Preschool Program Overview 🌱
A nurturing, bilingual, Montessori-inspired learning environment for children ages 2–5
21st Century Skills
Our Montessori-inspired activities help children develop critical thinking, creativity, collaboration, and independence, preparing them for school and life.
Chinese Language Immersion
Children naturally acquire Chinese through daily hands-on experiences, stories, and conversations, building bilingual confidence from an early age.
STEAM Enrichment
Through Montessori-based exploration in science, technology, engineering, art, and math, children cultivate curiosity, problem-solving skills, and practical understanding.
Hands-On Learning
Children engage with real materials and purposeful activities, learning by doing, strengthening neural connections, and gaining a concrete understanding of their world.
Why Choose CCACC Preschool?
It’s important for young learners to have plenty of early learning experiences for them to build the skills they need, not only when entering school, but also later in life. Therefore, CCACC Academy makes it a priority to embed these 21st Century Skills within our daily schedule.
We offer a nurturing, modernized program with age appropriate content from a research-based curriculum for each year of development, alongside a Chinese language immersion component in day-to-day teaching. In addition to in-classroom learning, students are involved in a plethora of enriching weekly STEAM experiences throughout the facility. CCACC Academy currently has four preschool classrooms for each age of development.
Bilingual Learning at CCACC
In our bilingual program, children can become proficient in two languages simultaneously. This offers numerous benefits for children’s cognitive, social, and emotional development. It promotes empathy, tolerance, and respect for diversity as children learn to understand and communicate with people from various linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Concrete & Hands-On Learning
Children need to experience their physical world in concrete ways to organize certain concepts, such as classification, quantity, comparison, and time. These concepts are not instinctive, they are learned. When children are six years of age and under, learning is largely tactile. Concrete and hands-on activities are essential to a child’s understanding of the world around them. It enhances their engagement with the physical world. Utilizing tools and activities lays the groundwork for abstract thinking, moving concrete and visual into abstract learning. Hands-on materials are designed to prepare the child for higher cognitive learning. When children work with their hands, they gain a concrete understanding of the materials and make neural connections.
Child-Directed Learning
“Hands are informational pipelines to our brain.” — Dr. Steven Hughes
CCACC preschool has adopted a child-directed curriculum inspired by Dr. Maria Montessori’s teaching philosophy. Dr. Montessori was one of the first female doctors in Italy. She was best known for her philosophy of education and her writing on scientific pedagogy. Her education philosophy and practice foster self-motivated growth for children and adolescents in all areas of their development, to nurture each child’s natural/innate desire for knowledge, understanding, and respect. Scientific research has proven that the young child from birth to age 6 experiences a period of intense mental activity that allows the child to learn from their environment without effort, naturally, and spontaneously. Magic is happening, children are like sponges, and they are absorbing whatever is happening around them.
Prepared Environment
At CCACC Preschool, we intentionally prepare the environment so each child can flourish and thrive naturally. The staff of CCACC Preschool is dedicated to a positive and supportive environment for children, their families, and themselves. Our faculty members understand their role in shaping the future by nurturing and providing a stimulating environment while emphasizing the importance of respect for all people. Focusing on the holistic development of each child, we encourage strong bonds and the development of a caring community between staff and our children’s families.
Curriculum Areas
At CCACC Preschool, our curriculum is designed to support every aspect of a child’s development—cognitive, social, and emotional—within a prepared Montessori-inspired environment. Children are encouraged to explore, choose their work, and learn at their own pace, developing independence, confidence, and a love for learning.
- Language & Literacy: Children develop communication skills, reading, and writing through interactive, hands-on activities.
- Math: Concepts like numbers, counting, and patterns are explored with tactile materials for deep understanding.
- Practical Life: Daily life skills such as pouring, dressing, and caring for the environment build independence and confidence.
- Science & Geography: Children explore the natural world, plants, animals, and cultures through observation and hands-on experiments.
- Art & Music: Creative expression is encouraged through painting, drawing, singing, and rhythm-based activities.
- Sensory: Children refine their senses with materials that develop touch, sight, sound, smell, and movement.
- Physical & Emotional Development: Activities promote gross and fine motor skills, self-regulation, and emotional awareness.
- Global Awareness: Children learn respect for diverse cultures and communities through stories, activities, and multicultural experiences.
Each area of the curriculum is carefully sequenced, building from concrete experiences to more abstract concepts. Our hands-on approach ensures children gain a deep understanding of the world around them while strengthening critical thinking, problem-solving, and creativity.
See the Magic of Montessori at CCACC
We invite you to visit and see the magic for yourself. Learn more about the Montessori philosophy here
School Calendar
Healthy, Nutritious Lunches
Watch a 2-minute interview with our Principal, Ms. Avery Wan, and Executive Chef, Mr. Dongxiang Zhang, on our YouTube channel.
