The Fountainhead Montessori schools in Alameda County and Contra Costa County, California, offer a unique and expansive education for children in the East Bay ages 18 months to 6 years. Specializing in the Montessori method of education, Fountainhead Montessori desires to improve a child’s capability to create and understand abstract thought as well as his or her ability to learn through sensory integration and a specially designed environment. Children at Fountainhead Montessori receive an education that is inclusive, non-denominational, and reality-based from members of a high-quality staff, many of whom have at least ten years of Montessori experience. With locations in Pleasant Hill, Orinda, Livermore, Danville, and Dublin, and care available until 6:30 P.M. at some campuses, Fountainhead Montessori provides parents with the opportunity to receive not only proper care for their child but also an exceptional education.

A key aspect of the curriculum of the Fountainhead Montessori schools in Pleasant Hill and Livermore are music and movement classes. The movement classes, supervised by certified Kids Yoga instructor Mona Sethi, occur every Monday at the Pleasant Hill campus and every Friday at the Livermore campus. Fountainhead Montessori’s movement classes teach children basic yoga exercises and dances from around the world, helping build physical and mental fitness in a noncompetitive environment. Experienced Kindermusik and Musikgarten teacher Carmen Trefil oversees the music classes taught every other Monday at the Livermore campus and every other Wednesday at the Pleasant Hill campus. Carmen Trefil teaches a variety of music-related skills that reflect the cornerstones of Fountainhead Montessori, including expanding vocal range, introducing the reading of sheet music, and exploring unique instruments from around the world.

The Fountainhead Montessori schools in Pleasant Hill and Livermore also offer a few extracurricular programs for students to expand their learning experiences. Every winter, the ZooMobile brings animals from the Oakland Zoo for children to examine up close and experts who can teach them about animals. Every spring, the InsectMobile visits from the San Francisco Insect Discovery Lab to teach students about how insects affect the ecosystem, and the experts there bring along a few creatures for students to examine hands-on. After school, Fountainhead Montessori provides on-campus language immersion classes from Lango at an additional fee, with Spanish classes at the Livermore campus every Wednesday afternoon and at the Pleasant Hill campus every Thursday afternoon.