Best Private Kindergarten in San Mateo, CA

Kindergarten

Full-day program providing a kindergarten experience that will fully prepare children for elementary school. Child-led and project-based curriculum encourages teamwork, creativity, and critical thinking skills. Daily routine includes STEM activities and interactive games. Caring teachers ensure that your child gets plenty of practice in math, reading, writing, and science.

Kindergarten

Our kindergarten curriculum focuses on developing foundational skills that prepare students for later learning in the areas of math, science, social studies and language arts. Group discussions of books are lead by teachers as students begin to identify characters, settings, and major events in a story. Children begin to develop writing skills with guidance by using a combination of drawing, storytelling, and writing to convey an event or share an opinion. They'll begin to understand the relationship between numbers and quantities learning to count to 100 by ones and tens and write numbers from zero to twenty. They are also introduced to life science, physical science, earth science, and space science.

Private Kindergarten Program

The Kindergarten year at Highland Montessori is the "leadership year." Students master advanced concepts in math and language while mentoring younger peers. This capstone experience solidifies their academic foundation and fosters a sense of responsibility and self-assurance.

Elementary

The elementary program uses the Cosmic Curriculum, an integrated approach where children explore the interconnectedness of all subjects to understand their place in the universe.

Elementary

Kindergarten

Kindergarten students build foundational academic skills through hands-on, interdisciplinary learning. Small class sizes enable teachers to assess and support each student's individual needs while providing opportunities to excel and be challenged.

Grades 1-4

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Elementary School

The elementary school program serves bright, curious students who benefit from structured support with self-regulation, executive functioning, and social-emotional learning. Classrooms combine rigorous academics with hands-on, multisensory instruction, small class sizes capped at 10, and both a teacher and Behavior Specialist in every classroom to address each student's learning profile.

Kindergarten

Elementary

The elementary program is part of Stanbridge Academy's K–12 school for students with learning differences and social communication challenges. The program emphasizes small class sizes with an 8:1 student-to-teacher ratio, individualized instruction, executive functioning support, social-emotional learning, and curriculum-based experiential learning including day trips and overnight experiences.

Elementary

UP Academy's elementary program uses deep interdisciplinary project-based learning where students spend a quarter on each topic, combining hands-on exploration with daily math and language arts, language instruction in Mandarin or Spanish, and weekly art, music, and PE.

Kindergarten Through 8th Grade

The kindergarten through eighth grade program at St. Timothy Catholic School, rooted in Gospel values and the Roman Catholic faith, nurtures students' spiritual, academic, and personal growth while forming responsible and creative members of society.

Private Kindergarten Program