Bilingual Preschool in Austin
English and Portuguese
Learning Center
Where curiosity is cultivated, learning is fun, and bilingualism is a lifelong benefit.
Our Campus
Our Campus: Designed for Curiosity, Play, and Belonging
- 6 classrooms
- Auditory & Big rooms
- Equipped bathroom
- Large book collection in Portuguese
- Snacks
Classrooms
Each classroom is carefully arranged to encourage independence, collaboration, and exploration. Materials are accessible, inviting, and responsive to children’s developmental stages and interests. These spaces evolve throughout the year based on observation, projects, and the children themselves.Art Room
Our dedicated art room is a space for expression, experimentation, and creativity. Here, children explore a wide range of materials and techniques—painting, drawing, sculpting, building—using art as a language to communicate ideas, emotions, and discoveries. The focus is on process, not product.Discovery Room
The Discovery Room invites curiosity and investigation. With light elements, building materials, and open-ended resources, children explore concepts like balance, construction, cause and effect, and design. This space supports inquiry, problem-solving, and collaborative thinking through hands-on exploration.Library
Our library is a quiet, cozy space filled with stories and language. With over 4,000 books in Portuguese, alongside English titles in the classrooms, children are immersed in rich bilingual literacy experiences. Reading here is about connection, identity, and joy—not pressure. Stories are shared, revisited, and loved.Outdoor Space: Learning in Motion
Our outdoor space is an extension of the classroom—designed for movement, imagination, and discovery.
Children explore a thoughtfully designed playground that supports every kind of play. Riding paths invite bikes, scooters, and tricycles, building balance and confidence. Natural surfaces like wood chips and pea gravel encourage climbing, digging, and sensory exploration.
Open-ended areas—such as sandboxes, water tables, and a mud kitchen—invite creativity, collaboration, and early science and math thinking. Spaces for running, jumping, climbing, and group games support strength, coordination, and joyful movement.
Gardening areas connect children to nature, nurturing responsibility, observation, and calm. Imaginative play zones and mini-city elements encourage storytelling, social connection, and language-rich play in both Portuguese and English.
Every detail is intentional—creating an outdoor environment where children feel free to move, explore, and grow.
A Campus That Reflects Our Values
Every space at Bilingual Minds—inside and out—reflects our belief that children are competent, curious, and capable.
Our campus is not just a place where children stay during the day.
It is a place where they feel safe, seen, challenged, and inspired to grow.
Our Bilingual Programs
From Toddler to Summercamp Programs
Bilingual Minds offers several programs for your loved one, including: Toddler, Preschool, Afterschool, Enrichment, Projeto Brasil, and Camps. Click on the button below to read more about them.
Our curriculum
A Thoughtful Blend of Proven Educational Approaches
At Bilingual Minds, our curriculum is intentionally designed to honor how young children truly learn.
We are grounded in Reggio Emilia–inspired early education, enriched by Montessori materials, developmentally appropriate Science of Reading principles, and STEAM-based exploration. Together, these approaches create classrooms that are joyful, play-based, and deeply purposeful.
Learning here feels natural and engaging—while being carefully guided by observation, reflection, and educational intention.
What This Looks Like in Practice
Reggio Emilia–Inspired Learning
Children’s curiosity is the starting point for learning.
- Children’s questions, ideas, and interests guide projects and investigations
- Teachers observe, document, and thoughtfully extend children’s thinking
- Learning emerges through meaningful projects—not worksheets
- The environment is intentionally designed as a “third teacher,” inviting exploration and collaboration
Montessori Materials
Hands-on materials support independence and focused learning.
- Purposeful materials strengthen concentration, coordination, and fine motor skills
- Children develop sequencing, problem-solving, and confidence through hands-on work
- Materials are used flexibly and responsively, adapting to each child rather than following rigid routines
STEAM Exploration
Children learn by investigating the world around them.
- Science, technology, engineering, art, and math are explored through play and inquiry
- Real-world questions inspire building, experimenting, measuring, and creating
- Curiosity, creativity, and critical thinking are valued more than right answers
Why This Approach Works
By thoughtfully integrating these approaches, children don’t simply memorize or perform. They learn how to learn.
They:
- Think deeply and creatively
- Communicate confidently in two languages
- Develop persistence, flexibility, and problem-solving skills
- Build a genuine love of learning that lasts
This is not a single method followed rigidly.
It is a carefully designed educational ecosystem—responsive, relational, and rooted in respect for childhood.
Play-based Learning
Emergent Bilingual Curriculum
Bilingual Education
Inclusive Community Building
Anti-Bias Education
STEAM Education
Our Values
We nurture curiosity, and firmly believe that bilingualism is a lifelong benefit
Vision
To be a reference program in bilingual education and early childhood care, preparing our students for their academic, social, and emotional lives. We aspire to offer an education of excellence, grounded in continuous observation, individualized planning, and child-centered methodologies. We cultivate a highly qualified team—sensitive to differences and committed to ensuring that each child learns at their own pace, with safety, agency, and joy.
Mission
Our mission is to recognize each child as a unique, competent individual in continuous development. We create safe, nurturing, inclusive, and inspiring bilingual environments where children’s needs, identities, and voices are respected. Through individualized, investigative, and culturally responsive pedagogical practices, we offer rich and intentional learning experiences. In doing so, we support each child in exploring, learning, communicating, and fully developing their knowledge, skills, and talents.
Values
At Bilingual Minds, our values guide every decision, interaction, and pedagogical practice:
• Integrity and ethics in all relationships with children, families, and the community.
• Inclusion and equity, ensuring that every child is respected in their individual characteristics, rhythms, cultures, languages, and rights.
• Respect for childhood as a unique stage of life, rich in potential, curiosity, and expression.
• Individualized curriculum, developed from each child’s needs, interests, and competencies.
• Autonomy and agency, encouraging children to make decisions, express ideas, and build confidence.
• Creativity and investigation, through experiences that promote critical thinking, exploration, and meaningful learning.
• Partnership with families, recognizing their essential role in children’s bilingual, emotional, and social development.
Presented by Cultura Brasil Austin
Bilingual Minds Austin is a Cultura Brasil Austin initiative as Projeto Brasil and many others in the Austin community.
Cultura Brasil Austin has been the major Brazilian community center in Austin for the past decade.
