806 Christopher Road
Chapel Hill NC 27514
919-967-0558
Age range:Birth– 5 years
Tuition: Infants (birth-12 months) $1,500 (diapers/formula
included); Babies (12–16 months) $1,350; Toddlers (17 months-36 months) $1,250; Preschoolers (3 years and up) $1150. Prices include diapers, formula, snacks and organic
meals for older children. Part-time rates are as follows: 0 to 15 hours, babies: $750, twos and up: $600; 15 to 20 hours, babies: $900, Twos and up: $700; 20 to 30 hours, babies: $1000, Twos and up: $850.
Scholarships available: Small discount for two or more children. We have a
contract with Child Care Services for subsidies.
Accreditation: We have a Five Star License from the State of North Carolina.
Application deadline: Can apply any time during the year.
Application fee: $75, non-refundable one-time application fee and $275 enrollment fee.
School starts: School runs year round. We accept children year round, depending
on availability.
School runs: 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. Early and late hours available at different
rates and by special arrangement. Weekend/night care also available.
Class size: Babies, 5; 1- and 2-year-olds, 6; 3-year-olds and older, 6.
Student:teacher ratio: Infants 3:1; Babies 5:1; Preschool 6:1. When the tutors and substitutes are present, sometimes we have a ration of 4:1.
Boy/girl quota: No quota: we take what comes and normally there is a happy medium.
How toilet-trained do children need
to be? We do that; not required for admission.
Parental participation required: We are not a cooperative but parents
are encouraged through school activities to participate. We have several gathering/picnics/parties/activities
and parent/teacher days.
Special features: We offer a mix of Curriculum/Montessori. We are
a bilingual program (rather than a Spanish Immersion program). Children have French and Mandarin
Chinese twice a week. We also have Kidstunes music classes and PE/Creative Movement/yoga. Every day
the children get 15 minutes of American Sign Language. We are located on three acres of land and have
a miniature goat, chickens, ducks, rabbits, cats, birds, etc.
Web address:
www.Mundopequeno.org
Last Updated: 15 September 2008
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