and options.