Lupine Lane, Austin

At Lupine Lane, we provide children with relevant, safe, natural, real world experiences in a developmentally appropriate manner. We believe in building a strong and caring foundation with each child and his or her family by taking a true interest in the intricacies and unique qualities of the individual child, providing a welcoming, comfortable environment and maintaining frequent and pertinent communication with each child and the people involved in the child’s life. Our curriculum is child-driven. This means individual classes utilize an interest-based exploration to ignite each child’s focus on a particular topic. When a topic of interest is discovered through exploration, discussion, observation and reflection, the class begins an in depth, multidimensional, interdisciplinary focus that lasts a couple of weeks to several months per topic. This approach includes progressive projects, which are supported with relevant and developmentally appropriate daily activities, materials and supplies. These practical, real-world experiences are provided within a caring, supportive environment and balanced with autonomous play experiences that support the topic study. This approach provides children with a balance of structure and freedom so they can fully benefit from their time during their early childhood years at school.