Sprouts School

A neighborhood nature-based preschool for ages 0-6

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About Sprouts School

Sprouts School is a small neighborhood based nature preschool with a learning through play philosophy. We use the theoretical base of several educational philosophers, including Montessori, Waldorf, Reggio Emilia, Noddings and Friere to create a dynamic pedagogy that grows with the children in our care. We maintain low student to teacher ratios within our classes in order to best meet the needs of our students and spend 50% of our day outside, weather and air quality permitting. Our curriculum is based in nature but we use scientific methods and terminology with plenty of space to also follow the children’s interests.

The primary school serves children ages 3 to 6 from 9:00am - 2:00pm. We offer 2-day, 3-day and 5-day a week options. We follow a traditional school schedule with breaks at Thanksgiving, Christmas, Spring Break and Summer and there will also be Summer Camp programming available. In addition to the Primary School, there is an Early Learners school for children ages 6 weeks through 2. We also offer extended care hours that children from the Primary School and Early Learners can attend.

Sprouts School is a non-religious school and is a partnership between Sprouting Curiosity Collective and Sunset Ridge Collective.

Meet Miss Linda

Linda Charlton has been teaching for 40 years in a variety of settings and with students ranging from toddlers through adults.
Linda holds a BA from Trinity University and an MA from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA). Her areas of teaching include special education, art, and music, although for the past 11 years she has focused on nature and play-based preschool learning.
She is currently the Director of the Sprouting Curiosity Collective and Sprouts School. She was the founder and Director of Early Childhood at the Nest Nature School, the Early Childhood Coordinator at the San Antonio Zoo, and a teacher at the Southwest School of Art and at Discovery School. She enjoys bringing her research background into the classroom, where she continues to play and learn alongside her colleagues and students.
She has 2 sons & a menagerie of animals that all share space with her books and her drawing pens in her house in central San Antonio. But there's always room for more, so stop on by. Bring cookies. We do love a good cookie.