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Austin, TX
All Austin Cooperative Nursery

Parents at this school would recommend this school to other parents.

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Telephone: (512) 454-5315  · Website: www.allaustincoop.org

• Summary
• General Info
• School Philosophy
  & Day-in-the-Life
• Curriculum &
  Teaching Approach
• Quality of
  Teaching
• Home/School
  Connection
• Discipline,
  Health & Safety
• Ages, Schedule
  & Tuition
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  Admissions
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General Approach to Learning

	Play-based
	Play-based with some structure
	Predominantly teacher-led instruction
	Montessori
	Waldorf
	Co-op
	Reggio-Emilia

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Social Skills & Work Habits

OVERALL RATING (3.5)
This school has increased my child's:
Ability to listen and follow directions
Ability to sit still for longer periods of time
Ability to be a part of a group of children
Self-sufficiency and independence
Awareness of others’ feelings
Cooperation with other children

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Curriculum and Teaching Approach

	PLAY-BASED	PLAY-BASED WITH SOME STRUCTURE	MOSTLY TEACHER LED	NOT FORMALLY IN CURRICULUM	CONDUCIVE ENVIRONMENT
Language					-
Oral language	-		-	-	n/a
Nursery rhymes, poems, songs	-	-		-	n/a
Storybook reading	-	-	-	-	n/a
Emerging literacy skills	-	-	-	-	n/a
Cognitive Development					n/a
Math and number sense	-		-		Yes
Time & space	-	-	-	-	Yes
Sci. reasoning/physical world	-	-	-	-	-
Music	-	-		-	Yes
Visual arts	-		-	-	-
Physical activity	-	-	-	-	Yes
Other subjects taught					n/a

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Parents' Comments

Parent #1
Classrooms are set up with areas for imaginative play, reading, the day's projects, games, etc. There are lots of art projects and they are often tied to learning about something specific. For example, the kids learned about salamanders over several weeks by reading books, building 'salamander castles.' making up stories about salamanders and drawing. In my son's class this year, the imaginative play area was at times a restaurant, a house, a doctor's office and a store. It was very cleverly transformed each time, and the teachers spent some time talking with the kids about what people do in each setting. When it was a restaurant, they talked about proper behavior in a restaurant, how a waitperson takes your order, how you pay for your food, etc. So the area is open for free play but has some structure in how teachers expect the kids to use it.

Parent #2
There is a session of group time with a story and song. The remainder of the time is spent outside in free play with a station occasionally set up, then inside with free choice or a guided art project.