El Dorado Hills
Spanish immersion preschool in El Dorado Hills
An all-inclusive preschool in the Lake Forest area of El Dorado Hills, where children learn by doing, in Spanish and English. 1007 Manning Dr.
Un día en Paso a Paso
A day in El Dorado Hills
Drag the sun (or press play) to walk through the morning and afternoon classes.
Right now at Paso a Paso:
8:00–9:00
Free choice & art studio
Juego libre y arte
Children choose to be indoors or outdoors.
- Free choice & art studio · Juego libre y arte
- Circle time · La hora del círculo
- Learning centers · Centros de aprendizaje
- Spanish circle time · Círculo en español
- Snack time · La merienda
- Hands-on math · Matemáticas
- Writer’s workshop & fine motor workshop · Taller de escritura
- Outside & garden time · Afuera: el jardín
- Lunch time · El almuerzo
- Good-bye time · ¡Adiós!
- Free choice · Juego libre
- Circle time · La hora del círculo
- Learning centers · Centros de aprendizaje
- Spanish circle time · Círculo en español
- Snack time · La merienda
- Writer’s workshop & fine motor workshop · Taller de escritura
- Outside & garden time · Afuera: el jardín
- Good-bye time · ¡Adiós!
Aprender jugando
Learning through play
Play builds strong social and emotional skills, creativity, problem solving and the critical thinking it takes to ask questions and figure out how things work. We believe in letting children be children.
Our play-based curriculum is free play plus learning centers, where children explore through hands-on activities. Each center meets children where they are and focuses on:
- math
- writing
- memory development
- art
- manipulatives
- gross and fine motor skills
- critical thinking
At a center, children are free to do the activity their own way. Teachers are always there to guide and ask questions, but if a child discovers a different way, that’s fine with us: we never want to interrupt self-teaching.
Adentro y afuera
Inside our day
Free activity time
Juego libre
Children choose for themselves from a variety of activities.
Circle time
La hora del círculo
Being part of a community: greetings, creative movement, music, games, stories and language arts, adapted to each age group.
Math workshop
Matemáticas
Number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, estimation, patterns and spatial concepts, with a new math strand every two weeks.
Fine motor workshop
Manitas
For about 2.9 to 3-year-olds: letters, numbers, shapes and colors through a new theme each week, from the rainforest to outer space.
Writer’s workshop
Taller de escritura
For about 4 and 5-year-olds: letter sounds and letter writing, the first steps of reading, and a real love of books.
Story time
La hora del cuento
Imagination and literature, tied to our themes and the seasons. Children ask, answer and predict what happens next.
Outdoor time
Afuera
Pure play: getting messy, exploring our nature playground and watching the garden grow. Our kids get messy and we’re OK with that!
Afuera
Our nature playground
Slides, a playhouse, a mud kitchen, a sandbox and a terraced garden: our outdoor nature playground was made to build sensory development and let children be little. Outdoor time is pure play, and yes, we get messy.
Ven a visitarnos · come visit
Come say ¡hola!
Every family tours first, and children are welcome (and encouraged!) to come along. El Dorado Hills: Tuesdays at 11:00 am. Granite Bay Farm School: Wednesdays at 11:00 am.